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Is “Viva La Vida” About Boy George? A Mirror-Ball of Fallen Kings and Pop Resurrection

By psychologistmimi on July 15, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Sometimes a song hits you not because it’s about you, but because it feels like it saw you. Or at least someone like you. Or someone you once aspired to be in a club bathroom at 2am in 1999. Cue Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.” Officially, it’s about a […]

Viva La Vida: The Day Boy George Cleaned the Streets of New York

By psychologistmimi on February 13, 2014 • ( 5 Comments )

When I lived down in Battery Park (near Ground Zero in Manhattan) I used to crazily walk to work everyday whether there was sleet, snow or heavy shine. That walk would approximately take 40 minutes on a good day. If there was high wind, then it may have […]