
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In Todd Haynes&#8217; Bob Dylan-as-kaleidoscope biopic <em>I&#8217;m Not There</em>, Ben Whishaw&#8217;s Dylan imposter is asked if he is a fatalist. &#8220;I&#8217;m a farmer. Who&#8217;s ever heard of a fatalistic farmer?&#8221; Fame and fortune- relatively fleeting and constantly dangled goods in the common sphere of human operation- can feel like hard-earned fruits of labor that society unnervingly tend to look to as standards for value. And just as an unexpected frost or rainy season can sway a crop&#8217;s future, so can the phenomena of unexpected monetary gain. This is all a very long-winded and farty way of saying that Roxy Green&#8217;s &#8220;$5000 a Week.&#8221; feels very much like standing in that field watching the storm coming in and not knowing what it&#8217;s about to bring.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The song explores the dissonance of untethered wealth in human hands- an-often maddening ocurrence captured in the tragedies of overnight lottery winners like Jack Whittaker- and beset by the darker ends of human nature. &#8220;People seem proud of my town / getting real friendly now&#8221; is echoed later with &#8220;people seem happy in town / I don&#8217;t trust people now.&#8221; Paranoia and isolation seem to overtake the narrator of the song as their world becomes all the more saturated in the shadow of their &#8220;big win.&#8221; </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Structurally, the song echoes the dissonance at play, a descending series of notes plaintive in their order followed by a near identical, lightly more sinister series. Lead Liv Brazill knowingly seethes, &#8220;If you want the world, then, hey, you&#8217;ve got it.&#8221; At first her words sound like a reassurance, but by song&#8217;s end, it feels much more like a warning. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is something apocalyptic about the tones at play here, which is great fun, but the song never shies away from the reminder that this is a human story. &#8220;I just wanted to stay home, watch TV with a wife or a family,&#8221; admits the narrator, as a ghostly chorus emerges from the shadows with three words as comforting as they are haunted: &#8220;I know you.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;$5000 a Week.&#8221; is out now, and I very much recommend you give it a listen.</p>



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