Amethyst is the fourth mixtape by singer Tinashe. It was self released on March 16, 2015 as a "thank you to her fans." It was named after her birthstone.
Dreams Are Real is a R&B song with heavy synth beats and elements of hip hop as Tinashe sings about how you fall into a dream and it becomes a reality with the lyrics, "Sky goes blue/ Love flows through/ And how do you feel?/ Dreams are real/ Dreams are real". This track also contains a interpolation of "Bound 2" by Kanye West.
Wrong is where the singer talks about her success in the music business while also admitting about a recent heartbreak singing on the first verse with, "Ahhh Invader/ Look at you/ Do you even know who you are?/ Do you even know what's true?/ You know you're wrong/ You know you're wrong/ You know you're wrong/ You did me wrong/ And you do it again, and you do it and you do it again/ And you do it again, I let you do it, I let you do it again", and then moves to the chorus with lyrics, "I'm still in love with you/ I'm still in love with you/ You're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong/ I swear one day, one day I will be gone". This song samples "Summer Madness" by Kool & The Gang.
Something To Feel talks about Tinashe being with a man who has told her nothing but lies. Therefore, she can't stay in the relationship saying, "Feed me lies/ I believed you/ That's the saddest thing I believed in you/ But I really shouldn't be surprised/ Fall down hard/ Ain't no way love/ It's been too rough, finally had enough/ I need to make it out the dark".
On Looking 4 It, Tinashe is saying that she'd rather be lonely than to love a man who is just after his own gain singing on the hook, "I be, looking for love in, all the wrong places/ I be, looking for love in, all the wrong places/ I be, on the low looking for it".
Wanderer is a smooth track in which Tinashe describes as her lover as a wanderer with the lyrics, "You're a wanderer (run baby)/ He's moving on tonight to find/ You're living in between the lines/ You roam, wanderer (run baby)/ Stuck in between space and time/ Lost in your mind".
Worth It featuring IamSu! is a bouncy song with Tinashe doing a DJ Khaled reference on the second hook singing, "We the best, we the best, we the best/ We the best in the west/ We the best, we the best, we the best/ We the best in the west".
Just The Way I Like You serves as the closer for Amethyst. Tinashe begins to wonder if she puts people off when it comes to her music career singing, "Sometimes I wonder if I make myself too unavailable/ Deal with less people than you count legs on an end table/ What can I say I'm loyal/ Sometimes it hurts to be loyal/ Sometimes I think I'm missing out on things I'm supposed to through/ Guess sacrifices is when you're trying to take over at 22/ I'm so focused I'm focused, I'm so focused, I'm focused".
On Your Own serves as the opener for CDW. She sings with an angelic voice on this track with the lyrics, "You know it's hard when you're gone/ You know I've tired but you're on your own".
Work is a R&B song with a soulful vibe that talks about working hard while also having patience along the way with the help of someone that you love as Charlotte sings, "It's gonna take a bit of work/ Oh, oh, work/ Now that you're here/ Woah, oh, work/ Cause people come and go/ But I think you should know/ That I/ I think this will work".
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After All is about Charlotte trying to get back time with her friends by socializing again after spending some time inside with herself with the lyrics, "It's running through your veins/ Like the wind up harbor/ Taking me/ Oh, how I just need a little rest/ Before this gets harder/ Harder/ Isn't it funny how it goes?/ The open-ended closed/ Forcin' you/ To enter as you go/ Take the wind/ The wind up harbor/ Take it in/ Before this gets harder", and then she sings on the chorus with, "And after all/ You're the one I call/ Home is dull/ When the waves don't spill/ Now wash it all/ All away, all away now".
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Where Do You Go is where the singer finds herself begging for her lover to come back to her singing, "Where did you go today?/ Must have been lost, the wayfarer strays, I/ I don't know the words to say/ So, "Nothing", I say, it's better that way, but/ Baby please, I know, I know/ So take me please, I'll go, I'll go".
Find You is about Charlotte describing about how she misses her love interest so much singing, "5 o'clock, I'm falling off/ That early morning/ Late night missing you/ I call your phone/ (call your phone)/ But you're talking slow/ (talking slow)/ My body yearns/ (Body yearns)/ On the low/ (on the low)/ For your soul/ (for your soul)/ But I messed up and talk back/ Then I retract/ I'm sipping still, to get to you/ But it's me I was looking for/ It's me I was looking for", and then picks it up on the chorus with, "Now that I can see, I can find you/ Follow where it lands, right beside you/ Now that I can breathe, I can sigh too/ And swallow up the sands there that hide you/ Now that I can see, I can find you".
Reprise is the last song on CDW. It ends with instrumental music that lasts for one minute and four seconds making it the first time that Charlotte doesn't sing on this track.
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Reputation is the sixth studio album by pop singer Taylor Swift. This album serves as a follow-up to her 2014 album, 1989. It was released on November 10, 2017.
...Ready For It is about 'finding you own partner in crime'. On the first verse when Swift sings, "Some boys are tryin' too hard, he don't try at all though/ Younger than my exes, but he acts like such a man, so", she is referencing to her exes DJ Calvin Harris and actor Tom Hiddleston who woere 32 and 35 when Swift dated them. The youngest one was singer Harry Styles who was 18 when him and Taylor dated. She is currently in a relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn which implies to the lyrics, "I see nothing better, I keep him forever/ Like a vendetta-ta".
