Final Fantasy 7: Retrospective
In the past five or so years, the band Paramore has made a huge comeback. They have a new sound and are bigger than ever, but when they go on tour people still want to hear the breakout mid-2000s hit that made them famous, “Misery Business.” “Misery Business,” a pop punk inversion of “Jolene,” is a gloating anthem about sticking it to The Other Woman after the singer character successfully waits her out and re-secures the affections of a man. The singer character also calls the other woman a “whore,” and Paramore endured a controversial uproar over the line where lead singer Hayley Williams eventually resolved to stop saying the word live. A theme that defines Final Fantasy 7 Remake (FF7R), then, is the next evolution of this impulse. Not a version of “Misery Business” with one word excised, but a rewrite of the song where the singer character and Other Woman overcome their differences. I’m not the first to say this, but Final Fantasy VII (1997) i...