Theme
Songs about ambivalence
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
A push-pull love song about a guy who keeps leaving a woman who keeps drawing him back, framed through a flower that turns toward the sun whether he stays or not
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Drake
Passionfruit
A long-distance relationship dissolving in real time, where wanting someone from far away isn't the same as being able to keep them
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Teddy Swims
The Door
The moment someone finally ends a relationship that was eroding them, and realises the leaving is what keeps them alive
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Taylor Swift
22
A pop anthem about the specific contradiction of being young enough to feel everything at once, and choosing to dance through it anyway
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Justin Bieber
Wish You Would (feat. Quavo)
A challenge issued to a half-interested love interest: stop testing the waters and commit, because the space is already cleared for you