ambivalence

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The subsequent track, Normal, is billed as "exploring the space between spotlight and silence" and expresses ambivalence about the cost of celebrity, with lyrics about surviving criticism and having to fake happiness for the cameras.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

In that environment, power doesn’t encounter firm resistance; it encounters hesitation, fragmentation and cultural ambivalence.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Patients were left with nowhere to take their ambivalence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Vegas happily feasted upon that ambivalence all night long.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

I walked that way, my hand on the ribbon, mired in my ambivalence, to the refreshment tent.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly