...Well, Better Than the Alternative

2020 single by Will Wood ...Well, Better Than the Alternative Well, Better Than the Alternative.jpg The official cover artwork for "...Well, Better Than the Alternative". single Will Wood The Normal Album 2020 6 26 2019 * Pop rockNew Jersey Stage https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?titlelink=will-wood-releases-lyric-video-for-marsha-thankk-you-for-the-dialectics-but-i-need-you-to-leave Will Wood Releases Lyric Video For "Marsha, Thankk You for the Dialectics, but I Need You to Leave" New Jersey Stage en August 21, 2020 August 21, 2024 new waveBlum Jordan https://www.popmatters.com/will-wood-blackboxwarrior-okultra-2647519268.html Will Wood Works His Madcap Magic On "BlackboxWarrior – OKULTRA [Live in Studio]" (Premiere) PopMatters September 10, 2020 August 21, 2024 jazzHerron-Wheeler Addison https://newnoisemagazine.com/premieres/album-premiere-will-wood-the-normal-album/ Album Premiere: Will Wood - The Normal Album New Noise Magazine en July 9, 2020 August 21, 2024 4 14, 4 16 (2024 edit) Say-10 Will Wood Jonathon Maisto Laplace's Angel (Hurt People? Hurt People!) 2020 Mr. Fregoli and the Diathesis-Stress Supermodel, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Con (An Untitled Track) 2020 Kg0hCOqFbtU "...Well, Better Than the Alternative" "...Well, Better Than the Alternative" (stylized as ...well, better than the alternative) is a song by American musician Will Wood. It was released via Say-10 on June 26, 2020, as the third single for his third studio album, The Normal Album (2020). It features an up-tempo pop composition with piano and ukulele. A music video was released alongside the single, featuring paintings of Wood animated with a program called EBsynth. Background In 2016, Will Wood was inspired by an emotional connection to the Netflix series Stranger Things to write a song about it, focusing on British actress Millie Bobby Brown's portrayal of Eleven in the series.Nelson Joshua https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/review-will-woods-the-normal-album-anything-but-and-better/ Review: Will Wood's "The Normal Album" – Anything But, And Better Bleeding Cool en July 12, 2020 August 21, 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLV0wb1-_80 The Will Wood Interview 2018-11-17 Winter Street Media 2024-10-13 YouTube He began performing it in early 2017 as "Still Pretty (Millie Rolls a 7)".Coffee Haus Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pUS6kecLdI Will Wood and The Tapeworms - ...Well, Better than the Alternative YouTube video Green Bean Films en January 24, 2017 August 21, 2024 Shortly after his second studio album, Self-ish (2016), Wood would often jokingly refer to a fictional daughter named Millie, as part of a tendency at the time to fictionalize his life to an implausible extent.Makin Bob October 16, 2016 Makin Waves with Will Wood & the Tapeworms https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/how-we-live/2016/10/16/makin-waves-wood-tapeworms/91869608/ August 21, 2024 My Central Jersey en He later revealed he was making a reference to Brown. Once Wood began writing and producing material for his third studio album, The Normal Album (2020), he considered the song the easiest to produce for having demos made long in advance.Nelson Joshua https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/interview-will-wood-on-his-new-documentary-what-did-i-do/ Interview: Will Wood, On His New Documentary, "What Did I Do?" Bleeding Cool en April 1, 2021 August 21, 2024 Wood then renamed the song as "...Well, Better Than the Alternative", stating its relevance to the song's meaning and that he preferred it over its former title.Shumaker Shannon https://preludepress.com/interviews/2020/06/23/will-wood-interview/ Will Wood Reinvents Himself on "The Normal Album": "There Was Nothing That Couldn't Be New" Prelude Press en June 23, 2020 August 21, 2024 It was revealed as the fifth song on the tracklist for The Normal Album in May 2020.New Jersey Stage https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?titlelink=will-wood-to-release-the-normal-album Will Wood To Release "The Normal Album" New Jersey Stage en May 28, 2020 August 21, 2024 Composition "...Well, Better Than the Alternative" is an upbeat song, with avant-pop piano melodies juxtaposing the track's lyrics. Its instrumentation builds throughout, climaxing during the final chorus with Addison Herron-Wheeler of New Noise Magazine describing it as "Wood's vocal performance tak[ing] on an anguished energy".Herron-Wheeler Addison https://newnoisemagazine.com/video-premiere-will-wood-well-better-than-the-alternative/ Video Premiere: Will Wood - '... well, better than the alternative' New Noise Magazine en June 25, 2020 August 21, 2024 It was produced by Jonathon Maisto,New Jersey Stage https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?titlelink=will-wood-releases-music-video-for-well-better-than-the-alternative Will Wood Releases Music Video For "... well, better than the alternative" New Jersey Stage en July 1, 2020 August 21, 2024 with Wood noting its tonal difference from his other work. The song's meaning is intentionally ambiguous; some lyrics act as "conceptual red herrings" to obstruct Wood's intention, making fan interpretations varied.Nelson Joshua https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/even-more-normal-interview-questions-with-musician-will-wood/ Even More "Normal" Interview Questions With Musician Will Wood Bleeding Cool en July 5, 2020 August 21, 2024 Music video A music video for "...Well, Better Than the Alternative" was released alongside the single on June 26, 2020. The video begins with footage of Wood playing a video game, later transitioning into a painted rendition of the same shot with a shadowed figure behind him. Throughout the song, Wood and the figure are depicted in various actions and poses with paintings overlaying them as a filter-esque animation. During the bridge, Wood offers a game controller to the figure, which results in the two interacting together for the rest of the song. The video was created by Will Wood and Chris Dunne in collaboration with Sorin Michaels, a subscriber of Wood's Patreon. The latter frequently shared fan-made animations of previous Will Wood and the Tapeworms music videos with the Patreon community, which led to Wood hiring Michaels to revolve a new video around the animation style. Dunne, who previously co-created The Real Will Wood (2020), filmed scenes of Wood in his unfurnished home for the video, which had key frames painted over by Wood and Michaels. The latter used EBsynth to apply the handmade paintings to live action footage of Wood, making it appear animated. Wood edited the animated footage together, finalizing the video for "...Well, Better Than the Alternative". Personnel Will Wood – lead vocals, piano, ukulele, backing vocals Jonathon Maisto – production, recording engineer, mixing, mastering Matt Berger – alto saxophone Vater Boris – bass guitar Mike Bottiglieri – guitar Mario Conte – drums Victoria Goettel – viola References Category:Will Wood songs Category:2020 songs Category:2020 singles Category:American new wave songs Category:American pop rock songs Category:American jazz songs Category:Music based on television series Category:Vocal jazz songs Category:Stranger Things (TV series)