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79. Your Mind Is Not Your Friend
Source: The National ft. Phoebe Bridgers
Villain: Mental Health Disorders
Nominator: Chaeix (2 left)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrCTNeuvmqA

Villainy: 1
Characterization: 5
Melody: 6
Total: 12/30

"You feel it in your nerves / It's chokin' out the sun / You try in vain to be persuaded / That it's nothin'"

I like this song a good bit, but I legitimately don't think I can call it a villain song. This song isn't really about the mental health disorders being characterized as a villain beyond a line or two, it's about a person dealing with mental health struggles. Unless this was something like Inside Out, it doesn't really make sense to me to recognize the concept of the mental health as the subject of the song. It's really just a very sad song, not a villainous one.

That being said, it's a good song! The vocals are subtle and the whole thing is very melodic and moody in a way that somehow only makes it sadder. I do like the way it characterizes the protagonist of the song, although it does admittedly also do it in a slightly vague way, assumedly to try and make it feel relateable to whoever's listening to it.