""Lonely like Eleanor Rigby, still cutting people off," she sing-raps, sounding a bit like Frankie Cosmos' Greta Kline and a bit more like SNL cast member Jane Wickline. "Like Edward Scissorhandy, yeah her friends have it rough." Whether those are good lyrics is almost beside the point; they've Stockholm syndromed their way into my heart."
"The influence of Lana Del Rey goes without saying-in a chirped "honey!", some blithe street rap posturing ("Her exes were crazy, she shot them with uzis, said they were fugazi"), and the transmutation of cultural icons into personal totems."
"Anderson's early films are still his best because their artifice inevitably gives way to sentiment. "They should teach this in school/How to finally be cool/With just doing you," Brat Star laments. She's further along than most of us."
Brat Star's new single 'Margot Tenenbaum' uses the iconic character from Wes Anderson's film as a cultural touchstone to examine disaffection and emotional distance. The track features Brat Star sing-rapping over orchestral production by Loukeman, drawing comparisons to artists like Frankie Cosmos and SNL's Jane Wickline. The song references multiple cultural figures—Eleanor Rigby, Edward Scissorhands, and Margot herself—as symbols of alienation and social difficulty. Lana Del Rey's influence appears throughout, from vocal affectations to the transformation of cultural icons into personal meaning. The production shifts from chopped orchestral elements to a ticking clock motif, mirroring Anderson's filmmaking style where artifice yields to genuine emotion. The lyrics ultimately celebrate self-acceptance and authenticity as forms of coolness.
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