Theme
Songs about burnout
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Leellamarz
Trip (feat. Hannah)
A Korean rapper daydreams about throwing a backpack on and disappearing for a short trip, promising whoever's listening he'll be back before sunrise
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Green Day
Brain Stew (Live in Prague)
A sleepless, speed-addled internal monologue that turns insomnia into a kind of grinding endurance test
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Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D
Somedays
A dance-floor pep talk that turns the urge to escape into the decision to keep going
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Drake
Prioritizing
A late-career check-in from a rapper who can't tell whether the dread he feels is paranoia, exhaustion, or a generation-wide failure to choose what matters
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Beyoncé
BREAK MY SOUL
A house-music quit-your-job anthem that turns burnout into a dancefloor declaration of self, built on New Orleans bounce and Black queer club tradition