The song "Royals" by Lorde - I only know about this because of the Weird Al parody (I don't listen to radio).
I checked it out so I could compare it to the parody, and the opening line is, "I've never seen a diamond in the flesh . . . "
. . . and I'm done. Modern songwriters are stupider than I had anticipated.
Daddy-O of the 7 Wonders
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