Not that much to say here. The song’s kind of generally edgy and not much happens. So it gets a generically edgy AD.

The song’s about murder, even more directly than some others. This one looks like a murderer, and also the kind of murderer who’s unsubtle enough to stick bodies in blue bags. Although, why would you ever drag anything *up* a really long hill? Wouldn't it make more sense to drag it downhill for speed and because most good places to hide bodies are downhill? I guess if you were hoping to hide the body on a mountain and make it look like they froze to death?

Storm motif fits the song’s water motifs and the menacing look fits the vibe. Also, it’s a bit of a call-forward to Ronnie vowing revenge in the FIR era with “the storm is coming”.

This was chosen solely based on vibes. The AD had a certain bombastic vibe which reminded me of the energy of the song. Again, not much imagery to go off of.

AD concerns literal spiders and the webs thereof.

Looks like a murderer, and the smoke/fog also fits the lyrical themes.

This one was from before I descended into madness so was chosen more for aesthetics than symbolism, but the bright, vibrant color and the headphones fits the video and song vibe.

They’ve got fire and a weapon and an overall futuristic vibe. All around perfect for a song about a war against machines of some sort with heavy fire motifs.

They look like a witch, or someone else who could cast literal curses. The song also references a girl so a femme-coded AD works.

Comparing murder to art and the whole “your body’s on the canvas I painted on the floor” bit has supremely Edgar Allan Poe-type vibes, and this AD also looks like a sensitive artist who totally murdered his wife.

No particular reason beyond pure edge, save Pluto being the god of death and their demonic look befitting the weird religious symbolism throughout the song.

There’s not an AD that’s a man with an axe standing in smoke, but there is one with a scythe and a bit of a smoky/cloudy background.

It’s sort of a love song or something? Or at least it starts claiming that Ronnie finally fell in love? I’m not really sure what this song’s supposed to be about, but whatever it is, this vibed with me. They are shaped like a friend (and/or alibi).

Song uses both cold/ice and death as motifs. This AD references both.

They’re a parent (or are at least carrying around a smaller goat), which works for a song about parental issues.

They don’t quite have makeup running down their cheeks as is described in the song, but they are one of the only ADs to be visibly crying and as such implying that. Also fits the general dark aesthetic and its femme-coded design resembles the implied female subject of the song.

Folklorically speaking, sirens are associated with shipwrecks, by way of being to blame for them. Its darker color scheme makes it fit with the rest of my goats more than the base AD would.

It’s a relatively poppy song. It gets a poppy AD.

It’s another song that’s pretty generally edgy and doesn’t have much happening in it, so the chosen AD was selected based on dark aesthetic alone.

They’re femme-coded and red. The color motif and the song being about a girl are the only parts of this song that are usable on Goatlings. Seriously. Good Girls Bad Guys is the toned-down version.

The song references the moon at several points and the AD also has a wolf-like dog. In regards to the werewolf motif, Popular Monster is better served by the Wereling AD. In regards to tarot symbolism, its theme of the dark night of the soul and such and finding strength against / in spite of personal failings, confusion, and fear fits the lyrical themes.

This one was from before I officially decided that song goats were my Thing, so there's no symbolism here, but they look emo and smug.

Candy is about as close to drugs as Goatlings gets. They’re also just generally edgy and cute and I like them. Not everything has to have deep connections to the namesake song, and also, having a symbolic connection requires knowing what The Drug In Me Is You is supposed to be about.

They’re a vampire.

Sort of matches the party vibe and aesthetic of the music video. I’ve also heard “Radical Ronnie” used derogatorily to describe his persona ca. The Drug In Me Is You/Fashionably Late.

I can’t take credit for this one; it was suggested on a forum thread I made because I was stumped. The reason for its suggestion were that its equipment includes a literal phone (which Goatlings is severely lacking in despite having other computers) and that the whole song concerns him being ghosted, as the kids say, so literal ghosts make for a nice pun.

There’s no tarot symbolism here. It’s a song about a deal with the devil, at least metaphorically. The AD is the devil. What did you expect?

Main motif of the song is water, particularly the ocean. This one felt like the most oceanic Goatling out there since while most aquatic Goatlings are just mergoats, this one is literally made of water.

They have literal flies.

The song is hard to visualize and concerns death, so a general death-related goat it is.

Represents the kind of cowboy anti-hero Ronnie appears to be comparing himself to based on this song’s title.

Song references medicine at several points. There exist more modern doctor goats, but this one fit the dark aesthetic of the rest of them better. Thank you to the person on my forum thread who suggested this, because I was stumped.

In the same vein as I’m Not A Vampire being an AD that’s quite obviously a vampire, I’m Not A Hero gets to be an AD that’s based on an often heroic archetype.

It matches the album cover, the song’s hard to visualize, and it being a color-inverted version of a death-themed AD is a bit of a visual metaphor for the song’s themes of coming back from the dead.

The song is somewhat difficult to visualize, so this AD was chosen solely for having a somewhat smug look about it. If we get an AD that’s made of literal rock or is otherwise more thematically appropriate, this one will probably be replaced.

Black and white aesthetic looks like the album cover. Femme-coded AD also works with the song referencing a female love interest and all of their friends, who Ronnie had sex with because she showed up late to an event and he got bored or something, which is one of the worst reasons for infidelity I’ve ever heard, even in the space of emo-adjacent music, which isn’t great in terms of relationship health.

Let it be known that I don’t especially like this song. Regardless, this one works on several levels. Number 1, Ronnie wears a suit in the video. Number 2, the whole vibe fits the rapper-flexing thing he’s got going on. Number 3, its name being an acronym for “Deal With It” summarizes the instructions to Ronnie’s critics described within the song.

