May 8th, 2024 3:47pm
A Virtual Connection
The Marías “No One Noticed”
“No One Noticed” is a song about contemporary long-distance romance, but one where the lyrical emphasis is placed almost entirely on feeling lonely and desperate for intimacy. There’s a lot of love and affection in María Zardoya’s vocals and in the delicate and dreamy quality of the arrangement, but the emotional undertow of the song is in the awareness that this “virtual connection” is just a temporary solution for her real problem. The music builds up the romance but undercuts it the second half as she considers what would happen if she were to fly to their city: “Hold me, console me, and then I leave without a trace.” That last part cuts deep – not just for confronting the futility head-on, but also in how it sounds like she’s talking herself out of something she needs.
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