In probably the most memorable scene in last year’s 500 Days of Summer, a luminous Summer (Zooey Deschanel) steps into an elevator with Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), nonchalantly compliments his iPod selection (The Smiths), and in so doing, wraps him around her finger for the duration of the film. Had director Marc Webb wanted an equally effective but slightly more metaphysical take on this sequence, he could have simply swapped out The Smiths for She & Him — the folk-pop band in which the real-life Deschanel helps to mend the same hearts that women like Summer are always breaking.

“Actually, I think Summer was pretty upfront with Tom,” says Deschanel, speaking via phone from her native L.A. “That movie was very much from Tom’s point of view, and because of that, you never really get to know the real Summer. I mean, I can certainly understand sympathizing with Tom. He’s adorable. It’s just that you can’t make someone fall in love with you.” [READ THE REST HERE]