End Game featuring Ed Sheeran and Future is about Taylor wanting to be her lover's soulmate singing, "I wanna be your endgame/ I wanna be your first string/ I wanna be your A-team/ I wanna be your endgame, endgame", and then Future exchanges his verse with, "You so dope, don't overdose/ I'm so stoked, I need a toast/ We do the most, I'm in the Ghost like I'm whippin' a boat/ I got a reputation, girl that don't precede me/ I'm one call away whenever you need me". Then Sheeran shows off his rapping skills with the lyrics, "Knew her when I was young/ Reconnected when we were little bit older, both sprung/ I got issues and chips on both of my shoulders/ Reputation precedes me, in rumors, I'm knee-deep/ The truth is, it's easier to ignore it, believe me/ Even when we'd argue, we'd not do it for long/ And you understand the good and bad end up in the song". Taylor sings on the third verse saying, "Reputation precedes me, they told you I'm crazy/ I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me", and then begins to rap on the last four verses with, "It's like your eyes are liquor, it's like your body is gold/ You've been calling my bluff on my usual tricks/ So, here's the truth from my red lips".
I Did Something Bad is a trap song that explores with Swift's darker side as she begins with, "I never trust a narcissist/ So I play 'em like a violin/ And I make it look oh-so-easy/ 'Cause for every lie I tell them, they tell me three/ This is how the world works/ Now all he thinks about is me", and then starts to take pleasure in being a bad girl singing, "They say I did something bad/ Then why's it feel so good?/ They say I did something bad/ Then why's it feel so good?/ Most fun I ever had/ And I'd do it over and over and over again if I could/ It just felt so good, good".
Don't Blame Me is about Taylor comparing herself to being in love with drugs singing on the chorus, "Don't blame me, love made me crazy/ If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right/ Lord, save me, my drug is my baby/ I'll be usin' for the rest of my life".
Delicate is a synth-pop track with elements of tropical house music. This is also the first time that Swift uses a vocoder on this song as she sings on the intro, "This ain't for the best/ My reputation's never been worse, so/ You must like me for me.../ We can't make/ Any promises now, can we, babe?/ But you can make me a drink", and then goes to the chorus with how anxious she is about this relationship with the lyrics, "Is it cool that I said all that?/ Is it chill that you're in my head?/ 'Cause I know that it's delicate (delicate)/ Is it cool that I said all that?/ Is it too soon to do this yet?/ 'Cause I know that it's delicate/ Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?/ Isn't it... delicate?"
Look What You Made Me Do is an electroclash song that talks about revenge and becoming a stronger person with the lyrics, "But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time/ Honey, I rose from the dead, I do it all the time/ I got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined/ I check it once, then I check it twice, oh", and then goes on to the chorus with, "Ooh, look what you made me look do/ Look what you made me do/ Look what you just made me do/ Look what you just made me/ Ooh, look what you made me do/ Look what you made me do/Look what you just made me do/ Look what you just made me do". This track also contains a sample of "I'm Too Sexy" by the band Right Said Fred.
So It Goes... is a song that originates from the novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, written in 1969. She talks about being a "bad girl" once again with the lyrics, "And all our pieces fall/ Right into place/ Get caught up in the moment/ Lipstick on your face/ So it goes.../ I'm yours to keep/ And I'm yours to lose/ You know I'm not a bad girl, but I/ Do bad thing with you/ So it goes".
Gorgeous opens with a voice from James Reynolds, daughter of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively as she says on the intro, "Gorgeous". The song is mainly about an unrequited love about a man that has grab Taylor's attention and he's so attractive. She then starts to have feeling for him, even though she already has a boyfriend with the lyrics, "And I got a boyfriend, he's older than us/ He's in the club doing I don't know what/You're so cool, it makes me hate you so much/ ( I hate you so much)", and "Whiskey on ice, Sunset and Vine/ You've ruined my life by not being mine". On the chorus, she sings to the man of dreams with, "You're so gorgeous/ I can't say anything to your face/ 'Cause look at your face/ And I'm so furious/ At you making me feel this way/ But what can I say?/ You're gorgeous".
Getaway Car is about picturing a criminal in a speeding car as a metaphor for a doomed relationship. Taylor sings on the intro, "No, nothing good starts in a getaway car", and then moves on the next verse with, "It was the best of times, the worst of crimes/ I struck a match and blew your mind/ But I didn't mean it/ And you didn't see it/ The ties were black, the lies were white/ In the shades of gray in candlelight". And then she talks about the joy of riding in a "getaway car" saying, "You were drivin' the getaway car/ We were flyin', but we never get far/ Don't pretend it's such a mystery/ Think about the place where you first met me/ Ridin' in a getaway car/ There were sirens in the beat of your heart/ Shoulda' known I'd be the first to leave/ Think about the place where you first met me/ In a getaway car, oh-oh-oh/ No, they never get far, oh-oh-ahh". She also makes a reference to the criminal duo Bonnie and Clyde with the bridge, "We were jet-set, Bonnie and Clyde (oh-oh)/ Until I switched to the other side/ To the other si-i-i-i-ide/ It's no surprise I turned you in (oh-oh)/ 'Cause us traitors never win/ I'm in a getaway car/ I left you in a motel bar/ Put the money in the bag and I stole the keys/ That was the last time you ever saw me/ (Oh!)".
