THE GENIUS OF STAN.

Regardless of what you think of Eminem, this is one of the greatest hip hop tracks ever. The story telling is on a whole other level. This song’s impact is also crazy, because of it the word “stan” is now in the dictionary and is used everywhere.

This song is about a crazy fan, whose obsession with Eminem causes him to unhinge as the story goes on. The chorus perfectly shows this as it says “And even if I could it’d all be gray, but your picture on my wall, it reminds me that it’s not so bad, it’s not so bad.”

The story starts with this obsessed fan writing to Eminem, his name is Stan. He’s written a lot of letters to Em, as if they were friends. Stan thinks that Em hasn’t replied yet because the postal service must’ve lost his letters.

Stan tells Em that he’s his biggest fan and has posters of him on the wall and all his CD’s. He also tells him that his wife is pregnant and he’ll name his daughter Bonnie. This is foreshadowing because in “97 Bonnie & Clyde” Eminem names his daughter Bonnie after his wife dies

In the second verse Stan continues to write to Eminem, this time he’s becoming less patient. He gets mad at Em for not signing an autograph for his little brother at his concert. He recalls a time when Em said he’d write him back. He begins to question his idol.

In the third verse, Stan can’t take it anymore. He thinks Em is intentionally ignoring him. He’s lost his idol and his will to live and so he locks his pregnant girlfriend in his car’s trunk, drinks and drives the car off a bridge. Eminem was the only one that could’ve saved him.

In the fourth verse, Eminem finally writes back. He apologizes for not writing sooner, and asks Stan about his life and all the different things Stan has told him. He even leaves an autograph for Stan’s brother. He worries about Stan and his mental health, (CONTINUED...)

He warns him not to do anything crazy and seek help. He then goes on to mention how he saw some guy drunk drove his car over a bridge with his pregnant girlfriend in the back. While writing this letter, he puts it all together and the story has come full circle. Stan is dead.

All in all, this is one of the greatest story telling tracks of all time. It’s impact on music as whole is huge. The story and the meaning is still relevant with some fans going so far as to stalking and obsessing over their idols. They’re still human, but not to a Stan.

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