![]() ![]() All the while, an electrifying score by Labrinth sculpts the montage’s soundscape, imbuing it with energy and anxiety. It’s kicked off when Rue starts to trip, cutting to each of the characters sitting with the mistakes they’ve made-Jules sitting in bed after hooking up with Elliott Kat sitting next to her boyfriend, whom she resents Lexi sitting in the theater where she’s working on a not-so-fictional play about her sister. That’s what makes the montage scene, marvelously lensed by cinematographer Marcell Rév, so exquisite and redemptive. It’s a mortifying fall from-well, not grace, exactly, but an already graceless state. Nate eventually sees her, crying and caked in vomit. It’s at once tragic and funny, with Sweeney fully leaning in to the moment of gross-out humor. She gets wasted and throws up in the hot tub, blubbering a vague apology to Maddy to assuage some of her guilt. At Maddy’s birthday party later in the episode, which Nate attends, she’s glum and self-loathing. ![]() She gets into a screaming match with Nate, essentially blackmailing him into staying with her and bragging about how crazy she can be. Episode four is particularly unflattering for Cassie. She’s sensitive and volatile, radiant and miserable. Sweeney handles Cassie’s numerous breakdowns with aplomb, offering variations on emotional ruin. None, however, are more indelible than one particular image: Cassie, the heartbroken heartbreaker, trapped in her vanity and surrounded by garlands of flowers. It’s a dazzling sequence that marks a high point for the season, allowing the show to flex its fantastical dream logic and deliver a series of indelible images: Jules guiltily swathed in golden sunlight, Lexi worrying in an empty theater, Kat cruising down a black street. The episode culminates in a stunning montage that bounces from character to character, observing their respective crises through Rue’s euphoric, druggy lens. In season two, no trip has been more affecting than her downward spiral at the end of episode four, in which Rue imagines herself in the arms of a church singer (played by Labrinth), and then her late father. ![]() She dips in and out of consciousness, plunging the show into her vivid hallucinations. More often than not, that mind is on drugs, and those drugs have been taken by Rue. We've all seen the scene, we've all heard the song, and now it is time to give it the genuine listen it deserves.This post contains spoilers for season two, episode four of Euphoria.Įuphoria is a state of mind. Together, they sing "Onе day we’ll meet again, some distance when you’re older / You’ll come lean on my shoulder, tell me that storm is over." Whether or not we'd like to admit it, "Elliot's Song" is an objectively heart-rending moment. ![]() The track's instrumentals reflect its storytelling: gentle, kind, and calm. It feels intimate, as though they are letting us peer into their special little world. Over an acoustic guitar with some echo, Fike and Zendaya sing to one another. The track's production is simple, and simple is exactly what a song like this needs. In the context of Euphoria, it neatly ties a bow between Elliot and Rue's friendship, and beyond the show, its narrative is relatable to anyone who has struggled to conceptualize the loss of a friend. "Elliot's Song" is a love note from one friend to the other, exclaiming how one must temporarily give up the other in order for them to flourish. Love, especially platonic love, is convoluted. Fans were very quick to run to Twitter over the song's length given the context of the episode - in the midst of a cat fight, near death situations, and drug deals, why should we care to listen to some guy with a guitar? For three entire minutes? And I think it's just that: sometimes, we need to learn to pause and appreciate a moment for what it is. In Euphoria's season finale, Dominic Fike's character, Elliot, writes and sings a song to Zendaya's character, Rue. At this point, we have all heard the song I am about to dissect - but now that we have the next two years to ponder what is next for the show - it is time we take a listen and appreciate "Elliot's Song" for what it is. No more live tweeting, no more reaction videos to watch, no new memes to prepare us for each subsequent episode. Until 2026, there will no longer be a piece of media uniting Gen Z at the end of each week. We all need to take a collective moment of silence to mourn the loss of Euphoria Sunday. ![]()
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