What is Midnight City? It's a song, it's a place, it's a mood. It's a song by the French electronica band M83, a song written because of a mood inspired by downtown L.A. For me, listening to that song takes me mentally to both Paris (my city of dreams) and Santa Monica (my city of inspiration).
In "Invisible Cities" (one of my favorite books), Italo Calvino writes descriptions of 55 different cities (all beautiful, all enigmatic), which all turn out to be 1 city. Does this place even exist? For me, that is Midnight City. A place in my imagination that represents a combination of everything I dream of, everything that inspires me...a place I wish existed.
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