The most jarring thing that happens in Logic’s debut novel, Supermarket, is Toro Y Moi’s What For making an appearance as one of the main character’s favorite albums. Flynn, he’s called, puts the vinyl on for Mia, a coworker he’s trying to impress during their second date. “Toro Y Moi,” he says to her, “he’s really special...I love his stuff. I wish I could make music like this… hell, music in general.” Then they slow dance to it.

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This is not to say What For doesn’t deserve to be a favorite album. Toro Y Moi is great and so is What For. But there is something odd about reading the name in a novel, like it’s just a bit too specific. There are other name drops that elicit this sensation: Salad Days by Mac DeMarco, Tame Impala’s Currents, Rick and Morty, etc. After doing some googling, I figured out why — turns out Logic has nearly half of those selections tattooed on his actual body.