Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, and now, Andrew Moore—in a bizarre twist that extends well past the foreseen scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’re presented with a situation in which was have to ask “What If…?” to the possibility of Spider-Man finding himself hastily returning from China to play gigs in Moncton.
Even if the Multiverse contains an infinite number of possibilities, this one would be considered a real stretch, but somehow it has found its way into Moore’s latest single, “Look at Me Now.”
The concept behind “Look at Me Now” isn’t so wildly different from Marvel’s Multiverse, although it is wildly scaled back. Rather than multiple versions of yourself spilling out of the time/space continuum with all manner of consequences and highly marketable spinoffs, Moore examines how you, yourself, can be perceived. That version of yourself that you are familiar with like no one else might be barely recognizable from the perspective of someone else.
“Well, the song came out of thinking about the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us,” explains Moore. “The lyrics start off from the perspective of a person who sees themselves as a big shot in their own story. By the end of it, the perspective switches to seeing everyone as people who struggle through the same stuff; ‘Look at me now, I’m a badass’ to ‘look at me now, I understand we all struggle the same’.”
Moore leans into it with a video featuring himself dressed as Spider-Man as he not-so-humbly rocks out in front of a crowd. It’s like taking on a whole other persona, but it’s not always practical when circumstances require you to don your 9-5 button-up.
“I thought it would be cool to shoot performance shots besides cheesy similar performance shots with myself dressed as someone badass but in lighter emotionally,” says Moore. “Something a bit cheesy.”
While that might not have the same effect as Peter Parker getting his secret identity blown by Mysterio, especially if that sense of being brought back to Earth is more through an act of self-realization. Hubris isn’t exactly a super-power, but if it gets the job done… It certainly takes a little extra something to walk out in front of a crowd like you were born to do it (or bitten by a radio-active spider).