“Well, that made me feel feelings,” a friend of mine used to say whenever he found something to be especially stirring.
There’s a piece of music often paired with internet memes and reels, usually connected to something meaningful or awe-inspiring. It’s just a tiny snippet of a song that is actually brief in and of itself. But whenever I hear it, I always feel feelings.
“What is this piece?” I wondered earlier this week. I looked up the full piece of music. It’s titled Agape, and it’s part of the soundtrack of the 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk, based on the 1974 James Baldwin novel of the same name.
The piece is composed by Nicholas Britell. I encourage you to take some time to listen to this today, and perhaps with some headphones or earbuds.
I listened to it on repeat on a drive to Lansing and cried, thinking of a lot of good memories — and with gratitude, feeling feelings.
Smuggling Grace 