King of My Heart is about Taylor having her own personal and intimate kingdom in where she has a new love interest that begins to rule her "heart, body, and soul". The pre-chorus starts off with, "Salute to me, I'm your American Queen/ And you move to me like I'm a Motown beat/ And we rule the kingdom inside my room/ 'Cause all the boys and their expensive cars/ With the Range Rovers and their Jaguars/ Never took me quite where you do", and continues on the chorus with, "And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for/ King of my heart, body, and soul, ooh whoa/ And all at once, you're all I want, I'll never let you go/ King of my heart, body, and soul, ooh whoa".
Dancing With Our Hands Tied shows Taylor exploring with house music and heavy beat drops on this track. She sing on the chorus with, "But we were dancing/ Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied/ Yeah, we were dancing/ Like it was the first time, first time/ Yeah, we were dancing/ Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied/ Yeah, we were dancing/ And I had a bad feeling/ But we were dancing". She is also the first time that Swift had ever hit high notes in vocal ranges on the chorus of the song that she has never done before, F5 and G5.
Dress has been described as Taylor's "most sexual song to date." Swift finds herself lusting over another lover singing on the chorus, "Say my name and everything just stops/ I don't want you like a best friend/ Only bought this dress so you can take it off/ Take it oh, ha, ha, ha-ah/ Carve your name into my bedpost/ 'Cause I don't want you like a best friend/ Only bought this dress so you can take it off/ Take it oh, ha, ha, ha-ah", and then moves with like lyrics, "I'm spilling wine in the bathtub/ You kiss my face and we're both drunk/ Everyone thinks that they know us/ But they don't nothing about", and "All of the silence and patience, pining and anticipation/ My hands are shaking from holding back from you/ Ha, ah, ah/ All of the silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting/ My hands are shaking from all this/ Ah, ha, ha, ha-ah".
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things is a lighthearted, comical track in which Taylor throw some major shade at all of her haters. She begins with, "It was so nice throwing big parties/ Jump into the pool from the balcony/ Everyone swimming in a champagne sea/ And there are no rules when you show up here/ Bass beat rattling the chandelier/ Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year/ So, why'd you have to rain on my parade?/ I'm shaking my head and locking the gates", and moves on the chorus, "This is why we can't have nice things, darling/ Because you break them/ I had to take them away/ This is why we can't have nice things, honey/ Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?/ This is why we can't have nice things".
Call It What You Want is synth-pop love song that has Taylor talking about her love for her boyfriend Joe Alwyn with her singing, "My baby's fit like a daydream/ Walking with his head down/ I'm the one he's walking to/ So, call it what you want, yeah/ Call it what you want to/ My baby's fly like a jet stream/ High above the whole scene/ Loves me like I'm brand new/ So, call it what you want, yeah/ Call it what you want to".
New Year's Day is a piano driven song that closes out the album. It uses a New Year's Eve party as a metaphor as she sings, "There's glitter on the floor after the party/ Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby/ Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor/ You and me from the night before", and it goes on to talk about the person who stays with you to help you clean up after the party with the lyrics, "Don't read the last page/ But I stay when you're lost, and I'm scared/ And you're turning away/ I want your midnights/ But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day".
I would this album a 10/10 because Taylor did so much with this album. From hitting notes in her vocal range to experimenting with trap, tropical house, and house music. Reputation is considered as a clap back to all of Taylor's haters and this shows that Taylor has really gone from good girl to bad girl. My favorites songs are Call It What You Want, I Did Something Bad, ...Ready For It, Look What You Made Me Do, New Year's Day, Dress and Gorgeous. Make sure that you purchase "reputation" on Amazon Music, Google Play, Spotify and Apple Music. You can also listen to it on SoundCloud Go+. Support Taylor Swift. Here are the links for the album:
Dirty Computer is the third studio album by singer and actress Janelle Monae. It was released on April 27, 2018. This album serves as a follow up to her previous albums, The ArchAndroid (2010) and The Electric Lady (2013). This is also her first one to not be a part of the Cindi Mayweather's Metropolis narrative. Dirty Computer has different genres like funk, pop, neo soul, hip hop and R&B. Along with the album, Monae also released a 48 minute film on her YouTube channel titled Dirty Computer [Emotion Film]. You can watch the film on YouTube by clicking on the link you see below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdH2Sy-BlNE
Dirty Computer is about embracing those things that make other people feel uncomfortable while human society, queer, minorities, women, and poor can make you have bugs and viruses. On this track, Monae is an android version of herself called Jane57821. This is also the first collaboration between her and singer Brian Wilson as Janelle sings, "Dirty computer, walk in line/ If you look closer, you'll recognize/ I'm not that special, I'm broke inside/ Crashing slowly, the bugs are in me", and then she begins to talk about her systems failing because of her sexuality, race and gender with the lyrics, "Dirty computer, breaking down/ Picking my face up off the ground/ I'll love you in this space and time/ 'Cause baby, all I'll ever be is/ Your dirty computer/ Dirty computer".
Crazy, Classic, Life is a funk-pop song that talks about discrimination as the track opens up with a spoken intro of the United States "Declaration of Independence" with the saying, "You told us we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men/and women are created equal; and that they are endowed by their/ Creator with certain unalienable rights; among these are life, /liberty, and the-and the pursuit of happiness". This is also a reference to singer Nina Simone as Monae sings, "Young, black, wild and free". She adds a traditional phrase from the "American Dream" and "The American Nightmare" speech by Malcolm X with the lyrics, "We don't need another ruler/ All of my friends are kings/ I'm not America's nightmare/ I'm the American dream/ Just let me live my life".
