by James!12345 March 29, 2020
Get the Best-Performing Postsmug. the feeling after you completed a good performance onstage. happens more often if you're the zone during that performance. similar to runner's high, endorphins also cause performance high.
by Qcat November 28, 2021
Get the performance highmug. The artistic technique or emotional state where a piece of music, art, or a person displays a contradiction between the external appearance and the internal reality — without openly acknowledging it. In music, it refers to the contrast between energetic, upbeat melodies or performative confidence and lyrics that express vulnerability, insecurity, or pain. The juxtaposition reflects the emotional façade people often put on, hiding their true feelings behind a mask of positivity or strength. The key element is that the performance does not break the fourth wall — the song or performance never directly acknowledges the dissonance, instead allowing it to exist in the tension between sound and meaning.
1. Olivia Rodrigo's "Brutal" is a classic example of performative dissonance — the loud, confident sound masks the anxiety and frustration she’s feeling.
2. The song had an overwhelming sense of performative dissonance, where the upbeat rhythm clashed with the loneliness in the lyrics.
2. The song had an overwhelming sense of performative dissonance, where the upbeat rhythm clashed with the loneliness in the lyrics.
by Labourpp February 28, 2025
Get the Performative Dissonancemug. Men who visibly engage in activities to demonstrate their masculinity by paradoxically doing things that are distinctly viewed as traditionally emasculating.
“You see those performative men over there?”
“Yeah, the one with 3 Labubus clipped to his fanny pack and the buff one with red nail polish proudly carrying a protein shake and a copy of Sapiens like it’s the Bible?”
“Yeah, the one with 3 Labubus clipped to his fanny pack and the buff one with red nail polish proudly carrying a protein shake and a copy of Sapiens like it’s the Bible?”
by Beep boop I hate AI August 5, 2025
Get the Performative menmug. by ExeeloguiexE April 17, 2025
Get the Cocaine Plus Journaling Equals No Performingmug. by parkseonghwaoutdidyourfaves August 29, 2023
Get the 4th gen's best performermug. Shabnam: *sings*
Hater:She is a horrible performer!!! won't listen to her again!!! her voice hurts my ears!!!!
Hater:She is a horrible performer!!! won't listen to her again!!! her voice hurts my ears!!!!
by thecharacterwannie July 11, 2022
Get the She is a horrible performermug.