Composition and lyrics
Musically "Four Out of Five" has been described as glam rock, [3] being compared to the works of David Bowie. [4] The song is one of few on the album to feature a traditional chorus, [3] and has been likened to the band's Suck It and See as well as Everything You've Come to Expect by Turner's side-project The Last Shadow Puppets. [5] The track has also been compared to stylistic subversions by King Crimson,Jim O'Rourke and Billy Joel,"stomping with an eerie,psychedelic whimsy that seems to come naturally". [6]
The song's absurdist lyrics describe a taqueria on the roof of the album's titular hotel that has been ironically receiving "rave reviews,four stars out of five". [6] [7] In an interview with Zane Lowe for Beats 1,Alex Turner explained the track's ironic jokes are about critics who "never give a perfect 100". [8] Thematically the song alludes to a variety of topics including war,natural disasters,space colonisation,and gentrification. The song's narrator has been described as "the self-aggrandizing narcissist anticipating a big reaction,now tasked with filling up the silence",with the "mocking and self-aware" Turner's vocals "sung in a grizzly,demonic croon that's vaguely unstable,like he's either about to break into tears or hysterical laughter". [6]
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