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But there\u2019s little romance on this banger, as a string loop and trip-hop groove propel the song through waves of anxiety, short-breathe desperation, and the chilling feeling of one\u2019s body shutting down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Momentary Blissness<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fontaines D.C. - Starburster (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KHocVRUlvkk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Singer Grian Chatten documents a panic attack he\u2019d experienced in London. He describes the chaos he felt while panicking in the tube station by rapping about the confusion in spontaneous verses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I wanna talk with the clown who has apologies down,<br>Pay him 300 pound to take a class in it.<br>I wanna bite the phone, I wanna bleed the tone,<br>I wanna see you alone, alone, alone, lone<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the hypnotic track makes you feel anxious, that\u2019s precisely the point. \u201cStarburster\u201d puts the listener in Chatten\u2019s head as the world swirls around him like a bad acid trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, he punctuates the hook with asthmatic-like gulps. It\u2019s utterly desperate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I\u2019m gon\u2019 hit your business if it\u2019s momentary blissness, uh<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Chatten raps about J. D. Salinger, and one wonders what Holden Caulfield might say about this episode. Moreover, as the drama continues, Chatten is shadowed by a rifle musket, and he wants to mimic a salamander\u2019s limb posture and undulation. How else will he escape this nightmare? Gotta be slippery. Or it\u2019s a metaphor, but really it\u2019s just more chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do you inspire like the same did Salinger?<br>I\u2019m the pig on the Chinese calendar.<br>I got a shadow like a .58 calibre,<br>I wanna move like a new salamander<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cI Will Follow\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, there\u2019s a break in the chaos as Chatten croons over strings and appears to reference his fellow Irishmen U2 and their song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/u2\/i-will-follow\">\u201cI Will Follow\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hit me for the day,<br>For the light that you suffered.<br>To come by, take to my sky,<br>Never wanting, only wonder.<br>To live out of reach,<br>Sloping family, short to tall.<br>One to three, swallow the key,<br>In their footprints, I will follow<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the stress groove returns along with Chatten\u2019s desperate gulps for air. 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