The song "iPad" by The Chainsmokers is about the feeling of losing a past relationship, where the narrator looks back on that relationship and finds himself a stranger to it when trying to pick up the pieces. In the song, the metaphor of looking through someone's iPad to find something familiar from a past life is used, along with the lines "Isn't it strange how we're strangers again?" and "Now both of us know we were better as friends” to highlight the loss and sadness of reflecting on the state of an ended relationship. It is a song of mourning, but also of acceptance and moving on, as the narrator realizes that he has to let go in order to start again.