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Jackson Maxwell

“At one stage it sounded like Guns N’ Roses’ November Rain. It was so pompous and bombastic – just the worst”: It was a “nightmare” to record and reduced Thom Yorke to tears – but this difficult Radiohead song went on to be a viral smash

Radiohead's Ed O'Brien (left) and Thom Yorke perform onstage at the 1994 Reading Festival in England on August 27, 1994.

If you happened to be watching the second season of the hit Apple TV sci-fi show Severance as it aired while also regularly using TikTok, there's a decent chance your algorithm at some point guided you to one of the many fan-made edits of scenes involving the show's dual love stories.

A whole bunch of these were soundtracked by the climactic third verse of Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees. (Spoilers abound in these videos, if you're interested in the show and haven't seen it yet).

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