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title: "THIS IS FINE"

meaning: "The meme as mantra: strip LOL down to this is fine / everything is fine: repeated until the dog-in-fire joke becomes the whole song."

year: 2025
release: "US"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

credits: "Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton."

apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/this-is-fine/1797939506?i=1797939508"

themes: ["anxiety", "meme", "denial", "US", "humor"]

isrc: QZHN42537348
isrcSource: soundexchange
lyrics: |
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine

  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine

  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is

  Fine
  Everything is

  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine

  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine

  This is fine
  Everything is fine
  This is fine
  Everything is fine

draft: false

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Companion to [*LOL*](/songs/lol/) on the same chapter EP. Where the title track had verses (the party dodge, foot in mouth, *philosophical songs never have answers*), this one keeps only the coping phrase and runs it until the narrative disappears.

It's [KC Green's burning-room dog](https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149232763/this-is-fine-meme-anniversary-gunshow-web-comic) as a pop song. The middle break even fractures the line, *everything is* / *fine* / *everything is*. Same denial as LOL, just louder, the way [*AFTER-AFTER-PARTY*](/songs/after-after-party/) followed [*AFTER-PARTY*](/songs/after-party/): sequel as repetition.

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