alex from florida Turns Unrequited Longing Into a Slow-Burning Gem on “actors, drugs and food”

alex from florida’s “actors, drugs and food” opens with a catchy guitar riff that hooks you immediately and does not let go. The whisper-style vocals set an intimate tone that suits the song’s theme perfectly, the aching desire for someone who may not feel the same way back. It is a heartbreak song at its core, but it never wallows; instead it builds steadily, layering harmonies, guitar riffs, and a low-toned bass into something that feels bigger and more emotionally loaded with every passing second. The song is called “smoking weed in your bathroom,” and that detail alone tells you everything about the kind of longing alex from florida is writing about, the domestically close but emotionally out of reach kind. By the time the track reaches its peak, you feel the full weight of that unrequited love right alongside the narrator. This is the kind of song that makes you want to text someone you probably should not.

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Written by Ryan Cassata

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