Ego Murder and Experimental Pop

In Sigmund Freud’s model of the psyche, the “ego” plays the role of the mediator. It stands between the impulsive drives of the “id” and the moral expectations of the “superego”. While the id demands immediate gratification and the superego pushes for moral perfection, the ego walks a tightrope, constantly negotiating between desire, conscience and reality.

But Freud’s ego isn’t a fixed entity—it’s rather dynamic: It filters instincts, manages defense mechanisms and makes compromise possible in a world full of rules and impulses. It’s the seat of reason and self-control but also the site and source of internal tension: the place where instinct collides with inhibition. 

But what happens when this balancing force becomes too inflated? When the ego stops mediating and starts dominating—posing, performing, protecting at all costs? Or if you’re like me and never really understood what Freud meant with all this when applied to the real world?

That’s when Baby Volcano, a Swiss musician with Guatemalan roots known for her experimental pop cuts, steps in with beat pulsing and languages colliding. Which is not to say that the message of our song of the day isn’t crystal clear: “Kill tu ego.”

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• 2020s
• experimental
• pop
• avantgarde
• switzerland