A great exhibit for why I love the Song Exploder podcast: It manages to turn an ordinary earworm for the masses into something special, by revealing how it came to be. Bit by bit, you listen as the song takes shape — a song about love and loyalty, triggered by an appointment with the divorce lawyer. Listen to it now

From Weekly Filet #350, in June 2021.

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