theme song: the story

[mellowtigger]

Today's theme song comes to us, thanks to a "BL" (boy love, aka yaoi) show on Viki. I mentioned Viki.com back in August for their extensive list of these dramas intended for heterosexual women.

The show is "The Eighth Sense", and I was going to mention it today anyway. It is excellent material. It's not at all like the usual cartoonish BL dramas with their melodrama plot and whimsical sound effects. Those shows are intended to be "over the top", much like the 1960s Batman live action show. No, this particular show is much more serious and believable and touching. It's one of few shows that I've given a 10-star rating in the Viki app. Definitely watch, if you have any curiosity at all about these BL series. Although... it may spoil all of the others when their cartoonishness doesn't really compare to the all-around quality of this one. I actually laughed out loud for one scene near the middle of the show, where a woman (Korean) tries ordering pepperoni pizza and tequila from an English-only bartender. She's a hoot, and watching her in that scene made me happy.

At the end of episode 9, this song plays. "The Story" by Conan Gray captures the essence of the series with great precision, as if it was written for the show, although the music arrived several years before the tv series. This YouTube video has 21 million views, so why have I never heard of this song before watching the BL drama last week?

Watch on YouTube

Oh, and I'm afraid that's just the way the world works.
It ain't funny. It ain't pretty. It ain't sweet.
Oh, and I'm afraid that's just the way the world works.
But I think that it could work for you and me.
Just wait and see.
It's not the end of the story.

If you have extra time, scroll through the comments on the YouTube video. There are lots of messages when the music arrived online 4 years ago. Then a gap, and suddenly a swarm of messages commenting how lovely the song is, and they arrived at YouTube after hearing the song in "The Eighth Sense". It's a perfect song for that show.

Enjoy the theme song for today. It's bittersweet, but it's very nicely done.