DHI (death and horror inc) - Chosen Ruler (Mix V2) (OFFICIAL Video)
The official video for “Chosen Ruler“, written and recorded by DHI frontman Vicar in 2020, and remixed for release on The Idiot Parade EP in 2021.
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“Chosen Ruler“ paints a bleak portrait of an individual’s decent into wilful ignorance and cowardly violence. The song’s protagonist is also seen within the context of a wider societal trend: the masochistic tendency to elect leaders who ultimately punish those who mark a ballot in their favour.
“A black X scrawled / For a new state of scripted control“ is the unsettling choice made within a voting booth in this song. It is a decision borne out of misguided, divisive rhetoric, and a reliance upon fear-of-the-other propaganda. These are the very same retrograde ideas that were espoused by the 45th president of the world’s second largest democracy. The very same president who has been disturbingly cited as being “the chosen one“.
The song Chosen Ruler is sadly not an adaptation of dystopian fiction. It is an unflinching look at what is playing out before our very eyes. It is a cautionary tale to us all.
— Vicar
See the full Artist Statement at the DHI website, under the Chosen Ruler release.
Video © 2020 DHI (death and horror inc). All rights reserved. “Mix V2“ master audio recording ℗ 2021 DHI. All rights reserved. Song © 2020 Vicar. All rights reserved.