Killpop

Corey said it's about his relationship with the music industry:

"You know, what's funny [is] over the last few weeks, I've really gotten everyone's interpretation of what that song means to them, and it's nowhere near what I wrote about," he said. "So it's kind of interesting to hear people's interpretations of what I'm singing about. And I'll be honest with you: the song is my reflection on my relationship with music. That's who the 'she' is. And not just music, but the music industry in general. So there's a love-hate relationship there that really kind of comes into view." Read more at blabbermouth.net/news/slipknots-corey-taylor-says-killpop-single-deals-with-his-love-hate-relationship-with-music-industry.html

Even with the previous comment of what Corey said, I have a different view.

It's so, confusing, the methods that she's using

I feel like it is someone who is watching another. Paying attention to how they act and what they do. Only you and them know how they are when they aren't around everyone else. No matter how beautiful you think they are, you still hate the difference they have (maybe the way of life they have). Even though you can not get over how much you hate the decisions they make, they still are the one thing you find so attractive.

How can I just let her go, not until she loves me.

Sounds like they still attempt at the thing you find so disgusting. Something draws draws you in to the point that you find yourself being seduced into the "thing" you hate. That one thing that might be the breaking point of the seduction.

Lost inside my dirty head, something tells me I'm the one whose kept.

The realization that you are no longer in control, the method of seduction has become to much. You are no longer making rational decisions.

Die and fucking love me

The reality is that no matter what you want from them, you will always need the side that hurts them. The side you always found attractive

Instead of trying to "fix" someone, you try and keep them in the spot they were at.

It's about a man, possibly a drug dealer, and his relationship with a junkie. He gives her drugs, and she pays with sex. The more dependent on the drugs she is, the more "beautiful" she becomes, knowing he has her in his clutches. He doesn't want her to get better and leave him for a healthy relationship. So the only way he wants her to leave is if she overdoses and dies.

This song can be interpreted in 2 ways: literally and metaphorically. If interpreted literally it's about the narrator/singer being infatuated by something a thing of beauty, in this case a woman, yet he is unable to coexist with this person as he can't bare seeing this person destroy herself.

Corey said in an interview that metaphorically the song is about the music industry as a whole. The environment has become toxic and although he loves creating music he can't stand to see the industry destroy itself as it's all about the money and not about the artist or creativity anymore.

I understand the whole concept of the song, but what does the title "killpop" even mean? I went onto Genius and found an effortful translation of the line "something tells me I'm the one whose kept", implying that the narrator has control of "killpop". So does anyone know what that even means?

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Relating to the music industry is understandable. I was going to say it sounds like a form of Narcissism. That being case, it can be related in the same context. How the industry cares more about the industry and not the artist after the initial 'you're so great love-bombing' wears off.

lily!