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Obi Best “Who Loves You Now”

“Who Loves You Now” falls on a very specific point in a post-break-up timeline: Enough time has passed to give the singer perspective and to have moved on at least a bit, but love and concern for her ex is still fresh in her mind. There’s no anger, just confusion and sentimentality, and frustration on what to do with this useless emotion stored up for a person who is now essentially absent or off-limits. Alex Lilly’s voice is sweet, but her affect is deliberately flat through much of the song, suggesting a distracted, shell-shocked state of mind. The song itself seems to hover and float from start to finish, drifting though moments of melancholy and optimism, slightly disconnected from reality but all the while knowing that it’s just about time to snap out of its funk.

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