Phlake, "IKEA Episodes"
Even though I've never actually stepped foot inside an IKEA--(Shocking, right? What have I been doing with my life?)--I've still been in enough big-box retail stores to find this song's lyrics incredibly relatable: "I've been stuck in here for days/ I'm all alone up in this maze." White boy soul music usually feels a little affected; Justin Timberlake's recent output is a good example. But I think Denmark's Phlake might have the right idea about locating their soulful lament in a specifically upper-middle class milieu and malaise. In fact, I think they should record a whole album of this and call it #WhitePeopleProblems. I can just imagine some of the other tracks: "(Sometimes I Feel Like I Got) The Wrong Latte" and "Spin Class (So Sore)."
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