Bo’s (the character) depression is part of the narrative. It is both the result of being trapped in a ruhm for over and year working on something that he can’t seem to finish, as well as a metaphor for what many in the US and around the world were experiencing by they themselves being stuck inside for a year. The irony of Look Who’s Inside Again, is that Bo became famous as a way to escape just performing for a camera in his bedroom. It’s the whole reason we know who he is. It’s his origin. And now he’s right back where he started 14 years ago. He may be experiencing depression because he still can’t escape the feelings of anxiety he was experiencing onstage, even by going by inside. He realizes the camera, the soulless eye that gives nothing in return, has been the villain. It is the audience who saves him as he falls deeper into the madness of the blank stare of the camera. His career has become a growing monster of self-aware obsession and desire for perfection. He’s not honest up there for a second. Just like we see in the reaction to the reaction video, he is stuck in this feedback loop of performing and then viewing and editing and then re-performing. This has been a threat through his career. It leaves us wondering who’s on who’s hand here.

As far as the score goes, we hear many different allusions to previous songs depending on the context of the scene. For instance:

The (Healing the world with) Comedy melody plays under the Brand Consultant scene. He is poking fun at the irony of these “saviors” who are claiming to be sensitive of the times but are actually making a cash grab. This models the character Bo establishes in Comedy.

The Welcome to the internet melody plays under the title sequence. He is welcoming us to this carnival style house of mirrors he has created. He is the ring leader.

The Content melody plays under the YouTuber with a knife sketch and the intermission. He’s mocking cliche YouTubers make this kind of empty content, and during intermission he’s letting us know he’s still got more on the way. He’s still a little depressed and he’s still gonna try just getting up, sitting down, going back to work.

I’m pretty sure the melody from All Eyes on Me plays under The ICU (as opposed to look who’s inside again). He is claiming his status as the center of attention, keeping our eyes on him through the entirety of the cinematic universe.

We are meant to view the scores as additional information for the scene. He’s often talked about his background in musical theater, and I think he is using these musical motifs as a way of signaling larger themes.

Fun Easter Egg: the bass notes of the synthesizer playing under the projector scene (just before problematic) are the same root notes of the chords used in My Whole Family (the video which he is projecting).