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--:-- until the next break. Every quarter of an hour the eight stations stop whatever is playing and put on the house theme — each in its own language.
The theme is playing on several stations at once
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Eight songs that are the same song. Larry Hans recorded it in the eight languages of this house: not translated — adapted, with its own title, its own rhymes and its own character in each tongue.
"She learned eight languages to escape a man who sings in eight languages."
She left on a one-way flight. She changed country and language, deleted the photos and blocked him. But he plays on ZARZA Radio, and ZARZA Radio broadcasts in eight languages: she tuned in to the French station and there he was; she woke up in Tokyo and heard him laughing; in Rio the whole beach was singing his chorus; in Berlin the DJ played the very one she wanted banned.
The last call of the night comes into the booth, and it is her. She asks for "the song by the one who doesn't forget me, the one who sings in eight languages". He knows her from the first word. And he hits play.
Having the commercial hook live inside that story is what makes it work as a song and not as an ad: the station never advertises itself, it is the stage the drama happens on.
126 BPM 15 identical sections 8 languages Larry Hans
English this door's own 5:29 126 BPM
(She left and she never called)
caught a one-way flight to somewhere still unknown;
changed her country and her language, left my voice alone,
deleted every photo... and she blocked my phone!
The double-meaning one. In English, "play" is both putting music on and having fun, and the whole song lives off that two-sided coin.
Spanish 5:22 126 BPM
(Ella se fue y no me llamó)
en un vuelo sin regreso que jamás volvió;
cambió de país y de idioma pa' olvidarse de mi voz,
Borró todas las fotos... ¡Y me bloqueó!
The master version. The other seven came out of this one: the whispered opening, the sarcastic ex, and the rule of not mourning her but celebrating — even the heartbreak danced.
French 4:41 126 BPM
(Elle est partie sans m'appeler)
sur un vol sans retour qui n'est jamais rentré ;
changé de pays, changé de langue, pour ne plus m'écouter,
effacé toutes les photos... et elle m'a bloqué !
The elegant one, built on "vibrer", the fetish word of French radio. And the only one that reverses the journey: here she flees into Spanish and the call comes in from Tokyo.
German 5:20 126 BPM
(Sie ging und rief nie wieder an)
ein Flug ohne Rückkehr, nie retourniert;
neues Land und neue Sprache, meine Stimme aussortiert,
alle Fotos gelöscht... und mich blockiert!
The inverted one. It is the only title with the word order flipped, which is why the shout in the chorus — HIER! — is the first word of the title.
Portuguese 4:53 126 BPM
(Ela se foi e não ligou)
num voo sem volta que nunca retornou;
mudou de país e de idioma pra esquecer a minha voz,
apagou todas as fotos... e me bloqueou!
The Brazilian one, not the Lisbon one. Here "tocar" caresses as well as plays, and it leaves the gem of the record: até a dor sambou.
Italian 5:34 126 BPM
(Se n'è andata e non ha chiamato)
un volo solo andata che non è mai tornato;
ha cambiato paese e lingua per scordarsi del passato,
cancellato ogni foto... e mi ha bloccato!
The passato remoto one: sparì, fuggì, proibì. The tense of literature, chosen because it rhymes with "qui" — with "here".
Japanese 5:07 126 BPM
Sekai wa Koko de Naru
(彼女は行った…電話も無しで)
片道の飛行機は、二度と戻らなかった。
国を変えて、言葉を変えて、俺の声を忘れるために、
写真を全部消して…そしてブロックした!
The one that does not rhyme. It stands on syllabic rhythm and repetition instead, and the chorus breaks the syllables apart: ko-ko, here.
Arabic 4:38 126 BPM
Huna Yasdah Al-Alam
(راحت وما حكتني)
طيّارة بلا رجعة، وعمرها ما راسلتني؛
غيّرت البلد واللغة، وفكرت إنها ضيّعتني،
مسحت كل الصور... وكمان بلوكتني!
The pan-Arab one, in a neutral dialect that travels from Morocco to the Gulf. Its rhyme alternates two endings, and with that it sets against each other the only two things that matter: her, and here.
The language, the rhymes and even the humour were adapted. This was left identical on purpose, so that the eight recognise each other.
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