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👑 Philosophical Reading of “The Empress in the Mirror”
A meditation on identity, authenticity, and the quiet collapse beneath curated power.
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1. The False Binary of Power and Vulnerability
This song shatters the illusion that power must be without pain. The Empress is not a static, flawless sovereign — she is a woman unraveling in real time, mastering the art of poise while surviving interior wars. This duality is voiced in lines like:
"Posting grace with shaking hands."
"I’m the fire and the fiction, the diamond and the dust."
Philosophically, this reflects Nietzsche’s idea of becoming: identity is not fixed — it’s fluid, forged through contradiction. The Empress is not one truth; she is the friction between truths.
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2. The Mirror as Existential Crisis
The mirror is not just literal; it’s a metaphor for self-awareness in a hyper-curated world.
"I see the Empress in the mirror, but she’s scared of her own eyes."
This recalls Jean-Paul Sartre’s concept of “the gaze.” When we look into the mirror — or worse, when others look at us — we begin to see ourselves as objects. The Empress isn’t looking at herself, she’s looking for herself in the reflections of societal expectation, social media, inherited scripts.
It also touches on Simone de Beauvoir’s feminist philosophy — that woman is often “the Other” in her own reflection, sculpted by the needs and projections of others.
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3. The Age of Performance
There’s a deep postmodern anxiety running through the lyrics. We live in an age of curated performance — where identity is branded, publicized, polished:
"I swear I’ve read all the sacred texts, but I skip the pages that make me reflect."
"Do I know the truth or just know the trend?"
This feels like a direct critique of performativity culture — a world where healing becomes content, strength becomes a pose, and authenticity gets entangled with algorithmic success. It asks: Is empowerment still empowerment when it needs to be validated by strangers?
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4. The Empress as Everywoman
While the Empress is a title, the song strips her of myth. She is not divine — she is exhausted. She carries generations of expectation, performance, and emotional labor. Yet, she still chooses to try:
"I’m still here. I’m still trying. Still becoming what I seek."
This is the most radical act — not conquering, not ascending, but persisting. It echoes bell hooks and Audre Lorde — the political power of self-care, of choosing oneself in a system that wants to fracture you.
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5. The Final Question — A Philosophical Knife
"If I lose the crown… do I lose myself? Or do I finally get to breathe?"
This is the existential dagger of the song. It questions the cost of power, the illusion of having it, and whether letting go is actually the key to becoming real. It recalls Krishnamurti’s idea: freedom is not in adding, but in shedding.
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🪞 Conclusion:
“The Empress in the Mirror” is not a lament — it is a mirror cracked open to let in air. It dares to admit what so many queens — metaphorical and real — won’t: that sometimes, the greatest crown is the one you finally set down.
It is Caeli August at her most modern, most feminist, most human.


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The Empress in the Mirror

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Clueless - Lil Verzuz

'It Doesn't Hurt Me (feat I Manic Alice) (The Remixes Volume 1) by That Man - available at digital music stores etc from 16th October 2025

The original version is on the album 'Dance or Die' by That Man - out everywhere from 30th October 2025

Please check out more by That Man at Soundcloud & via the links below:-

Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/that-man/1682101222

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/75ULIpWvWAojVeD65jIXn2?si=8AZigMGIT3-6dXrWNsqj_g

YouTube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCE7T4KQvlp2ITMYlX47qC5w

Thanks, Cris - Spyda Music Productions

It Doesn't Hurt Me (The Remixes Volume 1)

It Doesn't Hurt Me (feat I Manic Alice) (Cris Marc Remix)

It Doesn't Hurt Me

That Man - It Doesn't Hurt Me (feat I Manic Alice) (Cris Marc Remix)

Moonwalking But Not In Calabasas

Let Go,Let God

Rap, instrumental, production, and arrangement by Jah-Femi Telewa

Lookest Like

Thou lookest Like me
Though highly unlikely 
Due to life’s uncertainty 
Making such occurrence be a impossibility 

<impossible > 

Yeah it’s that Deep
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Darn blasted antenna 
Loud noise when they enter 
Dismantling retina 👁️ 
Cold shocks hits  like winter 
Main frame frozen 
Why am I chosen ✔️
Some tucked their foes in
While they were dozing 
It’s a serious case
A murderous  faze 
They seek to chase
Put kids in place 
Grounds sprout with haze  ✔️ 
I cried 4 Dayz
Pls be a faze
I’m puzzled Maze


shot of the red rum

Shot shot of the red rum

shot of the red rum

Shot shot of the red rum

shot of the red rum

Shot shot of the red rum

shot of the red rum

Shot shot of the red rum


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Ehhhh… madness up in here 
All heads talking while mouths ain’t moving  ✔️

I will not make that mistake 

I will not partake 

Of the tasteless red rum

Lookest Like

Happy Halloween 25 

Set List:
1. Kendrick Lamar - DNA X Disclose (Ekali Edit)
2. Mersiv x Effin - Belong To Me
3. Tisoki - BITE (MY STYLE)
4. Baby Smoove - On The Flo (Flomatik)
5. TRSTN - B2B
6. LYNY - Freak!
7. Kumarion - RAGE
8. Steller & Jaenga - Get Down
9. sumthin sumthin & ero808 - what U need
10. Chmura - Leave My Mark On This Planet
11. Volume Unit - Down
12. ARGY & OMNYA  - ARIA (ADVENTURE CLUB EDIT)
13. Dessigner Toys x BuckTen - Pick Your Poison
14. A$AP Rocky - Peso (Don Jamal Flip)
15. BadKlaat - Stay Down
16. Doctor P - Sweet Shop (Shlump Remix)
17. John Summit x Inez - Light Years (ANON BOOTLEG)
18. Ternion Sound - Artifice (Buunshin Remix)
19. Crankdat & NGHTMRE - TYPE SH＊T ft. Duke Deuce


A Shift in the Winds

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