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“Together Again”—Janet Jackson

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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A O Empty Is the Best Song on the Velvet Rope

The song is about talking to a lover on something called the internet. It's preceded by an interlude that consists mostly of the dialup motum sound. The physical body triumphs over the digital body, even when the physical body is mourning the loss of everyone who's no longer here physically.

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