The movie Candyman itself and the rest of the songs in the score are also fantastic.
Heard about that song from the sample in Travis Scott's The Prayer [1].
Nothing weird at all. After I learned horse riding (focus: dressage) I started seeing horse-related stuff everywhere - horse carrying trailers on roads, shops, etc.
The "secret" is not some deep universe related mystery but your perception. Those horse-related things were there all along - I just never paid attention, my mind filtered it without any of it ever reaching my consciousness. Your mind filters out lots and lots of headlines when you scroll through the news or HN, your brain reacts when something is relevant.
That there has to be something relevant even if it's niche once in a while is not exactly shocking when HN goes through several dozens of headlines every single day. The site shows you so many diverse topics, it would be strange if you never have this experience.
You are making me think when my mom was obsessed with it, and she started to actively think of toasters (for whatever reason). There was an old school screensaver on probably a windows 2000ish computer that had the flying toasters she never noticed.
She was CONVINCED the universe changed on her and made that screensaver out of thin air, instead of the simple notion that she was now consciously trying to make herself aware of toasters, which is why she never really noticed it before. Sigh.
Another example of this effect: since taking a passing interest in the fairly niche Forth and Ada programming languages, I see them crop up on HN with surprising frequency.
My first introduction to Philip Glass was his Book of Longing collaboration with Leonard Cohen. If anyone hasn't heard this, I'd recommend you check it out on Spotify.
Really surprised nobody commented on this. Specifically, the magnitude of what he/she is saying - not just first comment on HN (43 month old account), but first on the internet.
It was a 'Holy cow' moment for me.
Hope you found it fruitful, pdevalla!
Just threw on my headphones and listened to it 5 times.