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Learn more- "'Peanut Butter & Tears' portrays the fading playfulness of our youth, as we embark on a bittersweet journey into adulthood... But before MITO, there was Insanity. The Dear Insanity... EP is the prequel story to MITO's creator, Mr. Insanity. This EP follows MITO on his journey to and throughout the dreamlike realm known as The Other Side. As he traverses through The Other Side, IAN slowly begins to lose his sanity bit by bit, thus fully turning into new alter ego, Mr. Insanity at the story's climax." ---DPR IAN
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The music video begins with IAN choosing between a door to his right, left, and directly in front of him. As he walks through his chosen door, he narrates "Immediately everything felt different." Since this is the prequel and MITO does not yet exist, everything in this world is disorienting and focuses on how every decision he makes affects every version of himself. The imagery portrays flashes of different IANs, including a child version of him. As you go through the video, you see that all the chaos created around one character was the direct output of another. The bright colors and playful animation represent youth, while the chaos created by said animation represents the disarray of growing up. In one of the scenes, each of his eyes light a different color. A metaphor for multiple sides of him trying to come to light. All of his characters have an expression of confusion, fear, or sadness, except for Mr. Insanity himself. Because at that time, it was the only version of IAN he was sure of.
The lyrics show the unraveling of youth and the inability to hide the struggle of growing up. Taking the simple concept from a childhood snack, peanut butter, and child-like emotions of crying, into an analogy for the unknown. The introduction of Mr. Insanity shows that this version of IAN does not yet know the clear difference between himself and his alter ego. Unlike MITO, where the lines are definitive, Mr. Insanity wreaks havoc on the other parts of him as he is learning to navigate all sides of himself.
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