Theme
Songs about escape
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
Movin' To The Sun
A dance-floor escape track that uses the sun as a destination, a metaphor for getting out of your head and into your body alongside someone you want
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EVAN
Ride or Die
A late-night escape with a partner where speed, surrender, and the promise of staying together until the end blot out everything else
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Florence + the Machine
Dog Days Are Over
A song about the violent arrival of happiness and the price you pay to keep up with it
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Lainey Wilson & John Mayer
Phone, Keys, Wallet
A duet about catching a window to escape with someone before the season, the mood, or the relationship closes for good
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Zara Larsson
Midnight Sun
A Scandinavian summer love song that uses the polar phenomenon of perpetual daylight as a metaphor for a romance the singer wants to suspend in its peak moment
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HANRORO
I'm happy
A declaration of stubborn happiness made by someone who has just stopped pretending the sky is the reason for their darkness