This song is about the intensity and hypocrisy of modern life, the media, and consumerism. Pink lemonade isn’t made from pink lemons, as everyone knows – but because everything around us is so fake, we desperately need to believe in faux authenticity.

The horn and trumpet instrumental parts are strongly reminiscent of Jazz Age music and the 1920’s. It’s a subtle reference to an earlier era of American history that was characterized by the same decadence, consumerism, shallowness, and inequality that Watsky is criticizing in today’s culture.