9. Big Data, “The Business of Emotion” feat. White Sea [Warner Bros. Records]
The follow-up to Big Data’s runaway 2014 hit, “Dangerous,” is this calculated alt-pop rocker about making love in the 21st century – not sex, per se, but building a connection with someone else. In a world where we’re too busy for even online dating, “The Business of Emotion” packs a wallop we may not be willing to hear after signing up for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, OKCupid, or any other network just to stay in touch: “Doesn’t matter to me ‘cause you’re all the same / Should I never ever ever forgot / You signed up / Now there’s no escape.” Where other songs from Big Data’s 2.0 tackle Snowden and the National Security Agency, “The Business of Emotion” is the most instant and the most accessible – scarily, just like all of our data online. Dislike.