{"id":3610192,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3610192/?format=json","airdate":"2026-01-28T12:07:31-08:00","show":65777,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65777/?format=json","image_uri":"https://dn710000.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-bfea6af0-7169-471c-ba8f-a8f8cfb018a5/mbid-bfea6af0-7169-471c-ba8f-a8f8cfb018a5-18991476277_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Severed","track_id":"281ece3e-b0ee-4fc1-b94f-5db542fd21ac","recording_id":"bf7c0045-d389-4ef9-9df4-0a375000076c","artist":"The Decemberists","artist_ids":["97b1142f-c71e-4971-8736-4a8ceaf6b4c3"],"album":"I’ll Be Your Girl","release_id":"bfea6af0-7169-471c-ba8f-a8f8cfb018a5","release_group_id":"ac02498c-272e-49cd-8c1c-52fd7061c896","labels":["Capitol Records"],"label_ids":["abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73"],"release_date":"2018-03-16","rotation_status":"Library","is_local":true,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Colin Meloy said of this song in 2018: “Well, it’s inspired a little bit by the guy who’s currently in the White House. I think it was written initially during the campaign, before the election, just sort of exploring that tone of voice that he was taking. The character in the song, the first-person character, is a demagogue, absolutely, so it was an exploration of, 'What is demagoguery, and where does it come from?' as we were seeing this very public figure express these kind of insane and incredible sentiments in public. Of course, I think the song took on a different life once he was actually elected. But yeah, it’s sort of an exploration of the voice of a demagogue, and so hopefully people will find it reviling. I can only hope.”\n\nhttps://thedecemberists.bandcamp.com\nhttps://www.decemberists.com/","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}