GRACE JOYNER, “FAKE GIRLFRIEND”

How do you love a ghost? Easy to imagine and hard to answer, it’s a question that sits at the center of Grace Joyner’s upbeat anthem to modern romance, “Fake Girlfriend.” After a quick introduction of shimmering synths and funky bass riffs, Joyner opines in her emotive indie pop voice about wanting the world and falling in love with an evaporating relationship. Swaggering and slyly cathartic, Joyner breaks down the murky boundaries of contemporary dating with spacey guitar and crisp drums, and turns an anxious situationship into a darkly funny bop.

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