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But isn\u2019t that kind of what it feels like when you find yourself dizzy and smitten and awkward with a romantic partner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The track appears on Bridgers\u2019s latest LP, <em>Lost Weekend<\/em>. And beneath layers of distortion, a stop-and-go arrangement, and unruly drum fills, Bridgers is desperately lovestruck. Yet, beneath the jarring layers of production, a lasting connection emerges with a hazy keyboard, life-altering sweepstakes, and the beauty of everyday banality with a forever partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phoebe Bridgers - Bobby (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XlnQKVBQS60?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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>I Am Right Here, Bleeding<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBobby\u201d describes falling in love, but it begins with isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridgers opens the first verse by waving toward Bo Burnham\u2019s Netflix comedy special, <em>Inside<\/em>. Burnham had filmed the 2021 musical during the pandemic. Although she places pieces of her relationship with Burnham in the song, anyone clumsily falling into romance can relate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I saw you slow dancing alone in your room,<br>I wanted to buy you a new pair of shoes.<br>Now you\u2019re walking around with my heart on your sleeve,<br>And I am right here, bleeding<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She continues with the kind of desire that happens when one submits to the heart\u2019s impulses. Nothing else, and no one else matters here, but us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So you followed me home, like you\u2019d done it before,<br>And you had to bend over to get through the door.<br>And if you didn\u2019t like either one of my friends,<br>I\u2019d kill them, I\u2019d kill them<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The search for a partner is over. Or <em>could<\/em> be, she sings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bobby, this could be the end of wanting<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Are You Doing the Rest of My Life?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are connecting opposites\u2014he\u2019s loud, she talks to herself. And that unnecessary \u201cthing in a box,\u201d I\u2019ll leave to your imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now I sleep in your shirts, and you live in my house,<br>You sing in the shower, I talk to myself.<br>We\u2019ve got stars on the ceiling and clothes on the floor,<br>And a thing in a box I don\u2019t touch anymore<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, she\u2019s busy tonight. But available to Bobby forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now I don\u2019t know if I can make it tonight,<br>But what are you doing the rest of my life, Bobby?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for TIME<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phoebe Bridgers\u2019s ecstatic love song \u201cBobby\u201d begins in a slightly cacophonous way. But isn\u2019t that kind of what it feels like when you find yourself dizzy and smitten and awkward with a romantic partner? The track appears on Bridgers\u2019s latest LP, Lost Weekend. 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