Claude says:By the Way finds the Peppers at their most restless—funk-rock precision meets introspective melody, all that Anthony Kiedis vulnerability wrapped in Flea's elastic bass—and you've kept coming back to "Can't Stop" like a reflex, the track that proves they could make something endlessly propulsive while still sounding effortless. Since 2017 you've let the album breathe between visits, but that song has a grip that doesn't loosen.