Frank Kogan

Showbiz obsequiousness isn't a meta issue - it's in the title and lyrics, after all. But after a couple of listens the issue becomes insignificant: the song isn't about the narrator's feelings towards Tim McGraw, they're about her feelings towards her ex-boyfriend. Best new lyrics I heard all year, I think. They balance so perfectly that anything I say probably overstates the mood one way or another; but in the first chorus when she goes "When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think my favorite song" it's simply sweet, but by the third chorus those words carry hurt and bitterness and a whole expanse of sadness, and a hint of aggression, as well (as if to say, "may that song haunt you," though that overstates it) - while retaining the sweetness.