longing for

And so the bandmates picked up their instruments and kept doing what they’ve always done: Look forward, and play songs for far-flung compatriots longing for the sounds of home.

Theo, tortured by his own confusion and shame around dating an A.I. and still longing for his ex, is turned off by Samantha’s desperation to connect, and by the hired actor who’s also desperately trying to surrogate the encounter to please him.

Howlett spoke to The Times about recovering from Flint’s death at 49 in 2019, Gen Z’s longing for a different era of rave and if A.I. has any place in the modern raver’s toolkit.

There is a fresh longing for raves of yore — there’s a reason Charli XCX is singing about wanting to hear the club classics.

The whole “Big Daddy” concept — deeply rooted in Southern culture — is essentially about longing for a dominant patriarch, a figure of unquestioned authority who brings order, control and tradition.