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24. Farewell II Flesh
Source: Ice Nine Kills
Villain: Candyman
Nominator: Bane_of_Despair (1 remaining)

https://youtu.be/mmL8YpVFbqQ

Villainy: 8
Characterization: 9
Melody: 5
Total: 22/30

"Slave to a mob, ignorant and mad / That bled all the good from my soul and only left the bad"

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Kinda shocked Farewell II Flesh is still in, the Villainy and Characterization must be carrying it hard because I know most wouldn't give it a high Melody score lol

Man it was hard not to comment on this one, because you kind of nailed it. Although, in fairness, I didn't actively dislike this song, which is a kind of high bar for INK for me. For comparison, IT Is The End (their song about Pennywise) landed 55th last contest with a melody score of 2 and a villainy score of 10. Also fun fact (that I might have mentioned last time) I did see Ice Nine Kills as a teenager, mostly because my friend wanted to. I didn't like their music much but I did more moshing than I have at pretty much any other concert. I like the opening, and I like the instrumentals (the Flight of the Bumblebee was a nice touch), but the vocals do hurt it for me. Also the Jason Statham level of bee references.

It helped it that I'm a big Candyman fan to begin with, and I appreciate their attempts to combine both the identifying aspects of Candyman (mirrors, bees, the hook, repeating the name five times) with actual elements of his backstory. They really make an attempt to cover every aspect of Candyman without it feeling too forced or like they're reading off a Wikipedia page. Also, yeah, he's killing people, so obviously villainous. Not quite a 10 there though as it does put more emphasis on him being killed more than on his own killings, and he doesn't come across as overally sadistic beyond just the "Die!" line.