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Steve Lacy featuring Daisy “Like Me”

Steve Lacy says at the top of “Like Me” that he didn’t want to make a “big deal” out of coming out as bisexual in this song, but then it goes on to be a 9 minute suite, so go figure. The composition of the music is ambitious, but the tone of his lyrics are low-key, which is more to his point. He’s just meditating on how something as simple as being attracted to a variety of genders can be interpreted as something more complex and create so many unnecessary complications in his life. It’s a bittersweet song, and while he’s mostly talking about his own experiences, the real feeling in the music is a desire to connect with other people. When Daisy joins in for her own verse, the loneliness lifts and the verses shift from monologue to dialogue, and when they sing the chorus together it goes from lament to commiseration.

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