Take A Byte represents a strong feminist woman influence and it talks about the myths and stories that comes from a diverse group of powerful women, both culturally and historically. She begins to describe a "programmed code" that would create heterosexuality, however, a "glitch" must present in order for this programming to work. Therefore, causing Janelle to have a non-heterosexual attraction between her and the person she's speaking to possibly a female lover. Janelle sings, "I'm not the kind of girl that you can take home to your mama now/ I tell no lies (I tell no lies)/ Your code is programmed not to love me, but you can't pretend/ Oh, what a surprise/ Maybe it's lust, maybe it's love, maybe it never ends/ Ooh, say your goodbyes (say 'em now)/ Play in my hair and nibble there all on my mocha skin/ Yeah, just take a byte".
Jane's Dream is a 19 second instrumental interlude that features the work of Jon Brion. It was inspired by "terrifying nightmares" even though the first sounds of it are considered as "smooth and soothing".
Screwed featuring Zoe Kravitz is used in two different ways: as an innuendo and to describe the state of America. On the first verse, Janelle sings, "I live my life in magazine/ I live my life on a TV screen/ I live my life on birth control/ I lost my mind to rock and roll", and then her and Zoe come together on the chorus with, "And I, I, I hear the sirens calling/ And the bombs are falling in the streets/ We're all screwed/ And ah, ah, ah, it's not perfect, baby/ But I go sex crazy/ But I feel so screwed/ Sex, body/ We're gonna crash your party/ Let's get screwed/ I don't care". Then the melodies of the hook leads into the next song "Django Jane".
Django Jane is where Janelle gives her definition of what screwed really means and the power of women along with her past accomplishments. This track also showcases Monae rapping skills with the lyrics, "This is my palace, champagne in my chalice/ I got it all covered like a wedding band/ Wondaland, so my alias is Alice/ And we gon' start a riot/ Or we gon' have to put 'em on a diet/ A-town, made it out there/ Straight of Kansas City, yeah we made it out there/ Celebrated, graduated, made it pass/fail/ Already got a Oscar for the casa/ Runnin' down the Grammys with the family/ Prolly give a Tony to the homies/ Prolly give an Emmy to dedicated to the/ Highly melanated, ArchAndroid orchestrated/ Yeah, we highly melanated, ArchAndroid orchestrated".
Pynk is a synth-pop song that features singer and producer Grimes. They had previously collaborated on Grimes' 2015 track "Venus Fly". She explores with her forthright decision of sex and celebrates your own body along with another woman. She sings on the first verse with, "Pynk, like the inside of your... baby/ Pynk behind all of the doors... crazy/ Pynk, like the tongue that goes down... maybe/ Pynk, like the paradise found/ Pynk when you're blushing inside... yeah/ Pynk is the truth you can't hide... maybe/ Pynk, like the folds of your brain... crazy/ Pynk as we all go insane".
Make Me Feel is a funk song that finds Janelle talking about her bisexuality and how people would constantly keep asking her questions with the lyrics, "Baby, don't make me spell it out for you/ All the feelings that I've got for you/ Can't be explained, but I can try for you/ Yeah, baby, don't make me spell it out for you/ You keep on asking me the same questions (why)/ And second-guessing all my intentions/ Should know by the way I use my compression/ That you've got the answers to my confessions", and then she continues with, "It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender/ An emotional sexual bender/ Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better/ There's nothin' better". She also make a homage to Michael Jackson on the chorus with, "That's just the way you make me feel/ (That's just the way you make me feel)/ That's just the way you make me feel/ (That's just the way you make me feel)".
I Got The Juice features a collaboration from singer Pharrell Williams. Janelle also makes an reference to her second studio album The Electric Lady with the lyrics, "You're so damn electric, you (alright)/You know you got the juice (yeah)/ You know you got the juice (uh)/ Squeeze all that passionfruit (squeeze)/ Ain't no one fresher than you (woo, fresher)/ And if they try to break you, you say", and then her and Pharrell share some verses on the chorus with, "Down, love/ Don't think about it/ Down, love/ Don't think about it/ Down, love/ You're the number one/ Down, love/ And don't you doubt it".
I Like That is where Janelle is addressing rumors about her sexuality and expresses her feelings about liking anyone singing, "Sometimes a mystery, sometimes I'm free/ Depending on my mood or my attitude/ Sometimes I wanna roll or stay at home/ Walking contradiction, guess I'm factual and fiction". She also alludes to a self assessment about her by using the iconic second studio album by the female girl group TLC saying, "A little crazy, a little sexy, a little cool/ Little rough around the edges but I keep it smooth/ I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong/ I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs".
On "Don't Judge Me", Janelle asks her fans to accept her true self now that she is more spoken about her sexuality like in her interview with Rolling Stone and has delivered a more personal tone on the album. She sings the pre-chorus with, "Even though you tell me that you love me/ I'm afraid that you just love my disguise/ Taste my fears and light your candle to my raging fire/ Of broken desire", and then continues with, "But don't judge me/ I know I got issues but they drown when I kiss you/ Don't judge me/ Baptize me with ocean, recognize my devotion".
