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[AN ACTUALLY GOOD RADIO TRACK] “FRIENDS”

There is a new song that is appearing all over the radio right now and it’s blowing up. The song is entitled, “FRIENDS” by Marshmello and Anne-Marie. The song is described to be the friend zone anthem. Being friend zoned can be described as when you want to take your relationship with your friend to the next level but the other person doesn’t want to. This typically creates a very messy situation in which the people can no longer be friends, or someone is caught constantly trying to chase someone who is not interested. That whole situation can be pretty annoying especially when you have told the person that you are not interested and they keep pursuing it. The song capitalizes on all those feelings and it is certainly an anthem.

Check out the song here:

Not only is the song really good but the animations for the lyric video are great. It gives a great look at the inside of the song’s story.

They also have a music video that has about 60 million views as of right now:

The lyrics of the chorus go:

[Chorus: Anne-Marie]
Haven’t I made it obvious?
Haven’t I made it clear?
Want me to spell it out for you?
F-R-I-E-N-D-S
Haven’t I made it obvious?
Haven’t I made it clear?
Want me to spell it out for you?
F-R-I-E-N-D-S
F-R-I-E-N-D-S

I actually thought when she was singing “F-R-I-E-N-D-S” that she was just mouthing random words so I thought this was pretty hilarious.

Overall this is a great radio song that I actually like. It might have the typical cliches but I think it’s a great look at how annoying your “friends” can be when you have clearly stated you weren’t interested in them. The song has a certain swag about it to make you instantly dance like Rihanna. I even dance in my car to this song. The beat behind the song in the chorus is really infectious. I guess you can call this my guilty pleasure.

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AZEALIA BANKS FINALLY DROPS HER MUSIC VIDEO FOR “SODA”

Azealia Banks, a name we don’t hear from a lot, just dropped a video for a song she put out four years ago. She is a rapper and singer from Harlem who got big from her single in 2011, “212” featuring Lazy Jay. Since her big blow up she has ruined her name by getting into pointless fights, which takes away from her talent as a rapper. Even though a lot of people don’t necessarily support her anymore she will have a place in my heart.

She just released her video for “SODA” a track that was on her 2014 release Broke With Expensive Taste. I hope the five-year wait was worth it!

Check out the video here:

Banks has always been great at giving amazing visuals for her songs. She is shown in a beautiful yellow dress walking through the desert with a black strip around her eyes to show that she can see but she still has a mask on. The best part of this song happens at the end of the song during the chorus variation as she sings,

I’m trying to hide behind tired eyes, I sigh
I’m tired of trying to try not to cry and
I say soda soda, I’m a high rolla- yo sir
I pose for the poster- Yep!
Icy Cola Coke-a, Sprite I love the most-a!
I ride rollercoasters, I try all the cultures
A smile, a guise
Nighttime is mine, and my eyes are wide at night

She plans to be releasing her Fantasea 2 project, which is reportedly coming in early summer.

 

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HAILEE STEINFELD’S “LET ME GO” IS TRASH

“Let Me Go” by Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line is a song that has been blowing up over the past few weeks. I’ve been hearing it on a lot of local radio stations and it has spent 22 weeks on the Billboard chart and it continues to climb.

Listen to the song here:

The first part that really annoys me about this song is that is it generic. Obviously. Not only is it a generic pop song, the lyrics are so horrible that I can’t even sing along with it.

She sings,

“I’ve been hoping somebody loves you in the ways I couldn’t
Somebody’s taking care of all of the mess I’ve made
Someone you don’t have to change
I’ve been hoping someone will love you, let me go”

I know there is a lot of breakup songs out there but this one is just selfish.

I have re-written what the lyrics ACTUALLY mean here:

“I’ve been thinking of you because I’m bored with my life!
Sorry for traumatizing you and making you not believe in love
Wish you could have done that to me so I wouldn’t have felt so bad
And I’m probably only singing this because the karma I have been getting from it is really starting to become a b*tch
I hope someone loves you because I led you on and I am not going to accept the fact that I also had a part in the reason we fell off but I’m just going to act like the bigger person and write a song about it for pity from other people!”

You can’t break up with someone and then go to tell people that you hope someone loves them. That was your job!? Then at the end of this chorus where she claims she feels bad about the situation she has the nerve to put in the lyric, “let me go.”

The whole song is condescending and if you actually find yourself singing along to it maybe you should readjust how you look at yourself and figure out that once you hurt someone, they owe you nothing. Also, Hailee Steinfeld, I’m pretty sure the person who you wrote this about doesn’t wish you the best. You can’t just “make a mess” and then become the victim? Ridiculous but hilarious.

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