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Dead Man is a jazz-influenced pop ballad by Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara, released on July 19, 2024, as the lead single from her fourth studio album, *Love & Hyperbole*. Co-written and produced by Mike Elizondo, the song delves into the emotional disconnect in a fading relationship, with Cara expressing the feeling of speaking to someone who is emotionally absent. The accompanying music video, directed by George Gallardo Kattah, presents a surreal narrative featuring Cara undergoing a polygraph test administered by a headless figure, interspersed with symbolic imagery that reflects the song's themes of detachment and introspection. The video's dreamlike quality enhances the song's exploration of love's complexities and the pain of emotional distance.