How Come You Don't Want Me

Album: Heartthrob (2013)
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  • This was the last song written for Hearthrob. Sara penned the tune with the guitarist of the band Fun, Jack Antonoff, whilst Beck's longtime bassist and musical director Justin Meldal-Johnsen manned the production desk. "I just love it," Tegan told Under The Radar . "Sara wasn't writing it for herself, but she was writing about herself. She wrote a progressively vulnerable depiction of her life, but didn't edit it because it wasn't going to be her singing it. And then it ended up being her singing it, so it just feels so intimate and really intense. The bridge on that song is probably one of the highlights of the record, to me. It's a foot-stomper."

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