Indie-pop singer, Beabadoobee, in one of her music videos, sharing her experiences. photo courtesy of Jacob Erland
A deeper look into one of my favorite songs.
Beatrice Kristi Laus, also known as Beabadoobee, is a British singer-songwriter. She is most known for her song “Glue Song,” which was released in 2023. She has released multiple albums throughout her career, releasing her first one in 2018. Within all of the music that she has released, though, “The Perfect Pair,” released in her 2022 album, Beatopia, is by far one of her best songs.
I became a fan of Beabadoobee back in winter of 2022. Actually, the song that first introduced me to her was “The Perfect Pair.” I remember I was sitting in my car and I was having a bad day, then the radio started playing a song that I liked. I looked up who the song was by and ever since then I’ve been a big fan of Beabadoobee. She has been one of my favorite artists for a while now and I now listen to all of her new music as well as her old music rather than just a few select songs.
“The Perfect Pair” is a perfect example of who Beabadoobee is as an artist. While on the exterior the song seems like your average upbeat indie-pop song, it’s actually so much more than that. In fact, many of Beabadoobee’s songs seem happy and upbeat but have a deeper meaning behind them. This song is just one example of this. The song starts out with a little beat that makes you want to dance. Then the lyrics begin, and if you really listen to them, it’s clear that this song is about much more than a “perfect pair.”
In my personal opinion, “The Perfect Pair” is about two people who are growing apart but don’t want to admit it. They know that they’re not meant for one another anymore but they are just avoiding the topic because they don’t want their relationship to end. The lyrics “we don’t talk much, guess cause nothing has changed…” show how they are still together even when they both know their relationship is not going to get better. I interpret this to mean that even though nothing is going to change between the two people, they’re still holding on to one another, not wanting to let go. The rest of the song carries on with the same theme between the two people. Beabadoobee even sings about how she wants someone to say something, “You know me, better show me that you could say it to my face.” Even though she knows that ending their relationship will hurt, she would rather get hurt then carry on with no one saying anything.
In this song, and in many of her others, Beabadoobee shows how great she is at putting deep meanings into songs that you wouldn’t initially think to have depth. The song seems so happy, so it’s the type of song that you can listen to and dance to, but you can also relate to it on a deeper level. This is why “The Perfect Pair” is one of Beabadoobee’s best songs.
