LOST FREQUENCIES

We should have been smarter, but recently we spent another half an hour watching the news. A despondency as heavy as fried concrete was our fate, the sort of despair that can only be remedied by someone with lots of diplomas on the wall and a comfortable armchair in the consulting room. “So, doctor, it all started with the war in …” (the doctor takes his mobile phone out of his inside pocket and plays ‘Are You With Me’ by Lost Frequencies, the 2014 hit. The atmosphere in the room lightens considerably). “Then people started talking about the melting glaciers and …”.  The doctor swipes his thumb across his smartphone, whereupon ‘Reality’ (2015) by the same Lost Frequencies suddenly echoes through the room. “Nice track. Oh yes, and they also mentioned the famine in …”  BANG! Suddenly, ‘Beautiful Life’ (2016) rings out. Both doctor and patient tap out the rhythm on their thighs and whistle along in a summery mood. “What else did you see that made you feel a bit queasy afterwards?”  “Gosh, a few mind-boggling statements from the president of the …”.  The patient is suddenly interrupted by the soothing intro to the hit single ‘What is love’ (2016) by, as you might have guessed, Lost Frequencies.  At that moment, the consulting room is on the verge of being transformed into a sweaty club, were it not for the fact that both patient and GP still retain a certain reserve. “There was also a piece on corruption in football and doping in cycling …”.  BAM!  ‘Crazy’ blares through the speakers. Do you know anyone in the doldrums who stays stuck in a rut whilst  ‘Crazy’ by Lost Frequencies takes over their body and mind?  On the contrary, the patient promptly picks up their smartphone and books a trip to a remote Greek island. Bring on the summer!  “Perhaps I should also mention that there was also  a report about psychologists and psychiatrists, who are getting even more expensive again; is that the case for you too …”  The rest of the sentence is completely lost in a fifteen-minute mix, featuring  tracks like ‘Where are you now’, ‘Questions’, ‘Rise’ and ‘Don’t leave me now’. It’s no coincidence that they’re all hits by Lost Frequencies!  “Right then, patient, your half-hour is up. Do you have any questions?” “Yes, doctor, what exactly are you prescribing to banish my gloom from my mind?”  The doctor laughs and replies that he has put together a Spotify playlist for the patient lasting an hour and a half, filled exclusively with Lost Frequencies’ global hits. He also prints out a document to give to the patient: a ticket for the Lost Frequencies concert at the Lokerse Feesten on Sunday 9 August. Everyone in this true story will undoubtedly live happily ever after.