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I do not know why, this has no real purpose, but I just like picking up on these influences

I was right, Dua Lipa was inspired by Michael Jackson's THRILLER for HOUDINI and also Madonna's HUNG UP (which I've never listened to) I just watched the music vid and clearly Dua dancing in work out clothes in front of the wall mirrors is an homage to Madonna

Madonna's song was influenced by ABBA

Lyrics that have a narrative, some layers, or describe a different kind of toxicity is what I want in a song

I still really like INFIDELITY by Taylor Swift. The music to the song is not remarkable, but the lyrics have layers to them

I read some article where a psychologist analyzed a bunch of pop songs and the majority of them described people who have anxious attachment styles in relationships (& I'll add experience limerence)

After a while the themes get fucking repetitive. That's why SZA's Kill Bill and Snooze are refreshing, they go past anxiously attached & limerence, to unhinged.

Want more pop songs with unhinged heroines

Then I get toxic new adult vibes from Keeping You Around, Nothing but Thieves

That gives friends with benefits vibes

SZA is a dark romance reader, FINALLY we're getting unhinged pop songs from her. KILL BILL and now SNOOZE, the lyrics have me dead:

'I testify for you
I told that lie I kill that bitch I do what all of them around you scared to do I'm not

mobbin
schemin
looting
hide your bodies'

I want a technical breakdown of HOUDINI, from someone who knows more about music than I. First impression is I like the balance of percussion & brass.

I'm not inspired by the lyrics. Dua is just like, 'See ya later boy, I'm disappearing' in that song