Theme
Songs about friendship
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Taylor Swift
I Knew It, I Knew You
A reunion song about recognizing an old love in a single glance and realizing the connection never actually disappeared
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Ed Sheeran
Castle on the Hill
A homesick anthem about a Suffolk childhood, the friends who shaped it, and the way certain landscapes keep their hold on you long after you leave
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Daniel Caesar
Superpowers
A pep talk to someone (or to himself) about owning a gift that sets them apart, told with the awe of a friend watching a peer step into stardom
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Daft Punk & Julian Casablancas
Instant Crush
A half-remembered relationship turned into a sleek, vocoded confession about needing a friend you already know you've lost
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Rihanna
Umbrella (feat. JAŸ-Z)
A promise of shelter to someone you love when their weather turns bad, dressed up in stadium-sized pop hooks
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Taylor Swift
22
A pop anthem about the specific contradiction of being young enough to feel everything at once, and choosing to dance through it anyway
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Jungle
Busy Earnin'
A funk-driven needling of the friend who's traded a life for a salary and convinced themselves the trade was free
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Taylor Swift
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
A petty, party-thrown kiss-off to a former friend who talked behind the singer's back, dressed up as a hostess apologizing for taking the punch bowl away