Few artistic works can do justice to the intricacies of life. Of these rarities is the album the ‘Golden Age’ by Woodkid. The first song, ‘The Golden Age’, starts with the end of a childhood and the loss of naiveté. The album dips into key moments of the boy’s life, such as his first love, marriage, journey off to war, his trauma as a soldier, and his death away in a foreign land, recalling his naiveté as a child. Throughout the album, the boy changes from being ‘made of wood’ and transforming into a dying soldier ‘made of marble’. These materials also hold significant poetic significance. Wood is characterized as being lively, and joyous (hence Woodkid), and marble is characterized as cold, melancholy, and worn. Such poetic detail, depth of
