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Little-known fact: there’s a version of FOMO that’s much worse than any other. It’s called FOMOOD: “fear of missing out on daena.” Chances are you’re suffering from it right now. I would know because having an Internet connection makes me a doctor. (And I’ll paste a .jpg of my diploma into your DMs to prove it.)

Luckily for you, there is a cure. I’m going to prescribe you “Oversharing” by daena to be taken aurally (see what I did there) three times a day for 30 years, and you should be over it.

Or you might be, if daena never released another amazing song in your lifetime, but I find that to be exactly impossible, so take my advice without question and don’t get a second opinion, cuz you’re gonna be heeding it every time she puts out a new tune.

You see, daena has a track record of releasing music that is good. You wouldn’t want to miss any of that, would you? “Oversharing” joins her repertoire of life lesson crowd-pleasers with a message that should be overshared. The art of the conversation is always at stake when one of this egotistical type runs their motormouth. Or perhaps they just lack self-awareness. Either way, it’s hard to meaningfully get to know someone when all they want to do is talk about themselves–on their terms.

Accordingly, daena makes sure not to overshare her usual sound on “Oversharing,” proving that trading in synths for guitars does nothing to lessen the effects of her artistry. Ingenious geniuses griggs and Jared Anderson produce this time around. The former’s return lends a tasteful garnish of their electronic touches that remain from daena’s previously synth-based music without getting in the way. Also a holdover, her bright transparency shines here as well; the guitars are cheerful and the bass is bubbly even as the lyrics recount the song’s all too common eponymous social gaffe. We get the feeling that, finally, the oversharer is self-aware, and admitting that there is a problem is the first step to solving it.

Thus she nails the essence of pop-rock that sticks; besides the delicious hooks and vocals so immaculate they could clean up an industrial oil spill, everyone knows someone who overshares–to friends, to family, even to strangers–but daena treats it with an amusing narrative that has her take the fall for us as the protagonist. As a result, your friend that does but maybe should not bring up that “one time at camp when I had my first kiss at the field trip to the zoo but I was blindfolded so I couldn’t tell that it was a monkey” can laugh at themselves and learn from their mistake. (Look at it this way, Sarah: you just saved that monkey from becoming an incel, probably.)

As if to hint at the right way to use a lot of vocal noise, backing vocals fill out the song, teasing the oversharing listener. “You could be doing this instead,” they seem to say. Just as well, my only critique of the song is that the lead vocals at the chorus (and backing vocals throughout), more so toward the last few lines, should be more powerful. A crescendo of strength and volume would do well here. Especially at the final two choruses, it would elevate the song even higher.

Even still, it gets everything right. “Oversharing” definitely deserves an A+. But why not get an A+++ (can you even tell that I italicized the two extra plus signs) and rub it in the face of the rest of your Japanese high school’s exam score leaderboard? In other words, this song is perfect, but it could be perfecter. It’s like you’re teasing us without meaning to, daena, because I know you can make your voice soar loudly! And big… ly…? You even did it a bit near the end by changing up the vocal melody here and there. So as much as I love getting 100% daena in my music, you know what’s even better than 100% daena?

700% daena.

Don’t even bother with that “110%” weak sauce. Just go for broke and you’ll make one million dollars. Who knows? Maybe it’ll be two million! Then you’ll have enough to almost afford healthcare! [Note to reader: daena lives in the United States of America.]

But this song should at least get you a couple of yachts. Or a mansion or five to which you can invite all of your friends. (Those things are like $10,000 each, right?) Ironically, in ten or fifteen years, a lot of them will probably become oversharing wine moms and then you can remind them of this song. So kudos on the brilliant lyrical foresight and stellar composition! Now I just have to find a way to show it to all of my oversharing friends without dropping the bomb that it’s about them. They’ll be all like, “Ha ha ha! That is so true!” And I’ll be like, “HA HA HA. I KNOW, RIGHT. I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE THAT,” as I stare at them unblinkingly.

So thanks for doing my interpersonal dirty work for me, daena! And to put it in a catchy, irresistible song no less! Keep it up!

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About the Author
Dusk writes for The Q because propagandizing for the gay agenda is cool and badass. Some of their favorite genres of music are symphonic power metal, goth/ethereal wave, dream pop, shoegaze, and black metal (the kind that doesn’t espouse right-wing poseur dreck). They believe that the best way to achieve social justice is through economic justice, which can only be secured through organized, cooperative, mass political action. They do not use social media publicly, but accept hate mail, death threats, and all other backhanded compliments at duskarts@protonmail.com.