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Lacy’s new music maintains his sly sense of humor, but with a barefaced melancholy that pushes it to new emotional depths.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025 -
More often than not, the film’s nostalgia is sweet and enjoyable because it is paired with the melancholy that comes from all the acknowledgments of the actors from the original who died over the last 29 years.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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The story is a satire that follows a long flight between England and Australia, where passengers are forced to deal with boredom when the entertainment system fails.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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During her widowhood, in the early 1000s, out of grief or boredom, Lady Murasaki began writing The Tale of Genji in Japanese.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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Cramer also suggested that investors have tariff ennui because the U.S. has more major trade deals to settle — namely with China, Canada and Mexico — so negotiations are likely to continue for months.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
28 July 2025
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For all those twists and turns, the sentiments in Dutch Interior’s lyrics often have more of a cohesive feeling, chock full of western ennui and religious iconography.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
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“Cheerlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheerlessness. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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