Stevie's Dream is the second and last interlude on the album that features a spoken word from Stevie Wonder. It begins with, "Even when you're upset, these words of love/ 'Cause God is love/ Allah is love/ Jehovah is love/ So, don't let your expressions, even of anger/ Be confused or misconstrued/ Turn them into words of expression/ That can be understood by using words of love".
So Afraid shows off Janelle's vulnerable side as she talks about her anxieties over love represented by the "bugs" and "viruses" that by social standards make us "defunct". The chorus suggest otherwise with the lyrics, "And I'm afraid (ahhhh)/ Ah, I'm so afraid (ahhhh)/ Ah, what if I lose?/ Is what I think to myself/ I'm fine in my shell/ I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you".
Americans is the closing song on Dirty Computer with an ode to America's racist habits and traditions with lyrics like, "I like my woman in the kitchen/ I teach my children superstitions/ I keep my two guns on my blue nightstand/ A pretty young thang, she can wash my clothes/ But she'll never ever wear my pants", and "I pledge alliance to the flag/ Learned words from my mom and dad/ Cross my heart and I hope to die/ With a big old piece of American pie/ Love me baby, love me for who I am/ Fallen angels singing, "Clap your hands"/ Don't try to take my country, I will defend my land/ I'm not crazy, baby, naw, I'm American/ I'm American, I'm American, I'm American".
I love Janelle Monae and this album so much, that I'm going rate it a 10/10. This was my first time listening to her music and some of her songs actually made me wanna get up and dance.
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The Kids Are Alright is the debut studio album by contemporary R&B duo Chloe x Halle. It was released on March 23, 2018. The album itself is about empowerment, greatness, love, memories, strength, and identity in finding one's place in this world and generation. Along with the album, the duo also released a 10 minute short film of the same name. You can go and watch the film by clicking on the link you see below.
Hello Friend (Intro) serves as the album's opener. This is where the sisters are both full of self-questioning and self love with the lyrics, "Hi friend how are you?/ What you need?/ Got you?/ What's your day been like?/ Has it been alright? You good? Mmkay/ We both trill/ Wait, is it just me this way?/ Cause if you good then that means I'm tight/ All we need is hype/ Since there no one knows to ask if they aight", and then they go to the second verse in which they are talking into a mirror singing, "Wait who is that (who is that) staring back at me?/ Is someone here for me?/ No/ It's that mirror playing tricks/ (Mirror)". The outro at the end of the song serves as the intro into "The Kids Are Alright".
The Kids Are Alright talks about the generation full of people today that can stand on their own, work hard, and still have fun while doing it. This song is based on the girls' lives and the moment they're in right now as they sing, "We don't really care about the trends you like to follow/ You know what they say, they here today and gone tomorrow/ Oooh/ Oooh/ If I'm in the mood, I get as ratchet as I wanna/ Turn around and show you, I could bless you with some culture", and then continues on to the pre-chorus with, "Workin' ain't no nine to five/ California that's a vibe/ Friends, that's always down to ride/ You know, you know that's the life/ We just wanna have some fun/ It's some love for everyone/ Pass it 'round when you get done/ That's the move, yeah, that's the one". They also let their listeners know that they're alright saying, "We all, we all, we alright/ The kids are alright/ We all, we alright/ Yeah, the kids are alright".
You can watch also the music video for "The Kids Are Alright" down below.
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Grown (from Grown-ish) finds Chloe and Halle trying to take on a world on their own singing, "Watch out, world, I'm grown now/ It's about to go down/ My heart beat is so loud/ Mama, look, I'm grown now/ (I'm grown!)", and then Halle sings on the first verse, " I can't sleep, I'm wide awake/ I've been up since yesterday/ Scared 'cause I know it ain't a game/ Like, who am I gonna be today?/ Tell your homeboy what's good/ I'm tryna fit in your hood/ Got the weight of the world on me/ But no regrets, this is what I say/ Watch out, world, I'm grown now/ It's about to go down/ My heart beat is so loud/ Mama, look, I'm grown now/ (I'm grown!)".
Hi Lo featuring Goldlink is a song about loving your flaws with Chloe singing, "When my eyes are swollen when I cry/ Yeah, I like it, yeah/ When I got this scar on my thigh/ When I cannot tell each day apart/ Yeah, I like it, yeah/ Freckles on my face connect like stars/ Yeah, I like it", and then the girls come together singing on the chorus, "My highs ( I love, love 'em)/ My lows ( I love, love 'em)/ My highs ( I love)/ My lows (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)".
Everywhere is about speaking great things into your life. "Money" used in the song is a metaphor for love, happiness, success, and fortune. Chloe sings, "I got money everywhere!/ Falling off a tree/ I got money everywhere!/ Far as you can see", and then they go on to the next verse with, "I painted my way up/ I hustled my way up/ I'm dealing my way up/ I work for everything I do/ I come up and be in my shoes/ I bet you can't do what I do".
FaLaLa (Interlude) is the sixth track and the first interlude on the album. It has a dark element to it as Chloe and Halle's brother screams on the song while they're singing, "Fa, fa, la, la, la, la, la (1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3)/ Fa, fa, la, la, la, la, la (1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3)". Then "FaLaLa (Interlude)" turns into "Fake feat Kari Faux".
Fake featuring Kari Faux is about some people in the world trying to act like they have, but Chloe and Halle just see them for acting fake about everything with the help of rapper Kari Faux singing, "Why you gonna be so fake? (Why you be so fake? Fake)/ Why your smile be painted on your face? (Smilin' in my face. Face)/ Why you even speak my name? (Why you be so fake? Fake)/ I guess I make you feel some type of way/ Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay/ (Feel some type of)/ Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, yeah".