This song is about as inspirational as FIR’s output gets and using an AD that’s some sort of literal king or leader would be a bit on the nose.

See Champion. Also had an alternative aesthetic and a black and white look, which worked with the album cover for an otherwise hard-to-visualize song.

Song’s about video games and has chiptune noises in it.

One of the most visually edgy of the Goatlings that exist. While there shouldn’t be anything on an all-ages pet site that directly represents self-destruction, this one looks pretty destructive in several capacities.

Difficult to visualize, but the angel wings and somewhat melancholic look felt like they resonated with the song’s themes to me. Also, the overall black and white aesthetic matches the album cover.

Song’s about cowboys and has Ronnie thinking of himself as a country/Western protagonist for some ungodly reason. I was already using Western Rogue for The Westerner. Luckily, there are 2 cowboy ADs (3 if you count Yeehonk).

Another difficult-to-visualize song. I needed to use this AD for my literal rock band-based goats at some point and this is as good a place to put it as any.

Temperance as in abstinence from alcohol and drugs is literally the entire central theme of the song. *mic drop – but without the stand attached because I’m better than that*

Song’s about religion and such. This AD looks pretty divine/angelic to me.

Has a very punchable face for a goat. Is definitely an asshole, whether they’re aware of it or not.

Concerns the nightmares/hallucinations it’s strongly implied the demons pursuing our protagonist are, and concerns battle.

Reasonably edgy and a stealthy character sort of fits the song title and theme.

They’re a ghost. Fits the themes of having been tortured and pain carried in one’s eyes and whatnot.

Fits the melancholic vibe and title. Also, I can and will milk the EtF/FIR thing for all the homoerotic subtext it’s worth because they’ve made up now so it’s both fine and utterly hilarious.

Song’s about Ronnie’s high school experience. How much he hated it, but it still counts. Also, their audacious smile fits the song’s vibe.

The AD doesn’t have much of anything to do with the song other than being an undead creature but does make it a matched set with CarryOn. The songs’ themes and titles go with the commonly accepted headcanon about the 2022 Monster Masquerade mascots that Graveyard Groom’s partner died and somewhere along the way, either due to him dabbling in necromancy or the Power Of Love, got revived as Ribbon Mummy.

The tarot card the AD is based on’s whole theme is things being cyclical and what goes up having to come down. It fits with the core theme / chorus of the song.

It resembles a god or other divine being to which one could pray, and is also associated with water, which corresponds to the song’s rain motif.

Title track from an album on which the album cover is an astronaut. Central theme of both album and song is space. It’s a pretty obvious choice.

Yet another hard-to-visualize song. It references stars, I like this AD, and it fits the overall spacey themes of the album.

A Valentines-aesthetic mime is the best match we’re going to get on Goatlings for the time being of the theme of getting conflicting signals from your love interest and/or the conflict after a breakup between the person you were and who you are now.

Goatlings are cheerful creatures. As such, it’s hard to find one who looks like they hate everyone. This one at least looks like they’ve had a bad day and the wilted flower is a bit of a visual metaphor for the…heartwarming conclusion of “I hate everyone but you”.

Not only is this probably the closest FIR will ever get to a “love song”, the tarot card’s theme of being tempted into bad decisions fits the lyrical themes.

They’re hanging. Get it? The tarot card’s theme of self-sacrifice also works with the [whatever you call the bit before the last chorus] in the song.

HOW IN THE NAME OF THE GOAT PRINCE IS THERE NOT A LITERAL SUPERHERO AD? Since there’s not for now, this one, being a soldier with a bright primary color scheme, is the closest we have.

I wrestled over this one for a while, but in the end, this one looked like the most thematic of the vaguely demon-esque ADs that were obtainable and that I wasn’t already using.

The whole theme of the song is being scared of history repeating itself in the form of cycles of abuse, so an AD relating to time makes sense.

As well as referencing death and being an ominous-looking character, which fits the song’s vibe and themes, them being a train conductor and a character associated with travel serves as a pun on the song’s title.

They look like a paparazzo, if that’s the singular. They also look like the kind of person who’d use a selfie stick, which Ronnie is apparently baffled by, and would purchase shirts, perhaps the Falling In Reverse shirt namedropped, at Hot Topic.

It’s a song about mourning. They’re in a graveyard and have mourning clothes and roses and such. The theme of moving beyond bereavement also goes well with widely accepted headcanons about Graveyard Groom and who, exactly, he’s mourning (and who he was going to marry).

They are a literal zombie. The alternative aesthetic also resembles some of the NPC zombies in the music video and that it’s basically Ronnie taking jabs at his fans for no good reason.

The black and red kind of looks like the album cover or whatever the art was that corresponded to the song when it was released. Being literally followed by spirits is also a common visual metaphor for the song’s subject.

Relates to literal fire and evil and also one of the only Goatlings that looks angry enough to do the song justice.

Unlike its cousin, Losing My Mind is harder to visualize, but since the songs are a matched set, I want to represent that by them being an AD/RAD pair.

Reflections, shadows, and death/ghosts are all motifs in what segments of this song aren’t just Ronnie whining about the Internet, and this looks like a pretty shiny representation of all of those things. It’s also cheap and being an explore AD, will (eventually) get an RAD which lets it be part of a matched set with Losing My Mind, just like the songs.

Ronnie turns into a werewolf in the video. Also, this AD is a quite popular monster on a meta level if its price tag means anything.