Did you know Ghost have a top ten record in America this week? That's right, Meliora came in at number eight with 29,000 copies sold.
Just when I didn't think it was possible for me to love Meliora any more than I already do, a Nameless Ghoul gives an interview to Kerrang and talks about how the record is about the concept of modern man's happiness being completely fucking skewed. Ghost– speaking the truth!
"This record is more about the modern man and woman in their pursuit of purpose in life. It's hard to live in a society if you're not willing to buy that you are in a collective, yet usually in the Western world, there is a big disregard for individual responsibility. We think, 'Maybe you should take out your garbage,' 'Maybe you shouldn't drive, you should take the bus.' And people say, 'I'm in a hurry. I can't.' And, well, everyone else can do that — but I'm in a rock band and I don't want to do that! I include myself in that. Everyone is so busy doing their own thing.
"Most people you meet in life are most content when they have a purpose. But most people think their purpose is to be a millionaire; most people think they cannot be content until they're their own boss at the top of the Trump building. Twenty-five years ago, people were content being a carpenter. But after the Internet, people can now create an app in five minutes and sell it for $5 million. That's the career choices now. Either that or you can play poker — that'll make you rich. Or you can photograph your tits and that'll make you extremely rich. The whole concept of happiness is fucking skewed…"
I especially love that last bit about "photographing your tits and that'll make you extremely rich," considering we have people like Kim Kardashian and various talentless YouTube stars (of both sexes) making million per year without a talent to their name. Yet you have countless, unbelievably talented people making next to nothing because nobody cares about their craft… so of course they feel like they need to be moving on up in the world in a career they don't want to just get by. It's a fucking miserable existence, but it's either that or don't pay your bills and lose your apartment/house.
What do you think? Outside the musical aspect of Ghost, which is always hotly contested, how do you feel about Meliora's message?