Baptize (Interlude) is the second and last interlude on The Kids Are Alright as the sisters described a failed baptism with the lyrics, "Dunk me under water, trying to baptize me/ I see you underwater, trying to rescue me/ Hold me in the water as you baptize me/ Dunk me under water, I come out the same", and then it closes with, "I won't change for you, I won't change for you/ I won't change for you, I won't change for you, no/ I won't change for you, I won't change for you".
Down is about the girls thinking about their future, but then they realize that it can be scary and stressful to think about with the lyrics, "It's been a little bit crazy, I've been feeling some type of way lately/ It's too much, I said no fun/ So, can we have the remote to the TV called life?/ Can we play fast forward, rewind?/ Rewatch while we wine and dine it's so fine straight or spine and/ We won't grab it better catch it for a fly", and then to the pre-chorus and chorus with, "All this way too much for me (me)/ All this way too much for me (for me, me)/ Giving me anxiety/ All this way too much for me/ Can we all take it down, down, down/ Can we all take it down, slow-slow, down, down, down, down".
Galaxy is all about getting out of a toxic relationship with Chloe singing on the intro, "You've been tryna doubt me/ You've been tryna out me/ You've been tryna say stuff/ I've been tryna pray up/ Why you tryna prey now?/ Predator away now/ There's this tangled messed of/ Get out of my head". Then they start to throw away all negativity into the "galaxy" saying, "Imma throw you back into the galaxy/ Imma throw you back into the galaxy/ Imma throw you back into the/ Imma throw you back into the galaxy",
Happy Without Me is about looking back on a past relationship with bittersweet memories as Halle sings, "I remember we were on the bleachers sharing secrets when we/ Look up, it'd be "Where did the time go?"/ And I remember you would hold my hand and call me baby while/ we dancing in the park lot slow", and then Chloe exchanges her verses with, "Bittersweet, those memories/ When I see, you with her now/ And it breaks my heart, and it breaks my heart (yeah)/ And it breaks my heart to see you happy, without me".
Babybird tells the story about the empty nest syndrome that parents go through when their kids move out of the house. The song talks about this difficult time through the eyes of the child, as they are overwhelmed by the world that they're facing. That's kinda what Chloe and Halle are going through as they begin with, "You just flew out of your nest (You just flew out of your nest)/ Starting a brand new quest( Starting a brand new quest)/ But the world is trying to test (But the world is trying to test)/ And you feel alone and try to mold into the rest (And you feel alone and try to mold into the rest)", and then move on to the chorus with lyrics like, "Babybird, grow some feathers/ Yeah, yeah/ Babybird, you can do better".
Warrior (from A Wrinkle in Time) has lyrics that adapted to the film as tell the story of the characters with the lyrics, "Oh my darling, I've been missing you for quite some time/ So, I'm gonna lift the oceans, just to see your eyes/ I could be a warrior, yes I'm a warrior/ There's no need to worry, love/ Look around, it's glorious/ Close your eyes and taste the sun".
Cool People is a guitar driven song that talks about the journey in which Chloe and Halle find that there are some "cool people" among them, even though the world is so wicked. The girls harmonize together on the chorus with, "Cause darling when you smile like the rain dries out/ Now, there's no more room for clouds/ Got me singing, Hallelu, ah Hallelu, oh/ When you hold my hand, it just reminds me how/ There's still cool people in the world".
Baby On A Plane is about a generation for the adults young and old of the world. The song opens up with a baby's crying followed by an airplane intercom's beep as they sings, "Cry for me baby, cry for us all/ Cry it away, all night long/ Cry for me, cry, cry for me/ Cry for me, cry/ Cry for me angel, cry for us all/ Do it for me 'cause we gotta be strong, oh".
If God Spoke is where the sisters sing about God from their perspective as far as what he's thinking and saying when it comes to certain decisions. On the second verse, they begin with, I remember when you yelled at me, oh/ Cursed my name and then stomped your feet, oh/ It will come any day/ Just be patient and wait/ You are my little baby/ What I plan for you will be crazy/ Few more minutes be patient/ Make a wish anyway".
Drop is a song where the duo is sick of this guy coming up with the same excuses as they sing, "Baby, I get sick of you/ You're that same old tune/ I don't ever wanna hear you again/ Why are you here, I'd like to skip/ Wanna be deaf to it/ Can I turn my ears off?/ But time stops/ (Time stops)/ When your beat drops/ (Beat drops)/ It's too strong-ong, long-ong/ But time stops/ (Time stops)/ When your beat drops/ (Beat drops)/ Turn it off, off, off, off".
Fall is the closing song on The Kids Are Alright. The duo try to look for a positive side to any negative situation in the world. The songs opens up with, "Blue likes to drop sometimes, one by one/ But I don't mind, no I don't mind/ Cause luck is on my side/ I feel the drip drop, nonstop, pour on tonight", and continues with, "So what if the rain falls?/ Let's find the gold at the end of the rainbow/ So what if the rain falls?/ I'll shower in shimmers of gold".
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Dangerous Woman is the third studio album by singer Ariana Grande. It was released on May 20, 2016. The album serves as a follow-up to her second studio album My Everything (2014). It features appearance from rappers Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Future, and singer Macy Gray. Dangerous Woman is mainly a pop and R&B album, with genres like dance-pop, house, disco, trap and reggae music.
