Theme
Songs about estrangement
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Daft Punk & Julian Casablancas
Instant Crush
A half-remembered relationship turned into a sleek, vocoded confession about needing a friend you already know you've lost
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Taylor Swift
my tears ricochet
A funeral song sung by the ghost of a business partnership, where the betrayer mourns the very person they buried
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Drake
Club Paradise
A homecoming monologue about the cost of leaving, where success has replaced the people and city that made the artist feel known