The Dropout is really a cautionary tale about pump-up jams

Slate

"The legend of Steve Jobs is Elizabeth Holmes’ lodestar, but there’s another constellation guiding her along the way, made up of the songs she uses to lift her spirits when times get tough, and to brag on her successes when they finally start coming," says Sam Adams. "They’re songs that tell her that she’s the one, that she’s got what it takes, that nothing should come between her and her goals. But they also drown out the voices that might tell her to think twice, that perhaps she’s not succeeding because she’s really not good enough, or because her miracle product has never actually worked. The songs on The Dropout’s soundtrack aren’t just a perfect millennial time capsule. They’re part of the delusion that sustains her, and that she eventually spreads to others: the belief that just being in business with Elizabeth Holmes makes them part of something special. It’s all about the feeling, until the music stops and all the chairs are gone."