By making it s'wonderful, you get the feeling of the ecstasy without the formality of saying, gee, it's wonderful, which is fine, but not like s'wonderful.
I think we can read in the song this sense of encountering the lowest point of devastation and still having a sense of the divine and possibility and maybe why the song has a particular power in the US context. this place that's made of dreams and also their deferrals.
I thought, am I losing my mind or is this one of the best songs I've ever heard in my life? Well, possibly both. But I was thrilled and amazed. And they looked at me for some kind of reaction and I said, I think that's amazing. And perhaps the biggest giveaway is the fact that I immediately asked them if they could play it again. And perhaps the second giveaway is the fact that they were delighted to play it again.
Most people think of music as something you listen to alone or share with people you already know. But research suggests that music can also be a bridge to strangers — that the experience of moving and making sound together can create feelings of connection and trust, even among people who have never met.
I think a lot of millennial music is united by this sense of deep sincerity. Um this feeling of carefree freedom and this kind of almost careless attitude in a sense. This kind of like live fast, die young ethos.
