Discover the story of the song > What’s Happened to Soho? – The Correspondents

This song is about what has happened to the neighborhood of Soho. The protagonist is talking about how the landlords and the council are forcing people to leave to make way for a new Tesco store. They are cleaning up and destroying the old scene, and the protagonist is saying goodbye to their gin-soaked dreams. They talk about how Soho has become a parody of itself, with people who pretend to know its history. The protagonist is wondering where they will go now to find a community of interesting and unique people, where no one cares about what they do.