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2	[[caption-width-right:1000:''"Is this all you've ever wanted? It's me, it's me, your shadow!"'']]
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4	''Carousel (An Examination of the Shadow, Creekflow, and its Life as an Afterthought)'' is a ConceptAlbum released by Music/VyletPony on February 3, 2023.
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6	The album centers around pegasus musician Vylet as she visits the Ponyville fair, encountering a magical carousel that introduces her to the physical incarnation of her shadow.
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8	The album can be purchased on [[https://vyletpony.bandcamp.com/album/carousel-an-examination-of-the-shadow-creekflow-and-its-life-as-an-afterthought Bandcamp]]. as well as streamed on [[https://open.spotify.com/album/2uiBNQHyU4fxn1kZlHUF2d Spotify]] or Vylet's [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=XYp3EW-kFlA YouTube channel]].
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12	!! Tracklist:
13	# "Let's Fly to the Castle!" (3:21)
14	# "Pony Rock!" (feat. [=GalaxySquid=] and [=NekoSnicker=]) (4:39)
15	# "Constellation Cradle" (6:05)
16	# "How to Talk to Your Shadow?" (feat. [=AstroEden=]) (1:39)
17	# "Brohoof" (3:56)
18	# "Bass Cannon" (feat. Jesse Nowack) (5:04)
19	# "Crush Kill Destroy Swag" (6:22)
20	# "The Carrion Child" (feat. [=CalamariSpider=]) (5:34)
21	# "Hush!" (8:14)
22	# "Examining the Afterthought" (3:00)
23	# "Flair for the Dramatic" (5:08)
24	# "Carousel" (feat. Namii) (6:35)
25	# "Futura" (4:30)
26	# "Creekflow" (4:11)
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30	!! Awaiting you in this very hall are the tropes of all tropes:
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32	* AlbumTitleDrop: Aside from the TitleTrack, there's also this line on "How to Talk to Your Shadow?":
33	--> Because you're ''riding the carousel!''
34	* AllThereInTheManual: While you can draw general conclusions about the story from just the lyrics, the album's descriptions on Bandcamp and [=YouTube=] fully lay out the picture.
35	* AmbiguousSituation: According to Vylet Pony on Twitter, the album can be about a variety of things, with the only two she outright debunks are it being about multiplicity or literal death.
36	* AmusementParkOfDoom: The aesthetic of the album is themed around fair rides, with something eerie just under the surface.
37	* BigRockEnding: The climax of "Flair for the Dramatic" ramps up into loud, fittingly dramatic instrumentation and drawn out vocals.
38	* BrokenRecord:
39	** "Constellation Cradle":
40	---> When you're playing, playing with stars\
41	When you're playing, playing with stars\
42	When you're playing, playing with stars\
43	When you're playing with stars
44	** "Creekflow":
45	---> When will I break?\
46	When will I break?\
47	When will I finally break?\
48	When will I finally break?
49	* ConceptAlbum: The album tells the story of Vylet encountering a magical carousel that allows her to speak with her shadow.
50	* CosmicMotifs: This is a core element of the track "Constellation Cradle", especially the repeating hook line:
51	--> When you're playing, playing with stars!
52	* DarkerAndEdgier: When compared to the album that preceded it, ''can opener's notebook: fish whisperer'', which is a lot more light-hearted in both tone and subject matter, ''Carousel'' is brooding and introspective.
53	* EpicRocking: Several of the songs clock in at over 6 minutes, but the 8-minute long "Hush!" is easily the standout. It also starts with a full-out TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in the form of a slam poem overlaid on top of harsh electronic drawls before morphing into chill ambience and hard rock.
54	* FakeRadioShowAlbum: The end of "How to Talk to Your Shadow?" has a radio host for the fictional station 32.7 The Creek announcing the next track:
55	--> From the heart of Ponyville\
56	Spinning our next track\
57	The one and only DJ [=Pon3=]!\
58	Let's ''spin this shit!''
59	* GenreMashup: While mixing and matching genres is one of Vylet Pony's defining stylistic elements, this album focuses primarily on fusing aspects of the harsher genres of electronic music with progressive rock and ambient.
60	* HearingVoices: The titular carousel allows Vylet to speak to Creekflow, her [[LivingShadow literal]] ShadowArchetype.
61	* IncrediblyLongNote: The "murdereeeeeeeeeer!" in "The Carrion Child".
62	* LivingMemory: Creekflow is {{implied\|Trope}} to be such over the course of the album, especially in its introduction in "How to Talk to Your Shadow?":
63	--> '''Announcer:''' Your memories serve more than fond keepsakes!
64	* LivingShadow: Creekflow is this, being Vylet's literal shadow that can communicate with her.
65	* MeaningfulName: "Constellation Cradle" refers to the Internet, in reference to online fame -- where stars are born, a cradle for newborn constellations.
66	* MetalScream: Vylet lets out quite a few in "The Carrion Child", such as the climactic "MURDEREEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!!!"
67	* MoodWhiplash: "Brohoof" is basically mood whiplash, the song. Just look at these lyrics:
68	--> Nightmares, apparitions, every thought that I fear\
69	The spring in my stride\
70	'Cause the good times are here!
71	* MotorMouth: The intro to "Hush!" is a wordy slam poem delivered at a breakneck pace.
72	* MurderBallad: How literal the murder in "The Carrion Child" is is left unclear, but the imagery is extremely strong regardless:
73	--> Your glass is overflowing in the slaughter\
74	Have you no remorse?
75	* OneWordTitle: Quite a few -- "Brohoof", "Hush!", "Carousel", "Futura" and "Creekflow".
76	* PrecisionFStrike: In "Hush!", these two lines deliver a particularly cutting one to Vylet:
77	--> Are you ''fucking'' happy?\
78	Why are you '''''fucking''''' smiling?
79	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The intro to "Hush!" is one from Creekflow to Vylet that takes the form of a slam poem.
80	--> The whore's found a new position, the old angler reels a new technique\
81	A bravest strike to the easel covers red the walls of a finely furnished home\
82	Teaching a new dog new tricks!\
83	Count to four, it's been done before, say it with your own voice\
84	''What are you afraid of?''
85	* RockStarSong: "Constellation Cradle" seems to be one, with the added bonus of taking the "star" part [[CosmicMotifs literally]].
86	--> Constellation cradle\
87	Carry, coddle, label\
88	Live your life a superstar\
89	Live your life a fable
90	* ShadowArchetype: A literal one in the form of Vylet's shadow being given sentience, who seems to point out all the little aspects of Vylet that she doesn't like.
91	* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: ''Carousel (An Examination of the Shadow, Creekflow, and its Life as an Afterthought)'', so long it needed to be shortened in the namespace.
92	* SpokenWordInMusic:
93	** The skit-like intermission "How to Talk to Your Shadow?" is entirely spoken word.
94	** "Hush!" introduces itself with rapid-fire slam poetry.
95	* TitleTrack: "Carousel".
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