We’re Already In The Aftermath

Metric “Clone”

“Clone” is the fragile emotional center of Metric’s new album Synthetica, a record in which Emily Haines struggles to keep outside forces from shaping or limiting her thoughts and feelings. It’s hard to fully grasp the dynamic suggested by her lyrics here, but every note signals a small regret and the sense that she has betrayed something essential about herself without really knowing why. Haines grasps for control of her narrative, asserting that her regret only makes her stronger and reminding herself that “nothing I’ve ever done right happened on the safe side,” but she barely recognizes herself by the third verse. “Can you clone me?,” she sings with a touch of wounded pride. “I look like everyone you know now.”

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