An Ella Fitzgerald song will come on his Spotify, and he’ll cry out from the other room, “I was born in the wrong era!” Then the playlist will serve him a James Blake track, then Childish Gambino, John Mayer, Ariana Grande, Michael Bublé, and he’ll reconsider: “Never mind!” Like that toadstool LED night light, there’s magic in crossing visions of the past and future in a way that could only be possible right now.
