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Steven Page Camouflages Songs About Depression

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u003cp class=u0022text-lgu0022u003eu003cimg class=u0022podpic alignnone wp-image-2863 size-mediumu0022 src=u0022https://makeitok.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/steven-page-300×300.webpu0022 alt=u0022u0022 width=u0022300u0022 height=u0022300u0022 /u003eAs co-founder and co-frontman for the band Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page belted out a lot of up-tempo pop hits. But if you look at the lyrics to songs like u0022One Weeku0022 or u0022Pinch Me,u0022 you can see a lot of darkness and that’s an approach that has continued with his solo work. We hear about his bipolar diagnosis, his drug arrest, and his penchant for creating multi-layered music.u003c/pu003ernu003ciframe src=u0022 https://apps.mprnews.org/player/hwod.html?preload=noneu0026amp;title=Steven%20Page%20Camouflages%20Songs%20About%20Depressionu0026amp;src=https://play.publicradio.org/web/o/americanpublicmedia/podcasts/thwod/2020/05/hwod_20200518_128.mp3u0022 width=u002299%u0022 height=u002280u0022 frameborder=u00220u0022u003eu003c/iframeu003ernrnu003ca href=u0022https://www.hilariousworld.org/episode/2020/05/18/steven-page-camouflages-songs-about-depressionu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopeneru0022u003eLink to podcastu003c/au003e