arctic monkeys muses:Â alexa chung
timeline: alexa & alex dated from 2007-2011.
alexa chung is an english writer, television presenter, model, & fashion designer. she has written two books & currently co-hosts the show next in fashion with queer eyeâs tan france.
songs about her:Â
fire and thud: fire & thud is one of the first songs believed to be written about alexa. âif its true youâre gonna run away/tell me where, iâll meet you thereâ refers to when alexa landed her own show on mtv & was relocating to New York. alex ended up moving as well in order to be with her.
suck it and see (the album): the entirety of sias is believed to be about alexâs relationship with alexa, so im just going to pick the most notable songs.Â
sheâs thunderstorms: it was reported that this song was written during a âmad thunderstormâ in alexâs New York apartment that he shared with alexa. âhereâs your host/sounds as if sheâs pretty closeâ is almost definitely referring to alexa, who at the time was hosting her mtv show itâs on with alexa chung.Â
all my own stunts: yet another song written about alexa, the song is about alex moving to New York with alexa for her career, but he ended up being left alone in their flat & wasting a lot of time there while she was gone.
am (album): if suck it and see is the album for alexa & alexâs relationship, then am is the breakup album.Â
do i wanna know: after alexa & alex split in 2011, there were a few instances of them being spotted together in the years leading up to the release of am. the two were reported as still being friends, & alex spent a period of time on his own before he started dating arielle vandenberg later that year. âtoo busy being yours to fall for somebody newâ & âcrawling back to youâ could potentially be about how they still got together for a little bit after the breakup & how alex was truly upset by it.Â
knee socks: another ode to a girlfriend past, this song is almost definitely about alexa because one of her wardrobe staples during their time together were her knee socks. âyou & me couldâve been a teamâ shows that this was written about an ex, & âyou cured my january bluesâ fits the timeline of alexâs breakup with johanna & how he met alexa a few months later in april. when he says âi got a feeling i mightâve lit the very fuseâ he is referring to the show alexa co-hosted from mid-2012 to the end of 2013 âfuse newsâ. additionally, in alexâs infamous valentines day poem to alexa it is revealed that they didnât get together immediately after they met, which fits the line, âyou were a stranger in my phonebook i was acting like i knewâ.Â
fireside: another song written post-breakup, this one is more subtle in its references to chung. âin my heart thereâs that hotel suite/& you lived there so long/itâs kind of strange now youâre goneâ refers to the fact that up until this point, alexa had been alexâs longest relationship, four years together, he had written songs about her, their relationship had inspired a full album, he had even moved to the us for her, so now that itâs over heâs not used to the void where alexa once was. additionally, the lyric â& your fuse is firesideâ is another allusion to alexaâs show âfuse newsâ.Â
