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[Nilsi]

I've always found myself at a curious distance from Radiohead, which feels strange given how closely their sonic palette aligns with my tastes. While I've always acknowledged Thom Yorke's prowess as a songwriter, their music, for reasons I can't entirely articulate, has never fully resonated.

Yet True Love Waits stands out as one of the most hauntingly beautiful meditations on love ever composed. Its inclusion under the Radiohead moniker is itself somewhat paradoxical, as the piece essentially presents Thom Yorke in an unguarded moment, voice laid bare, weaving emotional intimacy into a chamber-pop arrangement evocative of Philip Glass’s post-minimalist repetitions.

And despite addressing the painfully familiar motif of fragile love and the anguish of clinging desperately to something inexorably slipping away - a motif repeatedly trivialized in countless pop ballads - Yorke's interpretation remains sonically original and affectively sincere, skillfully avoiding any descent into sentimental kitsch.

In this sense, Thom Yorke is undeniably one of contemporary music’s most significant figures, and True Love Waits might well be his most transcendent artistic achievement.

Edited 9 hours ago by Nilsi

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33 minutes ago, Nilsi said:

I've always found myself at a curious distance from Radiohead, which feels strange given how closely their sonic palette aligns with my tastes. While I've always acknowledged Thom Yorke's prowess as a songwriter, their music, for reasons I can't entirely articulate, has never fully resonated.

Yet True Love Waits stands out as one of the most hauntingly beautiful meditations on love ever composed. Its inclusion under the Radiohead moniker is itself somewhat paradoxical, as the piece essentially presents Thom Yorke in an unguarded moment, voice laid bare, weaving emotional intimacy into a chamber-pop arrangement evocative of Philip Glass’s post-minimalist repetitions.

And despite addressing the painfully familiar motif of fragile love and the anguish of clinging desperately to something inexorably slipping away - a motif repeatedly trivialized in countless pop ballads - Yorke's interpretation remains sonically original and affectively sincere, skillfully avoiding any descent into sentimental kitsch.

In this sense, Thom Yorke is undeniably one of contemporary music’s most significant figures, and True Love Waits might well be his most transcendent artistic achievement.

It’s crazy to think that this song existed for over fifteen years merely as a demo before its final, carefully sculpted form emerged on A Moon Shaped Pool.

Yet, even in that raw, stripped-down state - Thom Yorke’s voice accompanied only by the sparse resonance of acoustic guitar - the song possesses a timeless immediacy, arguably resonating even more profoundly in its bare essence.

If this isn’t the artistic spirit in its most profound form - patiently nurturing an idea over decades until it is finally ready to be released - I don’t know what is.

And for this composition to emerge as the closing track on Radiohead’s latest studio album underscores just how deeply significant this song was to Yorke. He withheld it until the last possible moment, carefully guarding it before surrendering it completely - and how fitting the title he chose for this final act of creative letting go.

Edited 8 hours ago by Nilsi