Arcade Fire - Reflektor

About Reflektor and Black Orpheus Primary lyricist Win Butler notes that the 1959 film Black Orpheus inspired his lyrics on Reflektor, in particular its themes of isolation and death: “Black Orpheus is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil. The Orpheus myth is the original love triangle, Romeo and Juliet kind of story. Lyrically, it’s not literally about my life. I feel like I’m kind of a bit of a sponge in a way. Like, if people around me are going through things, I find