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Like the old Strokes song Alone, Together Life seems unreal, can we go back to your place?
Tesfaye and Levinson (and HBO and A24) make sense together.
Theyre playing the same game of chicken, concocting scenarios capable of titillating or terrifying.
It shouldve been a no-brainer, an easy pairing of complementary sensibilities.
How could this be choppy?
ButThe Idolisnt interested in the music-business palace intrigueVinylattempted; it doesnt want to be pop-starEntourage.
Jocelyns musical evolution is really a sexual awakening.
The logic of the show is odd.
But Void does not solve the problem.
I dont wanna decide things for myself, on my own, it states in the first verse.
Be my voice, and I choose you to fill the void.
The show seems much more interested in gawking at Josss pain than guiding her through it.
The balance of power is askew.
Our idol quickly becomes Tedross thrall, and were made to believe its improving the quality of her art.
I want to grab you by the ass while I suffocate you with my cock.
The sex is too wrapped up in the takeover plot to feel spontaneous.
