Zarooni - Traffic
Traffic sounds like a song you play as you go on a long drive. And Zarooni has skillfully crafted it to be an easy listen, but it's also a lot more. The song is deceptively peppy as it begins. The funky guitar seems like it’s worlds apart from how the chorus and the instrumental bridge sound later in the single. When you jump from the beginning to somewhere in the middle, you're sure to be confused. But while listening through from start to end, you don't notice the transition at all. They sound like two different songs but are also seamlessly blended together. The chorus sounded like the pre-chorus to me the first time because it is a melody that isn't resolved. This is because there's a suspended note that creates tension that in turn creates nostalgia. And when it's resolved the second time he sings the chorus, you recognise the bittersweet feeling that drives nostalgia. The panning percussion gave an addictive charm to it as well. The bridge is almost always my favourite part of any song, and this instrumental bridge is one such example. A bridge always changes up the song in big or small ways. Here, more instruments are added as the bridge goes on. The music expanding as he sings the final chorus gives me expected satisfaction of the rise before the conclusion. And then the song fades out. There isn't a conclusion to the single, even in the lyrics. I was definitely left wanting more, but maybe that's indicative of the relationship Zarooni has found himself in. Unresolved, confusing feelings about a person who does not seem to want to put in any effort. A person who is making his life miserable because he is the only one trying—a one-way traffic.
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