Throughout “icarus,” glaive uses Greek mythology and story-telling to tell the story of a partner who he sees slowly slip out of the relationship. As he reflects on his newfound success, glaive sees the cons in his relationship, using the sun as a peak as he loses himself.

The experimental pop-track was first previewed near midnight on November 30, 2021, and would quickly become a fan favorite. Soon after its first snippets, it’d replace “​skinny white boy in that big black benz again,” also known as “dogs! dogs! dogs!” or “dogs,” on old dog, new tricks’s final tracklist.