Weyes Blood took to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earlier this week (March 30) to perform ‘God Turned Me Into A Flower’ – check out the haunting clip below.
The song is lifted from Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering)’s 2022 album ‘And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow’.
Speaking about ‘God Turn Me into a Flower’, Mering told Genius that in the track, “I relay the myth of Narcissus, whose obsession with a reflection in a pool leads him to starve and lose all perception outside his infatuation. In a state of great hubris, he doesn’t recognize that the thing he so passionately desired was ultimately just himself. God turns him into a pliable flower who sways with the universe.”
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Check out Weyes Blood performing on Colbert below:
Following her performance, Mering took to Instagram and wrote: “Oh boy. Big gig. Turned the studio into an emotional zone. Thank you so much for having us Colbert to drone out on TV.”
Speaking to NME about ‘God Turn Me into a Flower’, Mering explained: “At the end of the myth, Narcissus gets turned into a flower, which is symbolic for something that’s just kind of pliable and goes with the flow of the universe. And ultimately, it’s soft. That’s the approach you have to take with all the uncertainty and irrevocable change that’s happening right now. If everything’s gonna fall apart, don’t be weak. Become soft.”