Why Are You So Cruel

The Range “Ricercar”

“Ricercar” is in essence an elaborate rework of Tamar Braxton’s “My Man” that zeroes in one particularly raw chunk of the song as sung by a fan on Instagram. The Range’s arrangement takes a totally different shape, particularly once he starts layering in breakbeats, but it’s all framing this heartbroken and embittered sentiment. What he does here is a little like when there’s one bit of a song that really gets under your skin and so you rewind to that part over and over. This is like building a shrine to a moment like that, and meshing it thoroughly with your own sound and point and view. It’s a totally new piece of music, but also a work of rather intense fandom.

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