Track of the Day: 'The Emotion'
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
A reader calls this newish song from Børns “dream-pop at its finest.” Spin’s Brennan Carley calls it “a twinkling, gorgeous soliloquy”:
When the Cali-based singer spoke to SPIN about the record earlier this summer, he promised there’d be no masking how he really felt. “It’s hard to fake that,” he says. “When you listen to music, you can tell if it’s a real love song or not. I’m hoping that honesty will translate.”
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About the Author
Chris Bodenner is a former senior editor at The Atlantic.