Hypnotized

**HYPNOTIZED** is Neoni's seventh release of 2023, released on August 11, 2023.

Listen to **HYPNOTIZED**

## Theme

**HYPNOTIZED** is kind of about being enamored by your own mental health in a very bad way, if that makes any sense. Negatively enamored. It's kind of like being put in a trance by your anxiety and depression, and you're trapped inside your head like a hostage. Basically, your anxiety, your depression is like holding you hostage, and it's in your brain space. It's hypnotized you into being stuck inside your head and being miserable, which sucks.

"Hypnotized is about anxiety and like mental health. It's so sick, the pre-chorus in that song is very cool, chef's kiss, unreal".

In an Instagram/TikTok Live on July 21, 2023, Neoni explained that **HYPNOTIZED** they said: "**HYPNOTIZED** is about, basically, mesmerized but in a bad way. Of all your anxiety, your depression, kinda being locked up in your head about it. Basically, you're being hypnotized by bad vibes. Like when you're depressed, and you're all stuck up in your head about it and can't get out, that's the vibes. So you're being locked in your head by your personified depression, and they hypnotize you".

## Background

* They confirmed the song's existence in a TikTok LIVE on May 12, and sung a small part of it, as well as singing the same part of the song in a TikTok/Instagram livestream on June 16, 2023.
* They again confirmed the song in a Discord LIVE after the FUNERAL premiere, saying it was one of their favorite songs and that they would release it at some point this year.
* In the **BLURRY** music video, there is writing on the wall that spells out "HYPNOTIZED", hinting at the next song being Hypnotized.

* They attempted to play a preview of **Hypnotized** in the Discord LIVE after the **BLURRY** premiere, but most of it cut out.
* On July 15, 2023, Neoni posted a teaser clip on Discord of the music video for **HYPNOTIZED.**
* Neoni announced **HYPNOTIZED** on socials on July 17, 2023, posting a clip of the chorus.
* Neoni posted a teaser of another part of the song on July 20, which may be the first verse and pre-chorus.
* They shared a snippet of a new part of the song on August 1, 2023.
* Neoni shared the album art for **HYPNOTIZED** on August 5, 2023, on Discord.
* When promoting the song on TikTok where they showed a book that fit the theme of their songs, **HYPNOTIZED** was linked to "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Wake up sleepy, sleepy head

The monsters in your closet

Crawled inside your head

Now, now you gotta

Get up, get up outta bed

Before they make themselves at home

Lock you up inside your bones, oh

[Pre-Chorus]

Both eyes getting kinda vacant

My mind is under renovation

Sold sign, meet my new replacement

No lie, you got me

Locked up deep inside my basement

Do it for your entertainment

Now I, now I gotta face it

No lie, you got me

[Chorus]

Hypnotized

Drowning in your lullaby

Got me repeating every line

Now you got me hypno, hypnotized

[Verse 2]

My eyes locked up on the clock

Both hands moving too fast but never fast enough

These dizzy little circles, perfect paradox

Lead me down never endings halls

Labyrinth in these walls

[Pre-Chorus]

Both eyes getting kinda vacant

My mind is under renovation

Sold sign, meet my new replacement

No lie, you got me

Locked up deep inside my basement

Do it for your entertainment

Now I, now I gotta face it

No lie, you got me

[Chorus]

Hypnotized

Drowning in your lullaby

Got me repeating every line

Now you got me hypno, hypnotized

[Bridge]

Both eyes getting kinda vacant

My mind is under renovation

Sold sign, meet my new replacement

Locked up deep inside my basement

Do it for your entertainment

Now I, now I gotta face it

Hypnotized

Drowning in your lullaby

Got me repeating every line

Now you got me hypno, hypno

[Chorus]

Hypnotized

Drowning in your lullaby

Got me repeating every line

Now you got me hypno, hypnotized

## Trivia

* *"We stayed at a hotel in California and had this creepy elevator, like so creepy, so insanely creepy. Sidney looked at her phone and got the audio of how creepy it sounded, and it is in the song. I pulled that voice memo so fast, it's like the bell, the elevator bell, and so I recorded it and it has this crinkle noise - crinkle's the wrong word - 'cause like the elevator, it was like the elevator noises. It literally sounded like a haunted mansion. So when we got back, we went to David's house who produced the song, and I was like, 'Bro, I don't know what we're writing today, but it's gotta have this elevator in it.' He was like, 'Say no more'. And so, it's in there. Really, really random detail about the song, I don't know why we started with that."*

## Sources

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/9D75lib2xbQ?t=68
2. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7256833421404671275
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuzmhPjNghc/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
4. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7257946742463925550?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7157031650173421061
5. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7262399805224176939?lang=en
6. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7265739486988864811?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7262824950779643424
7. ↑ https://youtu.be/9D75lib2xbQ?t=18