Rebuild a Heart

Genre/Style: The Cure, Goth Rock

Touchstones: The Cure, “Pictures of You,” “Friday, I’m in Love,” “Boys Don’t Cry”

Themes: self-deception, negotiation, incel culture, obsession

Myth: Pygmalion

Notable Telling: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Metamorphoses 10.243-297 (8 AD)