You'll hear a lot of people in the industry talk about a return to "real" music and "real" songwriting in the wake of years of disposable four-on-the-floor pop and albums that were decimated by a "fund the hits, then fill in the blanks with spare parts" model. Then they'll tout examples that don't actually have anything to do with songs that feel rooted in actual emotion and human experience. Tobias Jesso Jr.'s "Hollywood" is as tragic and beautiful as music gets, affecting and grounded in the promise and painful disillusionment of the American Dream. It came it in 2014, but it could have been released in the 1970s or 20 years from now. It's timeless.
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