The best thing about any pop song that references current technology is imagining how it will age in the next 5, 10, 20 years. Will Beyoncé’s “Video Phone” seem downright quaint once we’ve updated to communicating exclusively through holograms? Will Gary Numan’s “Cars” feel unfathomable after the grid has collapsed and we’re all back to riding on mule carts? What about Tinder?! How will songs about Tinder age?!
Miracles of Modern Science, a five-piece indie band, could eventually find out. The group has just released a video for their song “Swipe,” featuring vocals by Kristin Slipp, and it sounds like a fairly earnest reflection on a dating app that, in a couple years, might sounding as outdated as a gramophone…or Friendster.
