Premise: OME has said the song is “about expectations of form, anxiety, middle age, and middle class,” among other indescribable things. In its verses, he unpacks the myths and truths of indie rap approachability, being self-effacing and witty as only he can. There’s a difference between being a middling rapper and being a rapper in the middle—between forms, between arcs, known comfortable but blue-collar, under pressure to be many things to many people
Statement: There’s a difference between being a middling rapper and being a rapper in the middle—between forms, between arcs, famous comfortable but blue-collar, under pressure to be many things to many people
Relationship: contradiction