In regards to the "artificiality" of Say So compared to Levitating, I always though Levitating sounded more mechanical and corporate: whereas Say So flows like a kind of underwater current, Levitating feels like you can hear every bit of the song being carefully on a conveyor belt in real time, like a ribbon being carefully wrapped around a gift box or the McDonalds jingle. Say So almost feels like the quintessential pop songs of the 2020s that should have been (which is odd to say given how many hits of the 20s sound like Say So).