(Adorno) Somebody Else by The 1975

Adorno says that Jazz was a way for people to step away from the conformity of other music and from society. However, in trying to be so different from everything else, there became a standardized way of creating this "nonconformity." There was a structure to something which was supposed to be new and  not governed by the rules of the old standards. In the words of Adorno, "individual features which do not conform to the norm are nevertheless shaped by it, and become marks of mutilation" (126). The song "Somebody Else" by The 1975 because although the rhythm and the sounds of the song are deviating from what a standard popular song sounds like, the lyrics are still conforming to the typical topic about a loved one. He is singing about how he wants the woman to belong only to him although he broke it off with her. He doesn't want anyone else to have her if he can't.