This is the third — and for now, final — entry in my Dance Macabre series, after ...Baby One More Time (www.cloderic.com/2025-08-09-britney-spears-baby-one-more-time) and Barbie Girl (www.cloderic.com/2025-09-21-aqua-barbie-girl). The idea behind the series is simple: take unapologetically pop songs, strip them down to their bones, and rebuild them for beatbox, guitar, and voice — with a jagged industrial-rock pulse underneath.
I first performed 7N7S at the "Cabaret des Horreurs" hosted by Barre Oblique (barreoblique.org/le-cabaret-des-horreurs/a-propos-de-le-cabaret-des-horreurs/) in late October. The reception was great — maybe the best of the three — with a few fun rug pulls as the audience started singing one song just as I veered into the other.
The concept of mashupping Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dreams_(Are_Made_of_This)) and Seven Nation Army (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Nation_Army) isn’t mine originally — Pomplamoose (youtu.be/hmLBSCiEoas?si=QyjH8MyJFMrRhyC_) did a version years ago, and they deserve the credit for sparking the idea. I leaned into the darker edge by borrowing the Marilyn Manson rendition of the Sweet Dreams riff and making it unapologetically guitar-heavy.
Everything you hear was performed, recorded, and mixed by me at home in November 2025.
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