According to Consequence.net, David Byrne has released his new song, “Let Me Sell You a Dream,” which is from the soundtrack to Musk, Alex Gibney’s new documentary about Elon Musk. As Byrne previously told Variety, he co-wrote “Let Me Sell You a Dream” with the film’s composer, Daniel Pemberton, using Musk’s own public statements as its lyrics. “I asked for good quotes from the Martian and found more of them online,” Byrne explained. “I’m sure he loves dropping these wild statements and those became the lyrics. All his own words. No editorializing. Straight from the man’s mouth to mine.”

With a catchy melody that is generated by driving guitars and a steady drumbeat, “Let Me Sell You a Dream” would be a good tune on its own but knowing how it was made is icing on the cake. Besides, repeating the song’s title, Byrne sings lyrics like, “I eat a glass sandwich/ I eat them every day.” In a press statement, Byrne said, “It would be too easy and probably not as much fun to overtly criticize Musk. Better, I thought, to try and get inside his head a little bit, to use phrases he himself has used in interviews and statements, and let the character in the song be the one who describes himself.”

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