Artist's commentary
You should be thankful you have a mold to fit into
I can't fit into any mold anymore.
https://chanomach.fanbox.cc/posts/2400249
From blog:
Self-reprimand. Your thoughts, your future, and other things harden, and stop being able to fit into a mold.
When you spend a long time living with the same attitudes and standpoints, you start to get a feeling like you're fitting into a mold. However, even if you think you think you're fitting in, you're never actually 100% conforming to the mold, and there's this pain that comes each time a part that sticks out or doesn't match gets cut off or crushed. I get a fuzzy feeling thinking about if there is a mold that fits me perfectly, or if there is, if I would want to settle into it.
I was ruminating on the sound image of GRAPEVINE's "Nezumi Joudo" (on sale now to great reviews), and found myself feeling like my existence was all squishy, and that's what spawned the idea. At first I had pictured something more like slime, but after wondering about the idea of being unable to turn solid or liquid, I ended up going with baking molds. Isn't it nice how it also gives the impression of wandering through a desert?