Cyrus read on a website once that there was a word for this: sonder.
"The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own."
Incredible, how naming something took nothing away from its stagger.
Language could be totally impotent like that.
This comes from the book Martyr which I am immensely enjoying.
I am constantly deep in my head and then look into a crowd and wonder what others are deep in their head about.
What are my next moves and how similar and/or different are they from theirs?
What pain, joy or fear are they feeling?
What will they or I have for lunch?
I'll never know because god forbid I go up and talk to a stranger.
However, what I do know is here is a mixtape that has multiple Blade Runner soundbites for your listening pleasure.
clip from Blade Runner
00:00:00
Passion Pit - Carried Away
Gossamer
(2012)
00:00:03
Courtney Barnett - Dead Fox
sometimes i sit and think, and sometimes i just sit
(2015)
00:03:39
Joyce Manor - The Opossum
I Used To Go To This Bar
(2026)
00:07:03
Magdalena Bay - This Is The World (I Made It For You)
This Is The World (I Made It For You) / Nice Day
(2025)
00:08:59
A$AP Rocky - STAY HERE 4 LIFE (feat. Brent Faiyaz)
Don't Be Dumb
(2026)
00:13:35
clip from Blade Runner
00:17:35
Militarie Gun - God Owes Me Money
God Save The Gun
(2025)
00:17:46
Kishi Bashi - Lilliputian Chop
Kantos
(2024)
00:20:52
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
(2002)
00:24:24
MUNA - Dancing On The Wall
Dancing On The Wall
(2026)
00:27:19
Ratboys - Whats Right?
Singin to an Empty Chair
(2026)
00:31:04
Quivers - Grief Has Feathers
Oyster Cuts
(2024)
00:36:16
clip from Blade Runner
00:41:17
Voxtrot - Quiet Noise
Dreamers in Exile
(2026)
00:41:37
twen - The Center
Fate Euphoric
(2025)
00:46:13
Arlo Parks - Ghost
My Soft Machine
(2023)
00:50:21
Tems - What You Need
Love Is A Kingdom
(2025)
00:54:04
Twin Shadow - Dominoes
Cadet
(2025)
00:57:56