"Don't Think About the Polar Bear" by Bridget Kearney
Off the new album Comeback Kid, out now.
Order and listen here: lnk.to/bk-comebackkid
A quick psychological experiment: Try for the next 30 seconds to not picture a polar bear in your mind's eye. You can picture anything BUT a polar bear. Snow is cool, grizzly bears are cool, just do NOT picture a polar bear for 30 seconds...
Okay, if at some point during that 30 seconds you couldn't help but picture a polar bear while trying not to picture a polar bear you just experienced what's called Ironic Process Theory otherwise known as "The White Bear Problem." The idea being that when we're actively trying NOT to think about something, we're actually much more likely to think about it.
Now, here is a sad funky song about thinking about things you're trying not to think about, failing at meditation and two polar bears insistently, adorably dancing through the pain.
Produced and Mixed by Dan Molad
Recorded by Rob Shelton at Altamira Sound, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge
Bridget Kearney: vocals and bass
Dan Molad: drums and guitar
Robin MacMillan: percussion
Rob Shelton: rhodes and mirage
Jeremy Udden: saxophone
Direction & Animation: Mertcan Mertbilek and Yasemin Yasu
Lyrics:
You taught me to meditate
And I used to like
I'd just close my eyes and breathe and think about you
But that's not how you meditate...
I guess I always knew
and I tried to get you out of my mind but I can't push that thought away
Don't think about polar bear
Don't think about the snow
Don't think about the way he touched your hair
Or all the places you would go
Don't think about the polar bear
He ain't thinking bout you
But every time I tell myself I won't you know I always do
I always
Do do-do, do do do-do
Do do-do, do do do-do
Do do-do, do do do-do
Do do-do, do do do-do
You could make me levitate
But now I have to medicate
To get you off of my mind
I tried to say goodbye but I can't let you go
Don't think about the polar bear
Don't think about his eyes
Don't think about the time when he still cared about you
Or how hard you cried
Don't think about the polar bear
He ain't thinking bout you
But every time I tell myself I won't you know I always do
I always
Do do-do, do do do-do
Do do-do, do do do-do
Do do-do, do do do-do
Do do-do, do do do-do
Don't think about the polar bear
But I always
Do do-do, do do do-do
Do do-do, do do do-do
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