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I really didn’t get why the Scrubs tropical wedding episode featured a sad acoustic vocal version of “Hey Ya” during the wedding. That version especially made it clear it was about infidelity and the inevitable impermanence of love.
I think everyone who hears “Mr. Brightside” knows what he’s singing about. The tone of that song perfectly matches the message of the lyrics, unlike most of the rest of these songs. The only ironic aspect of it is the title, but if you listen to it, you get it.
You know what’s really dark some of these Some of these songs got the Kidz bop treatment
who tf thinks Mr. Brightside is “cheery”? you have to be deaf to not know what the lyrics mean
It’s just like Stromae songs “Papaoutai” and “Alors on Danse”. They sound very cheerful. But “Papaoutai” is about boy who lost his father and can’t understand it, because mother protects him from truth. “Alors on Danse” is about struggle and depression