I don't think this is about a specific person, exactly. To me, it's a look at the hopelessness of society right now, the way vanity and material possessions are coveted above all else, but in reality those things are meaningless because in the end you'll die and leave it all behind, and it won't matter what you chose, what you owned, how you looked, what or who you loved. And really, the only reason a life of decadence and convenience is so highly valued is because people KNOW that they will die, and must distract themselves from that bleak reality by indulging in whatever happiness they can find, and making themselves admirable and attractive to the living.
I don't think this is about a specific person, exactly. To me, it's a look at the hopelessness of society right now, the way vanity and material possessions are coveted above all else, but in reality those things are meaningless because in the end you'll die and leave it all behind, and it won't matter what you chose, what you owned, how you looked, what or who you loved. And really, the only reason a life of decadence and convenience is so highly valued is because people KNOW that they will die, and must distract themselves from that bleak reality by indulging in whatever happiness they can find, and making themselves admirable and attractive to the living.