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The fourth single from Vampire Weekend's third album, 'Step' layers a sample from Souls of Mischief's 'Step to My Girl' into its hook, which itself draws on YZ's 'Who's That Girl' and a Grover Washington Jr. cover of Bread's 'Aubrey'. Written by Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij and produced by Ariel Rechtshaid and Batmanglij, the track threads these borrowed elements into a meditation on ageing and romantic rivalry. Koenig's narrator circles an old tension, the gloves-off refrain marking a shift from youthful posturing to something harder-won.
The lyrics catalogue past affectations (fronting like Angkor Wat, hoarding tapes) before landing on a more vulnerable present: 'I feel it in my bones, I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house'. The song acknowledges that wisdom comes at the cost of youth, that protection might not be what's needed. Released alongside 'Diane Young' in March 2013, 'Step' signals the band's move towards a more reflective register, the sample-work and literate detail still intact but the tone noticeably less playful.
"Step" is a single by Vampire Weekend, from the album Modern Vampires of the City, released 5th May 2013. The track is 4:12 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Vampire Weekend.
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