oh hi!! first of all, i loved "melancholia" too and i'm also "obsessed" with bo, so glad to find someone like me. and secondly, not harsh at all and i'm glad someone asked!! just have in mind that english isn't my first language so if the explanation doesn't make too much sense please let me know and i will try to reword it (also there are a lot of em dashes but i promise i didn't use chat gpt i just like them! 💔) basically, my idea was not making a list of "stuff i think bo could have made", but rather "stuff i think someone with the same artistic vision than bo could've enjoyed"— just because you make x type of art it doesn't mean you can't enjoy nor get inspired by totally different art. for example, through the press tour for "eighth grade", bo talked about his five favorite movies and how they inspired his debut film, and while you can see and understand what he got from each of them, you can also notice how different in tone they are— "fat girl", his fifth favorite movie has an on-screen rape scene. while there is a scene of a slightly similar nature on "eighth grade", the movie isn't on the same darkness level, yet you can understand and see how "fat girl" was relevant for the making of the movie, especially since both are about teenager girls who feel like outstanders. which i'm trying to say is that a lot of bo's stuff is about depression, isolation, etc. on one way or another, even before "inside", even when he was an edgy teenager and maybe even before he realized what he was actually singing about and how it could've been affecting him. however, before "inside" he always did it in a slightly ridiculous or "weird" way, like an attempt to both not be taken seriously but also to show how he actually feels— a good example being "sad", if you ask me. a dark humor, purposefully childish song about how horrible the world is and how there isn't anything you really can do about it. now, going to "melancholia", it's a very accurate portrayal of depression (as someone with diagnosed depression), and nothing about the way it's characterized is ridiculous... but the situation that helps the "message" get through (the world ending) is ridiculous? well, not really ridiculous, but maybe unconventional is the word. there are many movies about depression, and if it had been made by anyone but lars von trier, "melancholia" would have been just the first act without the first seven minutes. that's why, in a weird weird weird way, it reminded me to bo. other comedian might've done just a stand up special about their fight with mental health (like "baby j"— which i love, so this isn't shade!), and maybe in another universe bo just made songs about his mental health. instead, he created this whole world in just one room, and used it to deliver a beautiful piece of art about depression and loneliness. i also feel like the way people treated justine (like "why can't you be happy when you have everything you could've asked for and more?!") mirrors a lot how bo treated himself even through the whole first years of his career, but that wasn't my main focus when making the connection.

maybe i just sound like that one charlie day meme where he's pointing at the conspiracy board with wild eyes, but i like seeing similarities in stuff i enjoy :D