BEHIND THE FACADE: What "Illusionary Agency" is Really About

Gillsaw's "Illusionary Agency" OUT NOW!

The next transmission from the "End Stage" EP is here. Our new single and video, "Illusionary Agency," is now live. I wanted to take a minute to explain the concept and the vision behind it.

The Story Behind the Song

This track came from a place of pure frustration... from watching the meaning of a word like "Agency" get twisted. I picked the title for its double meaning.

First, you have the government "Agency"... the whole machine of smoke, mirrors, and propaganda they sell us as "protection," but which really just functions as a tool of control.

Then you have our own personal "Agency"... our free will. The belief that we're actually in the driver's seat of our own lives. For a lot of us, that has become the real illusion in the face of constant overreach and oppression.

Both of these definitions of agency are, for the most part, an illusion.

This song isn't left vs. right. It’s "us"—the everyday people just trying to get by—versus "them," the faceless bureaucracy that wants to manage and control our lives. This is my statement on that dynamic.

The Vision for the Video

I wanted the video to feel like the theme of the song: a constant state of manipulation.

It's built on disorienting optical illusions designed to distract you while the real, unsettling truths hide just out of view. You'll see a series of symbolic, morphing clips... TRUST decaying into RUST, a LEADER revealed as a hollow mannequin, a SYSTEM collapsing into STATIC.

All of this is shattered by what I call the "Truth Signal Interrupts"—stark, factual statistics that cut through the visual noise. The goal is to make you feel the message: you're being baffled by illusions, but the hard facts are undeniable if you're willing to look for them.

Experience the Full Transmission

Thanks for diving this deep with me. The best way to support this message is to listen, save the track to your library, and share it.

Let me know what hidden truths you find in the video.

Jole

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