2018Released
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Interesting facts and trivia about Star Treatment. By Songfacts®.

The opening track of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino kicks off a reference to The Strokes' influence on the Arctic Monkey's early work, as frontman Alex Turner recalls his inner turmoil during the band's early days. I just wanted to be one of The Strokes Now look at the mess you made me make Turner explained to Mojo magazine: "That was writing about writing. It was my , the Fellini film - where the director can't seem to make this movie, however hard he tries. I was thinking about that. That's interesting to me. " Turner went onto admit that he did attempt in vain to replace the Strokes line, knowing people would interpret it as one about him being a rock star. "Did The Strokes line feel too close to home? Yeah, absolutely," he said. "But you can't let that stop you. That whole thing of 'Oh my God, what they gonna think this means? You can't really work like that."

Turner admitted to Pitchfork that he initially envisaged not including the opening lyric about the Strokes on the record. "When I wrote that line, I imagined I would return to it, and it wouldn't end up on the record," he said. "But when I circled back around to it I felt like it was right where it ought to be because of how it makes me think, 'S--. The last 12 years just flashed by.' There's an honesty and a truth to it. The style of me writing has developed considerably since the first record, but the bluntness of that line - and perhaps some other lyrics on this album - reminds me of the way I wrote in the beginning."

The "Here ain't no place for dolls like you and me," line dates back to around 2009. Turner said: "I even tried to get somebody else to put it in a song, but they didn't like it. Maybe I was saving it because I didn't have the follow-up." Turner eventually came up with the follow-up lyric he'd been seeking: "Everybody's on a barge floating down the endless stream of great TV."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Star Treatment.
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MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
120BPM

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Domino Recording Co
2018 Domino Recording Company Ltd
2018 Domino Recording Company Ltd

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