Will Wood | In Case I Make It

While divisive among some fans due to its gentler sounds and more traditional vocal stylings compared to much of his recent work, ICIMI attracted new and older audiences and revealed a more personal side, offering a new context for his discography. Widely considered to be some of his most powerfully emotional works, both harshly introspective and humorous songwriting, as well as its unique delivery, are still distinctly Will Wood in their experimental nature and uncompromising unwillingness to conform to the expectations of both die-hard fans and audiences at large.

In 2021, the underground singer-songwriter was suddenly the subject of unexpected online attention, which, in tandem with mental health struggles, inspired him to put out a “musical suicide note,” intended to express parts of his artistic and personal identity that had gone largely unseen by a fanbase he felt misunderstood by. Leading the album with intentionally algorithm-unfriendly singles and putting an eight-minute love ballad as the second track on the LP, Wood aggressively redefined himself as being more than just a handful of wacky, unwitting viral pops.

Ironically, it was essentially the surprise viral success of the deep cut “The Main Character,” a relentless satire of online culture, that drew attention to the album and, in turn, to its second-biggest hit, the angst-ridden yet danceable “Against the Kitchen Floor.” However, it is the immense orchestration and vulnerable writing that have kept audiences coming back. Songs like “Euthanasia” and “Tomcat Disposables” have developed reputations as tearjerkers, and songs like “Cicada Days” and “White Noise” have become fan anthems in the years since.

• Tomcat Disposables
• Becoming the Lastnames
• Cicada Days
• Euthanasia
• Falling Up
• That’s Enough, Let’s Get You Home
• Um, I Mean, It’s Kind of a Lot.
• Half-Decade Hangover
• Vampire Reference in a Minor Key
• You Liked This (Okay, Computer!)
• The Main Character
• Against the Kitchen Floor
• Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll
• BIG FAT BITCHIE’S BLUEBERRY PIE, CHRISTMAS TREE, AND RECREATIONAL JELLO EMPORIUM A.K.A. “MR. BOY IS ON THE ROOF AGAIN” (FEAT. PASTA BY SNEAKERS MCSQUEAKERS) [FROM THE MOTION PICTURE “B.F.B.’S B-SIDES: BAGEL BATCHES, MARSH-MALLOWS, & BARSH-MALLOWS”
• Willard!
• White Noise