OutKast – Miss Jackson

STEPPING BACKWARDS IN TIME, THIS IS FROM A VALENTINE’S THEMED ISSUE OF SEREN. THE THEME, IT WOULD SEEM, BEING LOVE SONGS.

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OutKast – Miss Jackson

As apologies go, it’s better than chocolates, or simply leaving the country. A singing owl helps Andre 3000 make amends with both his former ladyfriend, and, more importantly, her mother. It’s a surprisingly sincere, humble owl, one that inspires Big Boi to intone that he will let her know her grandchild “is a baby, not a paycheck.” Gorgeous, layered, weird soul music, essentially a love song and an apology directed to the one person largely ignored by love songs and apologies. Even by the time of the harmonising dogs, you’re sold. Andre even says that he wishes he were a magician. If you can say sorry a trillion times, you probably already are.