Tim: Jain is off of France, though travelled all over the world as a kid because of her dad’s job, apparently. As such, there’s just about every musical influence you can find in this, a song that may well just generally reassure you. Or annoy you.
Tom: There’s awful lot of pineapple scent around here lately, Tim. I thought we’d left that behind in 2016.
Tim: Yeah, I don’t think we’re due a resurgence, but I’m not finding it too annoying yet. And it is a nice message, and it’s happy, and it’s also one of the most creative lyric videos I’ve seen in a while. On the other hand…damn, that one line does get a bit annoying after a while, particularly hearing it a good forty something times (I lost count exactly).
Tom: Yep. If you’re going to rely on one or two chorus lines, you’d better make sure they never, ever grate on the listener. This doesn’t quite manage it.
Tim: There’s also the constant “if love is around” disclaimer – like, I get the “yes, love is great” idea, but what about us lonely people who have no-one to love? Are we doomed to never be alright, never have that certainty? That sounds slightly upsetting, really. Or maybe it’s just my fragile psyche getting in the way.
Tom: Maybe it’s a more generalised concept of love? The love that’s sort of hanging in the air like a fart that no-one’ll own up to. That’s a terrible simile, but I make no apologies for it.
Tim: Eurgh. But okay, fine. Let’s all love each other, that’ll do.