Photo Story: Tradition by 'Monsune'

A visual depiction of Monsune’s first EP, Tradition, through colors.

Photos by Ethan Tran and Evie Shaw

“I've been losing sleep trying to keep you in my dreams ” (1998)

Depicted are the complementary colors blue and red. Blue represents Monsune and red the woman stuck in Monsune’s head. Essentially, she’s his complement.

“And the day that I grow up I'm never coming home” (1998)

In the picture, Monsune is on top of a house with his face not visible portraying that he is homesick but more importantly his separation from this woman he keeps talking about. Monsune is dressed in both red and blue because he holds parts of her that he’s gained over the years even though they’re apart.

“Back and forth tell me when the when the distance is right ” (CLOUD)

Monsune is dressed in all black because he internally regrets leaving this woman behind for his dreams of making it in the music industry. He is sitting on a ladder because he is stuck between staying high up on his “cloud” of fame and coming down to be with her.

“Don’t even know you but I can't get you outta my mind” (OUTTA MY MIND)

The purple hoodie depicts the moodiness and internal sadness of the song. He is down from his ladder/cloud and obsessing over a girl he doesn’t even know

“Everybody wants you and I don't want to need you by my side” (MOUNTAIN)

Monsune is small in the frame and his face is barely visible because he’s slowly moving away from her and doesn’t want to fall back into her arms. The black and white shirt represents the contrast between Monsune’s two choices: fall back in love or move on.

“By the time that you can't remember my name I'll still be waiting for you” (JADE)

The red and blue shirt and the ladder shows a call back to the first song. Monsune looks down the ladder to symbolize that he’ll always be waiting for her.