Moonlight serves as the opening song on Dangerous Woman. It is a slow violin track that was originally going to be the name of the album, but the singer later changed the name from "Moonlight" to the title track "Dangerous Woman". Ariana is picturing an image of her resting in her lover's arms singing, "The sun is setting/ And you're right here by my side/ And the movie's playing/ But we won't be watching tonight", and she goes into seeing every glimpse of her man with, Every look, every touch/ Makes me wanna give you my heart/ I be crushin' on you, baby/ Stay right where you are 'cause/ I never knew, I never knew/ You could hold moonlight in your hands/ 'Til the night I held you/ You are my moonlight/ Moonlight". She also make references to Elvis Presley and James Dean.
Dangerous Woman is a mid tempo pop-rock track as Grande enjoys the excitement and power that she feels when she's with her man with lyrics like, "Don't need permission/ Make my decision to test my limits/ 'Cause it's my business, God as my witness/ Start what I finished/ Don't need no hold up/ Taking control of this kind of moment/ I'm locked and loaded/ Completely focused, my mind is open", and "All that you got/ Skin to skin, oh my God/ Don't ya stop, boy". I love when she sings on the chorus with, Somethin' bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman/ Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you/ Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't/ Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout".
Be Alright is a light, upbeat pop track with Grande letting her fans know that when we face challenges in life, eventually we'll overcome our obstacles singing, "Midnight shadows/ Where finding love is a battle/ But daylight is so close/ So, don't you worry 'bout thing/ We're gonna be alright/ We're gonna be alright/ We gonna be alright", and then moves to the refrain with, "Baby, don't you know/ All them tears gon' come and go/ Baby, you just gotta make up your mind/ That every little thing is gonna be alright".
Into You is very sexy and flirty track for Ariana as she centers herself around an addictive love interest with her singing, I'm so into you, I can barely breathe/ And all I wanna do is to fall in deep/ But close ain't close enough, 'til we cross the line, hey yeah/ So, name the game to play, and I'll roll the dice, hey", and then she gets very sensual with, "Oh baby, looked what you started/ The temperature's rising in here/ Is this gonna happen?/ Been waiting and waiting for you to make a move/ Before I make a move/ So, baby, come light me up, and maybe I'll let you on it/ A little bit dangerous, but baby that's how I want it/ A little conversation, and a little more touch my body/ 'Cause I'm so into you, into you, into you".
Side to Side is a reggae-infused song that talks about pursuing a love interest regardless of what your friends think, or how they feel. Ariana knows that this guy is not good for her, but she just chooses to brush it aside as she sings, "These friends keep talkin' way too much/ Say I should give you up/ Can't hear them, no, 'cause I.../ I've been here all night/ I've been here all day/ And boy, got me walkin' side to side (side to side)/ I've been here all night/ I've been here all day/ and boy, got me walkin' side to side". Then Nicki Minaj comes in a exchanges her verse with, "This the new style with the fresh type of flow/ Wrist icicle, ride bi-bicycle/ Come through yo, get you this type of blow/ If you wanna Minaj, I got a tricycle."
Let Me Love You featuring Lil Wayne is a slower, sexier, and dark song. Ariana is newly single on the track as she sings, "I just broke up with my ex/ Now I'm out here single, I don't really know what's next/ But I ain't even trippin', I'mma chill and sit back/ And I know they will be coming from right/ And the left, left, left". But later in the pre-chorus, Grande has found her a new man in her life and she'll stay at his house all night without feeling guilty with the lyrics, "And if it feels right, promise I don't mind/ And if it feels right, promise I'll stay here all night/ Just let me lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-love you, you/ Just let me lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-love you, you".
Greedy is a disco up-tempo track with Ariana talking being "greedy for love" singing, "Greedy, ooh/ You know that I'm greedy for love", and then she goes on into how she can't deny her feelings for this guy with, "Boy, you give me feelings never felt before/ I'm making it obvious by knocking at your door/ I know I'm coming tonight/ You know I'm coming tonight/ Don't want to deny it anymore/ Been in this state of mind/ Been in this state of mind/ Been in this state of mind all night". Grande, again, reveals more of her sensual side with saying, "Baby, you got lucky, 'cause you're rocking with the best/ And I'm greedy/ 'Cause I'm so greedy/ 'Cause I'm so/ I ain't talking money, I'm just physically obsessed/ And I'm so greedy 'Cause I'm so greedy/ 'Cause I'm so greedy, ooh/ You know that I'm greedy for love/ You know I'm greedy for love".
Leave Me Lonely is mid tempo soulful duet with singer Macy Gray. Both of the singers exchange verses talking about a "dangerous love" with Macy singing, "Dangerous love/ You're no good to me, darling/ Yeah, you turn me away/ Like I'm begging for a dollar/ Danger, oh, how you hold me/ I get a chill inside/ And nothing frightens me, baby, oh", and then Ariana comes in with, "Is it love when so easily you say goodbye?/ Is it love when we've given up before we tried?/ Is it love when you stole my peace of mind?/ Is it love when you cry, and cry and cry?" Ariana is finally realizing that she doesn't need this man anymore. She is better off without him with the lyrics, "When you walk out that door/ Don't you come back no more/ My heart has had enough of the give and take? As much as I want you to stay/ You're a dangerous love/ Maybe you're no good for me, darling/ Cause if you're gonna love me and leave me hanging here/ Then I'd rather you leave me lonely/ Even though it hurts/ Ooh, you're a dangerous love, oh".
