Theme
Songs about desire
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Alex Warren
FEVER DREAM
A man whose heart was nearly shut for business gets reopened by a stranger, and the rush is so disorienting he can't tell infatuation from hallucination
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Taylor Swift
The Fate of Ophelia
A love song that uses Hamlet's drowned Ophelia as the cautionary alternative: rescue from despair by a partner who arrived just before the spiral closed
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Bruno Mars
Why You Wanna Fight?
A late-night plea from a man who knows he was wrong, asking his partner to trade the argument for reconciliation before the relationship slips past saving
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Dua Lipa
Training Season
A pop ultimatum to prospective partners: show up emotionally fluent or step aside, because the singer is done coaching dates through the basics