Arlo Parks wrote this intimate exercise in people watching after observing an argument between an "artsy couple" on London's Oxford Street. She only witnessed 30 seconds of their quarrel, but that was enough for her to come up with a story that explains why their relationship exploded out in the open. Parks tells the tale by relating it to her friend Caroline.
Parks told Apple Music that she wrote this song and "For Violet" on the same day with "my little £8 bottle of Casillero del Diablo." Parks added that penning the song took her back to the time aged 7 or 8 when she first started writing "these very observant and very character-based short stories."
The harmonies on the song were inspired by a video Parks found of The Beatles performing "This Boy." She explained: "The chorus feels like such an explosion - such a release - and harmonies can accentuate that."
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