Crucial Track for 30 January 2026

"Franz Ferdinand" by This Boy

What song reminds you of your first love?

I think this would have to be a song by Franz Ferdinand. My first actual love must've been my high school girlfriend. Our music taste didn't have a ton of overlap, but Franz Ferdinand was one band we both really liked. She wrote her IB Extended Essay on the lyrical themes of some of their lyrics from the viewpoint of our romantic relationship.

We dated for a couple of years and broke up the fall after we graduated high school. It was painful. Life took us in different directions and we've only talked once since. There's no ill will and I'll remember our time fondly.