A song like “Especially Me” might move at a stately waltz, with all of its harmonies in place, but it blisters with a seething heat. It feels like a kiss-off at its most agonizing, played back frame-by-frame.
“As it stands, we don’t have a clue,” the refrain goes. “Especially me, and probably you.” On the last line of the song, it shifts to “definitely you,” a subtle turn that sounds like a twist of the knife. MORE