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Podcast: 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die
Episode: Beautiful Things - Benson Boone
Description: Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! Benson Boone — “Beautiful Things” Pitchfork Score: 6.4Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” is the kind of song that sounds like it was carefully engineered to play during the end credits of a Netflix teen drama—specifically the episode where the main character finally kisses their crush, only for it to start raining in cinematic slow motion. Boone’s voice trembles with the sincerity of someone who just discovered his first heartbreak on Tumblr circa 2012, and the production swells like an I...