Sexotheque

Album: Trouble in Paradise (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • Despite its chirpy, upbeat instrumentation, this is actually a grim tune about the emptiness of promiscuity as a guy ignores his girlfriend for seedier pleasure at the 'sexotheque.' She expresses her annoyance that he's "never at home" and "never answers the phone."
  • La Roux's Elly Jackson has been quoted as saying that she likes the "juxtaposition between dark and light in songs." The singer explained in a press release that Trouble In Paradise is, "all about the darkness lurking behind the most beautiful tune, the doubts in even the happiest of relationships, and trouble in all its forms."

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