[‘The Clown’ is] a synthy art-pop number that's unlike anything Birgy has done before.
The FADER
Over her own eerie synths and drum machine — as well live drums from Krivchenia, guitars played by Zach Burba and Will Segerstrom, and additional synth work courtesy of Aaron Otheim — Birgy bares the soul of her wounded protagonist in a warm yet chilling vibrato.
NPR Music
On "The Clown," the first single off Mega Bog's forthcoming album, End of Everything, Erin Birgy wipes her circus makeup off for good. Bellowing from the top of a staircase of glistening new-wave synths, Birgy experiences an off-kilter a-ha moment, embracing all of her contradictions rather than settling for the condescension given to a lovable buffoon. "Oh how do you see me now? / Am I still the clown / you found so charming?," Birgy roars at a "young man" who's made the mistake of taking her for granted. She has described the track as "about the terrible, sensual, and chaotic release of merging one's own multitudes," and on "The Clown" she becomes an undeniable force no one could possibly laugh at.