"“Everyone can relate to that,” he says. “Just feeling like an imposter. On the surface you're dealing with it, but deep down you're going, what is actually going on? When you become a dad, you get home and go, what? [He has two boys, Ennio and Lucio]. And somehow you just pick it up.”"
"If anything would get you over imposter syndrome, you'd imagine it would be writing one of the festival bangers of the summer. But though the chords for Kasabian's new single Great Pretender came unusually easy to Serge Pizzorno - “you wish it could be like this every time” - his lyrics deal with self doubt that, despite rock stardom, seemingly never goes away."
Great Pretender’s chords come unusually easily, yet the lyrics focus on self doubt that continues even with rock stardom. Imposter syndrome is described as something many people relate to, involving a surface-level ability to function while deeper questions remain about what is actually going on. Fatherhood is presented as a moment that triggers the same feeling, with getting home and thinking “what?” before continuing anyway. The song frames imposter syndrome as something that can be picked up and carried forward, rather than fully resolved by success.
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