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“Suddenly, I had a theme song,” she says.

It typified an anthemic style of song but their unpretentious and down-to-earth approach earned loyal followings on both sides of the Atlantic.

“And he was enthusiastic, too. I don’t think there’s any cuts in that video. I think it’s just three minutes, like a pop song. He invented the form.”

The boy band’s choreography appeared unchanged from the late ’90s, as did its songs, though I might’ve detected a whisper of pedal steel in “Drowning.”

As the song reached its apex, the two musicians served up a sizzling guitar duet for the ages.