This track from the Steely Dan singer's upcoming LP is about a dude surviving a breakup via determined self-delusion, but it's no bummer. It's a wry and witty portrait that makes fine use of a Steely-style chillaxin' soul-jazz groove and Fagen's poker-face croon.

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“Time to Pretend”

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”