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The imagined betrayal behind 'Mr. Brightside'

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The song 'Mr. Brightside' sounds like a deeply personal account of terrible infidelity, but the vivid paranoia was entirely imagined. Brandon Flowers caught a girlfriend cheating, but the specific, deeply detailed narrative of the song was just his hyperactive brain making up worst-case scenarios. He managed to monetize his own wildly invasive intrusive thoughts.

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