New York songwriter meg elsier has dropped ‘Meaning Of Life’, “giving depression company”
The single arrives via Bright Antenna Records with a video visualiser.
New York-based singer-songwriter meg elsier has dropped 'Meaning Of Life', her first release through Bright Antenna Records since 2024 debut album 'spittake'. That record later received a deluxe edition in July 2025, featuring additional tracks.
A video visualiser has also been shared alongside the single, which draws on indie-rock, alt-pop, and modern Americana influences.
Discussing the track, meg elsier said: "Have you ever been such an empath that when your friend is struggling you decide to crawl in that hole and make it a 'we' thing? In a way that is both sweet and selfish?
"'Meaning Of Life' is giving depression company. It's being fucking tired. It's self-sabotage-procastination. It's not being able to feel anything but doing it vicariously through people. Making their pain and emotions mine. One again selfish. This is a pretty goddam selfish song.
"It's having a completely normal and sweet time but poisoning it with these massive nihilistic thoughts. Is 'Meaning Of Life' about how vapid the day is? How nothing has meaning? Maybe it's less about that and more about how hard it is to find meaning when there's no reason to it."
A video visualiser has also been shared alongside the single, which draws on indie-rock, alt-pop, and modern Americana influences.
Discussing the track, meg elsier said: "Have you ever been such an empath that when your friend is struggling you decide to crawl in that hole and make it a 'we' thing? In a way that is both sweet and selfish?
"'Meaning Of Life' is giving depression company. It's being fucking tired. It's self-sabotage-procastination. It's not being able to feel anything but doing it vicariously through people. Making their pain and emotions mine. One again selfish. This is a pretty goddam selfish song.
"It's having a completely normal and sweet time but poisoning it with these massive nihilistic thoughts. Is 'Meaning Of Life' about how vapid the day is? How nothing has meaning? Maybe it's less about that and more about how hard it is to find meaning when there's no reason to it."
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