I Think, Therefore I Am Right

**I Think, Therefore I Am Right** is a song by Negative Øhio, which uses chill beats, samples and the usual noisy mayhem to convey an important message about wearing your mask during a pandemic. The song is labeled as such genres as Trip Hop, Avant-Garde Metal, IDM and Rhythmic Noise.

It was released on May 7th, 2021, digitally.

## Composition

The core beat of the song consists of a programmed drum loop, which is inspired by Trip Hop. This is combined with heavily effected synths and virtual vocalists performing a catchy melody, before a bass guitar riff is added to the mix as well. Between every repetition, the vocal melody is back-masked.

The vocals with lyrics in the song are mostly sampled from the 1968 public domain movie "Night of the Living Dead", with additional lines added via digital vocalists.

More and more layers of bass and synths are added over time, before exploding into a really heavy part full of blast-beats, harmonizing bass riffs that sounds like guitars and vocals mixed together, and tons of samples on top of each other. The outro gradually strips parts down, while also distorting the drums even more, creating the effect of the song exploding away.

The song is composed at a constant 175BPM at 4/4, with an effective tempo of 350BPM during the blastbeat part.

## Lyrics

The song is set up like a public service announcement, reminding people that they should wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.This is done by taking the zombie movie sample and re-contextualizing and splicing it to be about the real life pandemic, rather than a zombie epidemic.

```
Because of the obvious threat
To untold numbers of citizens
And because of the crisis
Which is even now developing
This radio station will remain on the air
Day and night

This station and 100's of other radio and TV stations
Throughout this part of the country
Are pooling their resources
Through an emergency network hookup
To keep you informed of all developments

At this hour, we repeat
These are the facts as we know them:

There is a pandemic
There is a pandemic
There is a pandemic
There is a pandemic

There is a pandemic (use your brain)
There is a pandemic (wear a mask)
There is a pandemic (use your brain)
There is a pandemic (wear a mask)

We repeat
These are the facts as we know them:
There is a pandemic

We repeat
These are the facts as we know them:
There is a pandemic

We repeat
These are the facts as we know them:
There is a pandemic

We repeat
These are the facts as we know them:
There is a pandemic

These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts
These are the facts

Because of the obvious threat
To untold numbers of citizens
And because of the crisis
Which is even now developing

Use your brain
Wear a mask
Use your brain
Wear a mask
Use your brain
Wear a mask

There is a pandemic

Because of the obvious threat
To untold numbers of citizens
And because of the crisis
Which is even now developing

Use your brain
Wear a mask

Because of the obvious threat
To untold numbers of citizens
And because of the crisis
Which is even now developing

Use your brain
Wear a mask

Because of the obvious threat
To untold numbers of citizens
And because of the crisis
Which is even now developing

Use your brain
Wear a mask
Use your brain
Wear a mask
Use your brain
Wear a mask
Use your brain
Wear a mask
```

## Trivia

* The working title for the song was "I Love Flute", as the main riff is played with a flute synth.
* During the blast-beat part, there is a total of 7 different bass guitar takes on top of each other.

## References

1. ↑ https://negativeohio.bandcamp.com/track/i-think-therefore-i-am-right