Behind The Song: The Passive Aggressive Song

I've always felt that the ukulele was a very happy instrument. In my mind, it's almost impossible to make the ukulele sound sad, and that's why I love it, when people use it for sad or angry songs, because it just seems so ironic. That was the thought that led to me writing this song.

The song is about all the things that goes through my head whenever someone does something really annoying. I, of course, never say these things out loud, but my thoughts become very passive aggressive, hence the song name. And if there is something passive aggressiveness needs, it's to be led out, so I fueled all my frustrations into this song :D 

I really loved the match between the ukulele and the lyrics. Like I said the ukulele for me is happy and sweet, so you expect the song to be, but it isn't. The same happens with the lyrics. The words are objectively speaking, not mean, but since they are dripping with sarcasm, they become mean in the context. 

For the video, I wanted something simple and sweet. Both because it fits the simple structure of the song, but also because I really wanted to get the song uploaded, because I was pretty stoked about it :P I ended up just recording the sound with my camera, and got inspiration from Dodie Clark (aka Doddleoddle aka. Queen of Ukulele) and her "Slowest Man Alive" video, since I thought that was a really sweet idea. 

I made a brainstorm for annoying things before writing this song, and here are some honarary mentions that didn't make it into the song:

 - Interruption

 - Better knowing-ness

 - Slow walkers

 - Blowing cigarette smoke in your face

Bonus information: I wrote this song sitting outside on a lovely Sunday, and actually ended up annoying my neighbor by playing the ukulele, kinda ironic.. whoops :) 

I hope you've enjoyed reading a bit about this song, and I'm planning on making these whenever I upload a song :D

Until next time

- Malene Simonsen