The song may be about some abstract person, or Brian himself.
He is sick of this modern social networks thing and having lots of online friends that he will never meet and such "friendships" being meaningless compared to the real thing.
But the real thing lost it meaning too, since people prefer to stare into their phones instead of communicating in real life.
With such people around him and useless virtual friends, he feels lonely ("The applications are to blame For all my sorrow and my pain And feeling so alone")
Seems more likely to me that Brian is singing about himself, this way "my computer thinks I'm gay" fits in, since he surely reads such opinions about himself online. Also, a rock star is more likely to have a home near Champs-Elysees than just some abstract guy :)
The song may be about some abstract person, or Brian himself. He is sick of this modern social networks thing and having lots of online friends that he will never meet and such "friendships" being meaningless compared to the real thing. But the real thing lost it meaning too, since people prefer to stare into their phones instead of communicating in real life. With such people around him and useless virtual friends, he feels lonely ("The applications are to blame For all my sorrow and my pain And feeling so alone")
Seems more likely to me that Brian is singing about himself, this way "my computer thinks I'm gay" fits in, since he surely reads such opinions about himself online. Also, a rock star is more likely to have a home near Champs-Elysees than just some abstract guy :)