“Woe Is Me” (feat. Conley) by Jerm gives spring 2025 a hot new song to rock out to, as the duo blatantly recount their everyday disparities. Crafting his music from the “depths” of his bedroom, Jerm produced a highly polished, professional song that suggests we won’t be seeing the last of Jerm anytime soon.
“Woe Is Me” relies on heavy late-90s and early-2000s alternative rock influences, similar to blink-182 or Lit, in its instrumental style. Heavy guitar, drums and repetitive chords instantly perk listeners up.
Admittedly, there is no true romantic inspiration for the track according to Jerm, who says,
“I’m 6’5 240 pounds and I could’ve gone pro but I suffered a knee injury in the championship game. So now I drink beer and write songs about girls that don’t exist.”
Yet he captured the nuance and pain of unrequited love and disappointment in adulthood in a catchy, fun-to-listen-to way with lyrics like, “I’m probably thinking ‘woe is me’ some 50 times a day / I wish everyone would notice me, the look the other way.”
The chorus of Jerm’s single reveals the beginning of a potentially toxic cycle: not being noticed, being sad about it, and then potentially doing something grandiose only to further lose attention. While this isn’t directly disclosed by Jerm, the eventual return to the saying “woe is me” is symbolic of a cycle both Jerm and his listeners relate to.
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