The Male Pattern takes aim at imaginary battles and online victimhood with latest release “I’m a Soldier”

The Male Pattern's new single, "I'm a Soldier," is a darkly comic and scathing skewering of internet grievance culture, presented as a memorable portrait of wounded self importance. Its online obsessed, right wing divorcee fantasizes about arguments with friends and loved ones as battles worthy of veteran status, turning ordinary annoyance into brave persecution. That fantasy, when it becomes an impersonation of a restaurant security guard, takes on a sharper absurdity, especially as embarrassment ensues and food becomes his unlikely comfort.