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“Astronomy” is the second lead single off of Conan Gray’s sophomore album "Superache". The song was teased with multiple snippets on his Instagram and the single’s pre-save page. The song shares similar elements with “The Story,” a song from Conan’s debut album, "Kid Krow".
The song is about how you drift apart from someone you loved because you realized that they’re not the same person they used to be. All of a sudden, you have nothing in common with this person. It’s painful to have to let them go and to accept that things aren’t the same. You slowly become aware that you shouldn’t try to piece things back together and it’d be easier to stay strangers.
In a recent video with Samsung, Conan revealed that “Astronomy” was written about his friend, Ashley. He fears that one day he and Ashley will part ways and will do anything to prevent that from happening.
"“Astronomy” is about that slow, painful, often denial inducing process of growing apart from somebody. That moment when all of a sudden you look at that person you’ve loved for years and realise you no longer know them. That you two exist on two different worlds now. I find the worst heartbreaks happen slowly. No blowout fight and slamming doors and showing up on doorsteps while it’s raining. Just a gradual decaying of love with nothing left to do to stop it from slipping away. There’s no explanation, nobody to blame. That hurts the most."
- via Coup de Main
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