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The story of Lapis Lazuli is one of mystery and intrigue.
Even with the brief storied past depicted in the various episodes of Steven Universe,
there’s still more to be desired – more to find out about this water nymph from another
planet.
What is the true story of Lapis Lazuli?
The true story of Lapis Lazuli lies elsewhere, outside of the confines of the actual television
series.
The answers lie in a whimsical, neo-futuristic song by the dream pop band known as Beach
House.
You’re probably wondering how can the real story, the true origins of Lapis Lazuli play
out in a song?
First, let’s take a look at Beach House’s 2012 album entitled Bloom.
If you take the time to study the entire album, there are many different pieces that could
be conceived as allusions to the story of Lapis Lazuli – the character we know from
the Steven Universe world.
The entire album is an ethereal journey, a beautiful, spectral scape that from the first
song (entitled Myth) to its crescendo building song, On the Sea, you’re left with many
things to interpret and to think about.
Many things that eerily relate back to Steven Universe’s Lapis Lazuli.
It isn’t until the third song on this particular album that you come to this realization of
the correlation to Beach House’s Bloom album and Steven Universe.
The name of the third song on the album: Lazuli.
Delving deeper into the lyrics of this dreamscape song, three key items pop out of importance:
The Lazuli, eyes, and a broken heart.
All these things are represented in the Mirror Gem episode, with Lapis herself, her adept
control of water and her broken gem stone.
There is a line within the song , “when you couldn't see you would come for me”
– within the Mirror Gem episode of Steven Universe, we’re introduced to a Lapis Lazuli
with broken mirrored eyes.
In ancient times, Lazuli was once used to cure illnesses related to the eyes.
This particular gem was held in high regard and worshipped as such.
Within the Steven Universe series, there is a role reversal, as a human half breed, Steven,
heals the Lazuli, curing its eyesight.
The song Lazuli, in my opinion, can be a depiction of how Steven and Lapis’ relationship plays
out initially, with the proceeding songs being the archetype for what we currently see from
Lapis on the show – as well as what is to come from the character known as Lapis Lazuli.
Within Beach House’s album Bloom, the parallels are eerily overwhelming – and with these
facts in mind, should you listen to the entire album straight through, you’ll be able to
pick out certain elements we’ve seen, and what is to come potentially.
With the sixth song on the album, entitled Troublemaker, there are certain lyrics that
may be allusions to terraforming.
The lyrics are as follow:
Like a hand you reached out to me The thunder rolls in with the dark
Tiny fingers on the edges Watch it unravel
Pulling everything apart
In the back we stay together The walls are shaking in their skin
Does it become you troublemaker Watch them unravel you
Pulling everything apart
Someday out of the blue It will find you
Always
You watch the shape these things are taking Do you cry out in your sleep
This album has managed to predict past events that have played out on Steven Universe – it
stands to reason that it might predict future events from Lapis as well.
These are just my musing, but the rabbit hole goes even deeper and the connective tissue
between this particular band and Steven Universe is even stronger.
The name of the band is Beach House – the official name of Steven’s home is Beach
House, which serves as the entrance to the Crystal Temple.
There’s a song on Beach House’s self titled debut album called House on the Hill, which
tells the story of a person trying to reach a house on the hill but the person there is
mysteriously gone – this could potentially be the depiction of Steven’s birth and Rose’s
mysterious disappearance, as she’s taken the shape and persona of Steven.
The lead singer of Beach House has been compared to and somewhat inspired by 1980s psychedelic
rock vocalist Kendra Smith of the band Opal.
Opal – the gem fusion of Amethyst and Pearl.
All these things could in fact be coincidental, but I’d like to think the Crewinverse were
somewhat inspired by the dreamscape, spectral sounds of Beach House and the lyrics to some
of their songs were heavily interpreted and integrated into the composition and DNA of
Steven Universe.
What’re your thoughts on this particular theory?
Do you agree that there might be some influence from this particular band on the story of
Lapis and the overall mythos of Steven Universe?
I definitely recommend you download Beach House’s Bloom album and draw your own conclusions.
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