I’m just gonna other you all with my newest obsession rant. Has anyone ever realized how perfectly the song “Emperor’s New Clothes” by Panic! at the Disco fits with Empress Wu Zetian?
“Done my time” it’s fits perfectly with the fact she was sent away to a nunnery before Gaozong brings her back.
“You just might see a ghost tonight” fits with the fact that legends say she was haunted by the ghosts of Empress Wang and the Pure Concubine after she killed them.
“Dynasty decapitated” fits well with the fact she split the Tang Dynasty in two with her “Zhao Dynasty”
“I’m taking back the crown,” fits with the fact she took power from her son and started her reign as Empress after Gaozong’s death. It also fits with the fact that, after her son was named emperor, she “took back the crown,” taking his power, and continued her reign.
The weird noises at the very end and beginning of the song sound like “pretty pretty pretty girl,” and she was called Mei-niang, meaning beautiful (or pretty) girl by Emperor Taizong.
“We’re two kings of ruling castles” relates to the fact she was close to and worked as a concubine for two emperors, Taizong and his son Gaozong.
There are other things that I can relate to the empress, but I can’t fit my thoughts into words. Hopefully, someone else who studied Wu will also see how perfect the song is for her.
Thank you for letting me rant. My family is sick of me and I needed someone to rant to. My friends have no clue what I’m talking about. I just needed to let out my rant before I forget it or if someone else would get what I mean.