American: Pie Google Docs

yeah. weird.

I pulled up my phone. #AmericanPie was trending globally. Thousands of people were reporting the same thing: every station, every streaming auto-play, every grocery store Muzak system—all playing Don McLean's 1971 epic back-to-back-to-back.

No response.

I texted my mom. She sent back a voice memo. She was crying softly. "Your grandfather used to sing this to me," she said. "He said it was about the day the music died. But I don't think he meant Buddy Holly."

what?

I fumbled for the clock radio on my nightstand. Static hissed for a second, then that familiar piano intro cut through.

look at the date.

Mine.