Last week, Dominic Fike released Rocket , a 12-song mixtape following up on the Florida-born singer’s 2023 album, Sunburn . It’s okay if you missed it, because he’s circled back to release a video for its standout track, “Great Pretender,” an accusatory snipe undercutting a romantic partner who fakes their way through life for clout.

“You’re a great pretender / The influencer who always spoke so kindly / You got your friends and your intricate web / But they don’t know how sorry / You are to the naked eye, just a passerby,” he croons on the chorus.

The video is a simple, black-and-white clip focusing on Fike driving to an ill-fated dinner date on a bumpy road that reflects the state of the relationship he describes in the song. Just when things seem to be going well, there’s a dram

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