In "Delete Ya," Djo (the musical project of Stranger Things star Joe Keery) reminisces on a life he used to live with a past loved one. He is stuck in the uncomfortable middle ground between wanting to erase someone completely and realizing that the human brain, unlike a laptop, does not come with a reliable delete key. You can wish a person gone, but your feelings didn't get the memo. "It's a song about love, this song is about heartbreak, and it's a song about letting go," Keery told BBC Radio 1's Jack Saunders.
"Delete Ya" is built from small, ordinary moments - late flights, walks through Hollywood, an old apartment, time spent with an ex's family - the kind of unremarkable scenes that become emotionally radioactive once a relationship ends.
Keery said the song is rooted in Los Angeles, a city he associates with a specific chapter of his life. "I kind of mark my life and time by places that I've spent a lot of time in," he explained, noting that LA means something different to him now than it once did.
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