Everyday is a very sexually song with Grande talking about her lover giving her pleasure when she thinks about him singing, "Anytime I'm alone, I can't help thinking about you/ All I want, all I need, all I see is just me and you", and continues with, "He giving me that good trip/ That make me not quit, that good trip/ He giving me that good trip/ That make me not quit, that good trip". Then Ariana and Future come together for the chorus with, "Oh, he give it to me/ Everyday, everyday, everyday, every/ He give it to me/ Everyday, everyday, everyday, every/ Oh, he give it to me/ Everyday, everyday, everyday, every/ He give it to me/ Everyday, everyday, everyday, every".
Sometimes is an acoustic song mixed with pop as the singer mentions that she's never been caught up in a relationship singing, "I've never been so caught up/ Still so into us/ I never thought I'd be here/ Should've turned to dust/ Ooh, let's be honest, baby/ This is so unusual/ Ooh, I'm not tempted, baby/ Even if they're beautiful/ I used to be cautious/ A little too reckless/ Now all my emotions/ Are all cause of you', and then she moves on to the chorus with, "I ain't even thinking of leaving sometimes/ I ain't even thinking of letting go/ I ain't even thought of going nowhere/ I don't even see it down the road/ Cause we're collectin' moments/ Tattoos on my mind/ I ain't even thinking of leaving sometimes/ I ain't even thinking of letting go/ Not even sometimes".
I Don't Care is where Ariana stands her ground and says that she doesn't care about what other people think of her singing, "Used to cry about crazy stuff before/ I used to feel so obligated to be so much more/ I used to let some people tell me how to live and what to be/ But if I can't be me, the what's the point?/ I don't care about it anymore/ I don't care about it anymore".
Bad Decisions is a heavily influenced hip hop track in which Grande sheds her good girl image for talking about her lover's savage love with the lyrics, "Boy, you know that you drive me crazy/ But it's one of the things I like/ Cause you know when you need it, baby/ That I got that, ooh, ooh/ Let 'em keep, let 'em keep on talkin'/ But it don't matter what they say/ Cause you know when you hear me knockin'/ Gonna get that, ooh, ooh", and then moves into the chorus with, "We got that hood love/ We got that good love/ We got that hot love/ We got that "I don't give a what" love/ We got that one life/ Gimme that all night/ We got that Bonnie and Clyde love/ They say it's wrong, but that's the way you turn me on/ We got that hood love/ We got that good love/ Make me, make bad/ Boy, you make me make bad decisions/ Bad boy, you make me make bad decisions".
Touch It is a synth pop song where Ariana wants a romantic relationship, but her man is not committing to it with the lyrics, "How do I make the phone ring?/ Why do I even care?/ How are you all around me when you're not even there?/ When you're not even there/ How do I feel you on me when you're not on my skin?/ Why do you say you want me, then tell me you're I'm not coming in?/ Oh, yeah, baby, just come on in", and then goes to the chorus with, "Cause every time I'm with you, I go into a zone/ And I remember all the places you wanna go/ Take me all the way/ Ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it/ 'Cause every time I see you, I don't wanna behave/ I'm tired of being patient, so let's pick up the pace/ Take me all the way/ Ain't nobody gonna touch it, touch it, touch it".
Knew Better/ Forever Boy is a two song track combined into one. The first half starts off with "Knew Better" as Ariana isn't feeling that same love she felt anymore. She sings in the intro with, "Say you can turn me on/ Boy, that's about it/ You can say what you wanna/ But I wouldn't believe it/ You could write all them songs/ That's the game that you play/ Tryna right all them wrongs/ But you can't make me stay", and then she moves on to the chorus with, "If you knew better/ Boy, you would do better/ Can't nobody love you like I do/ Baby, I can do better/ Ain't nobody like me, ain't nobody like me/ Ain't nobody like me/ Ain't nobody like me". Then the second half turns into "Forever Boy" with Grande singing about that she has never been with a boy more than six months with the lyrics, "Never been with a boy more than six months/ I couldn't do it, got too used to it/ Ain't nobody ever kept my attention/ They couldn't do it, yeah, boy, they blew it", and continues with, "Oh, be forever mine, you and I/ Oh, be forever mine, boy, all the time/ You're my forever, boy/ You're my forever, boy/ You're my forever, boy".
Thinking About You serves as the album's closer. Ariana sings about when her lover is away and she has to take care of herself with the lyrics, "I've been thinkin' about you/ Yeah, I've been missing you/ I can still hear your voice/ I ain't got no choice/ 'Cause I'm here all alone/ I know I can't wait 'til you get home", and then she reflects on the memories of her past singing, "Oh, I don't have you here with me/ But at least I have the memories/ I try to make it through the night/ But I can't control my mind/ I'm just thinkin' bout you/ I'm thinkin' bout you, I'm thinkin' bout you/ I'm just thinkin' 'bout you/ I'm thinkin' 'bout you, I'm thinkin' 'bout you".
Overall, I love Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande. I would rate it a 10/10. My favorite songs are Side to Side, Into You, Dangerous Woman, Touch It, Sometimes, Greedy, Moonlight, Bad Decisions, and Knew Better/Forever Boy.
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