Every once in a while, a fairly well known artist will fall into obscurity without anyone taking much notice. Sometimes, nostalgic conversations will turn to "Hey, remember Pink?" or "I didn't know Jimmy Eat World was still around... That's neat."
But, when someone asks you, "Remember
![]()
?", the answer should be a sudden shot of panic and a soft "Oh, shit", like you just remembered you havn't fed your girlfriend's cat in 2 weeks since she left town and asked you to take care of it.
The fact that no one knows where
![]()
is, or what she's doing, is scary as hell. In a perfect world, some forward-thinking coalition of experts and concerned citizens would have tagged her to stay informed of where she is at all times, or followed by satelite, or her legs shackled, or tethered to a sign post, or something.
In a perfect world, I wouldn't have to sleep with a gun under my pillow, afraid that
![]()
was going to sneak into my room and write a song based on the pattern of dead skin flakes that she'd find on my pillow.
But the world is not perfect. And now, she's out there. Somewhere. She could be anywhere. No matter where she actually is, its not a surprise, because she's
![]()
. If she had a hit single or was part of a well known tour, we'd know what she's doing, and we'd know it was safe to turn our backs because
![]()
was occupied.
And that is why
![]()
wins the award for Scariest Absence.