History Music / Starset

** The scream in the outro for "Everglow" gets a special mention for being 30 seconds long... All in one take.

** The flags that Brock and Ron (and sometimes Siobhan) during "TRIALS".

+ Lost Symphony (Cronin)

* CuteMachines: The robot worker protagonist of the music video for "Back to The Earth". Many viewers have noted that the robot looks similar to the titular character from ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. This trope can also be applied to the Echo Unit as seen in the music video for "ECHO".

* August 19th, 2022 - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baQVB2W1KAQ Waiting on the Sky to Change]][[note]]w/ Music/BreakingBenjamin[[/note]]

* LotusEaterMachine: The [=BMIs=] (Brain Machine Interface) within ''DIVISIONS'' and ''HORIZON'''s lore allow their users to experience whatever they want, whenever they want, resulting in a population that is completely subservient since they can just live in an ideal world in their minds and ignore everything else. Not everyone is happy with this, as the video for "THE BREACH" shows.

* PeoplePuppets: The music video for "SYMBIOTIC" invokes this as [[spoiler: the man making use of the BMI's Voyeur app is able to take control of the body of the celebrity he is seeing through the eyes of due to a glitch, proceeding to cause a bloodbath in the process before he is forced out of the body. Needless to say, the celebrity isn't too thrilled with this development.]]

** The existence of [[LaResistance rebels aiming to fight against the New East and the [=BMI=]]] can be seen in the theme of the band's demonstrations alongside the video for "THE BREACH". They are shown to be able to cut off people from a system known as the ARCHITECTURE, allowing those who desire to time to escape before the connection is reestablished.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The settings of both timelines exist within the time frame of the 2030s and 2040s with the initial transmissions that started the story originating from 2047.

* SeriesContinuityError: The music video for "Halo", which depicts a part of Thomas' search for Haley, designates the year as 2044. This contradicts the timeline since Thomas arrives onto Prox in 2046 with him sending the transmissions a year later in 2047. The events of "Halo" would have to be within the 2047 time frame.

* Dramatization: The music video for "My Demons" is stated to be one right as the video starts, depicting the events that lead to the beginning of the Starset story (Thomas sending the transmissions then Stephen Browning and Nikola Tesla receiving them in their respective years).

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The settings of both timelines exist within the time frame of the 2030s and 2040s with the initial transmissions that started the story originating from 2047.

* YouAreNumberSix: While it's uncertain whether this is a stylistic choice or something that connects to the narrative, each member of the band is given a member number. In order, they are 3301 (Dustin), 5501 (Ron), 5502 (Brock), 5503 (Adam), 7701 (Siobhan), 7702 (Zuzana), and 7703 (Cory). The fanbase as a whole is given one collective member number: 5001. These numbers can be seen on the band's jackets both for members and VIPs.

* GriefSong: "Let It Die" is remarkably unsubtle about this. The aforementioned grief could be to due a person someone cares for leaving their life for various reasons, the person is on their death bed, or some other form of significant loss. However, the song also shares the message that [[MovingBeyondBereavement letting go is the best course of action in response.]]

There's no dreams in the waves, only monsters\\

* CrapsackWorld: No matter what timeline, the future is painted in this manner. In one outcome, poverty and oppression are aplenty with war on the rise both on Earth itself and on Prox in the Bernard's Star system. In the other, a totalitarian government is able to control its citizens with the use of the [[LotusEaterMachine Brain Machine Interface]] and can easily put a person out of commission by trapping them within their minds if they fall out of line. [[SarcasmMode Fun!]]

A few songs, specifically "Unbecoming" and "Monster" from ''Vessels'' alongside "INFECTED" from ''HORIZONS'', saw an additional rise in popularity for the band thanks to their usage and collaboration in regards to the mobile game [[VideoGame/{{Arknights}} Arknights]]. In fact, a lot of their popularity is thanks to the gaming and anime communities due to their uses in [[{{Fanvid}} fan videos]], something the band fully supports if their [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent fanart based]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzohzJCTm2E music video for "TRIALS"]] is anything to go by.

--> '''Dustin:''' It used to be, back in the day, that our stuff would break. Now we're breaking the venue's stuff.

--> And though this story is not inevitable and a society does evolve... \\
We can change ''our fate.'' We can change ''the future.'' We can change ''the past.''

* NotChristianRock: "My Demons" sounds almost like something off a Music/{{Skillet}} album with lyrics like "I need a savior to heal my pain".

+ Downplay (Bates, Ron)

+ Downplay (Dustin, Ron)
+ MNQN (Dustin)
+ Live My Last (Brock)
+ Lost Symphony (Siobhan)