I’ve loved this song for as long as I can remember, and it’s by far the highlight for me of Prince’s work (and there’s a lot of it I hold in very high regard).

I’ve loved this song for as long as I can remember, and it’s by far the highlight for me of Prince’s work (and there’s a lot of it I hold in very high regard). I couldn’t even put into words why, it’s just an utterly magical song. Hearing that Cynthia Rose was actually real is quite a surprise to me - so much of the lyrics border on nonsensical that I’d always assumed it was a work of fiction and surrealism.