I think the ant symbolism (since FOTL) means that the band (or the record company) regards the fans as "ants" .

When FOTL was released, the UK was reigned by Queen Elizabeth 2 (who tragically died last year), so the ant means that the fans "work" for the "ant-queen", and while working they have earwigs of Prodigy in their mind (provided they have a job and are not unemployed).

It's a bit like the band Queen with singer Adam Lambert (who replaced Freddy Mercury), who sang "We are the Champions" at the Queen Jubilee Party (in summer 2022)

who sang there "We are the champions ... of the world " at 1:20
see this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZCfHC0S0LE

Again which is like Keith Flint on "Champions of London".
It means "we rule the world " with our music. People all over the world have earwigs of our bands in their minds while they work and pay taxes to the british empire.
I mean even a lot of other music artists received medals from the british monarchy, for example drum&bass dj Goldie (known for the famous song "Inner City Life"), is owner of an "MBE", Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Furthermore the album FOTL contains the booklet note:

"We have no butter, but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Shall we import lard or steel? Let me tell you: preparedness makes us powerful, butter merely makes us fat. Lard? "

which is a quote from the 1930 years during the "great depression / recession", so it's an economic quote. And it (now in this musical context) means "we need Fat instead of guns for economic growth by creating pressure". And it creates pressure by the music. ("Breathe the pressure") I mean, music generally can be regarded as creating pressure with beats and kick drums etc.
Like the song "Girls", which is about getting a job to get some "Imagine how it be ... getting cash money... all the young girls".

Like the other american band "The Offspring" with the song "Come out and play" , with similar lyrics to Breathe "Come play my game".

Making people do work without guns but with fat (fat = music) is the only alternativity to make them work intensly. So the ant in my opinion is a symbol for "work slavery".

If you just like the music and do not work for it or waste your money e.g. by driving too much car and spending too much money for gasoline it's a different cup of tea.


greetings, ant_killer

I think the ant symbolism (since FOTL) means that the band (or the record company) regards the fans as "ants" .

When FOTL was released, the UK was reigned by Queen Elizabeth 2 (who tragically died last year), so the ant means that the fans "work" for the "ant-queen", and while working they have earwigs of Prodigy in their mind (provided they have a job and are not unemployed).

It's a bit like the band Queen with singer Adam Lambert (who replaced Freddy Mercury), who sang "We are the Champions" at the Queen Jubilee Party (in summer 2022)

who sang there "We are the champions ... of the world " at 1:20
see this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZCfHC0S0LE

Again which is like Keith Flint on "Champions of London".
It means "we rule the world " with our music. People all over the world have earwigs of our bands in their minds while they work and pay taxes to the british empire.
I mean even a lot of other music artists received medals from the british monarchy, for example drum&bass dj Goldie (known for the famous song "Inner City Life"), is owner of an "MBE", Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Furthermore the album FOTL contains the booklet note:

"We have no butter, but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Shall we import lard or steel? Let me tell you: preparedness makes us powerful, butter merely makes us fat. Lard? "

which is a quote from the 1930 years during the "great depression / recession", so it's an economic quote. And it (now in this musical context) means "we need Fat instead of guns for economic growth by creating pressure". And it creates pressure by the music. ("Breathe the pressure") I mean, music generally can be regarded as creating pressure with beats and kick drums etc.
Like the song "Girls", which is about getting a job to get some "Imagine how it be ... getting cash money... all the young girls".

Like the other american band "The Offspring" with the song "Come out and play" , with similar lyrics to Breathe "Come play my game".

Making people do work without guns but with fat (fat = music) is the only alternativity to make them work intensly. So the ant in my opinion is a symbol for "work slavery".

If you just like the music and do not work for it or waste your money e.g. by driving too much car and spending too much money for gasoline it's a different cup of tea.


greetings, ant_killer

I asked Engine Earz yesterday how things were going working on the new album. He responded today with a simple '!!' . What you guys make of this. In all probability Liams asked him to keep tight lips whilst working on it. But if there were no news at all, surely he'd have just ignored me? Hopefully the cryptic '!!' is a subtle hint that it's coming along nicely and if Engine Earz is working on it it means it's in mastering stages. Hopefully we get some news around the Army Of Ants Tour

I asked Engine Earz yesterday how things were going working on the new album. He responded today with a simple '!!' . What you guys make of this. In all probability Liams asked him to keep tight lips whilst working on it. But if there were no news at all, surely he'd have just ignored me? Hopefully the cryptic '!!' is a subtle hint that it's coming along nicely and if Engine Earz is working on it it means it's in mastering stages. Hopefully we get some news around the Army Of Ants Tour