Discover the story of the song > Fiction (feat Tom Odell) – Kygo

The protagonist is receiving constant calls from his partner, who tells him how much she loves him. He likes the attention and how she makes him smile, but there is a distance between them. They are not physically together and he is starting to feel unhappy because he can't have the real version of her. He can't just be satisfied with an imaginary version or a picture, it's making him feel sad and frustrated.