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It's all over, I bought a smartphone

And pretend I've got a flashy life

'Cause that's what goes with a smartphone

But my life's never been this fake

A smartphone, they say, is a handy thing

But I feel like a loser

Keep tossing selfies onto my Facebook

And I post videos of animals

'Cause without followers your life limps

I photograph what we're gonna eat

And then a photo of the drink

And then even more pictures of food

It's all over, I bought a smartphone

And pretend I've got a flashy life

'Cause that's what goes with a smartphone

But my life's never been this fake

I Snapchat that life is swinging

And other nonsense that's never urgent

I Instagram that I'm happy

That I only know cool people

But know that that's an

Absolute big fat lie

That I miss the phones of the past

Phones used to be heavy equipment

They hung fixed, pure and simple

With thick cords on the wall

It's all over, I bought a smartphone

And pretend I've got a flashy life

'Cause that's what goes with a smartphone

But my life's never been this fake

I also know by now what Tinder is

Your age really isn't an obstacle there

On Tinder people lie and distort

Hoping you won't get swiped away

So you suddenly end up Skyping

With somebody you totally don't know

At first I didn't notice she was a sl*t

She asked me if I was Bart Kaëll

Then it soon turned out she really was

She asked me if I was Bart Kaëll

It's all over, I bought a smartphone

And pretend I've got a flashy life

'Cause that's what goes with a smartphone

'Cause happiness is just an app

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SONG MEANING

Bart Peeters turns your screen into a mirror. In “Smartphone,” the witty Belgian singer admits he bought the ultimate modern toy only to discover that it pushes him to stage a flashy, glamorous life online. He scrolls through a cycle of selfies, food pics, animal videos, and carefully filtered happiness, all in the hope of racking up more followers. The catchy tune pokes fun at how easily we trade authenticity for a dopamine-charged thumbs-up, making us feel like stars even while we sit alone on the couch.

But nostalgia keeps ringing in the background. Peeters remembers the era of clunky, wall-tethered phones with fondness, contrasting their honest simplicity with today’s swipe-and-scroll culture. Whether he is getting lost on Instagram, fibbing on Tinder, or chatting with strangers over Skype, every app drives home the same message: when happiness becomes just another icon, real life can start to feel “nep” – fake. The song is a playful yet pointed reminder to look up from the screen and make sure our lives are more than just a feed.

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