Demi Lovato's Cool For The Summer: Song Analysis

Her lyrics are very real to say, she talks about how people see other people. She also talks about how people don’t value others, and how did replace people real quick. She also states don’t think that you can have my love to waste, she is defending her honor in a way. She’s talking about how people are seen and how they are undervalued, but she is basically saying don’t undervalue me. She is saying that she’s not like everyone else, that she shouldn’t be seen as everyone else has been

The American Dream is an american ideal that no matter of your background, financial status, or race, everyone has an equal opportunity to be successful in many aspects such as financially. The American Dream gives everyone an equal opportunity to do anything with your life that you would like to do. The possiblities that comes with freedom in the united states are very appealing to immigrants which causes them to come over to the united states. Imagine moving to a whole new country for a fresh start to chase your dream, you would think there are many feelings that are associated with this. The song Party in the U.S.A by Miley Cyrus is the piece of art i chose to represent the American Dream. In the song, when she sing the lines “I hopped off

Luck and happiness always comes after heartache. Luke combs sing about luck in his song “ when it rains it pours .” Lukes music is part of the country genre. Which is all about happiness and enjoying life even when things are rough. Even after hardship you can be happy.

In the article, “BOW DOWN, MACKLEMORE: Why Same Love is NOT My Queer Anthem,” Kelly Fox argues that Macklemore’s song Same Love is homophobic, racist, and that Macklemore is a poor excuse for an LGBT ally. While Fox may have a few good points, she rants throughout her article, and establishes almost no credibility with her audience. All of this makes finding those good bits really difficult and not worth it.

Robin Thicke’s music video to his song “Blurred Lines” avidly contributes to the patriarchy, while portraying sexism, gender standards, and beauty standards. His music video can be analyzed from a feminist theory approach, as it’s evident that his song and video contribute to a patriarchal society and its inherently sexist and sexualized ideologies. The ideology behind the song and music video is purely sexual and about male dominance. The lyrics to the song and actions in the video exhibit extreme over sexualization and objectification of the women. Analyzing this piece of popular culture through a feminist approach opens up a provoking conversation about how popular culture functions in a patriarchal culture. Analyzing pop culture though a feminist theory can allow for a larger variety and more in-depth analysis about the social aspects and political agenda within popular culture.

This song implies that individual’s are violating the norms and values of society. They start the song with a verse that expresses

The case I chose to write about is Pharrell Williams hit 2014 "Happy". The song was released in 2013 and has accumulated over 46 million views on YouTube since then and has won various awards and nominations as well as appearing in the popular animated movie Despicable Me 2. Although the case as of now has not been taken to court, the track’s rhythm sounds oddly familiar to a song written by Marvin Gaye in 1965 titled “Ain’t That Peculiar”. The family of Gaye has had previous issues with Pharrell and other popular artist plagiarizing as well. In 2013 the family sued artist Robin Thicke and Williams for their song “Blurred Lines” on the grounds of copyright infringement for sounding almost exactly like Gaye’s song “Got To Give It Up”. Early

The most prevalent issue observed in the lyrics and music videos was gender and sexuality. This was in issue that was present and reoccurring in all of the top songs but occurred in different ways. This was no surprise though because we live “In a culture where sex and gender are centrally important” (2015; 73). The issue arises in the genre of music because of the way gender and sexuality is presented. In the top song “Die a Happy Man’ by Thomas Rhett, objectification was presented in both the lyrics and the music video. In the lyrics he says “Baby that red dress brings me to my knees, Oh but black dress makes it hard to break” and goes on to say “You’re a saint, you’re a Goddess, the cutest, the hottest, a master piece” (lyrics). It seems that his goal is to complement her, but he is objectifying her by judging her femininity (2015; 203). He also does this in the music video by having the girl in a bikini the whole time. Not only was the women objectified, but Thomas exposed a stereotypical relationship consequence. In modern society men tend to make a stereotype that they have to give up everything to be with a woman. Thomas did this in his lyrics when he talks about how he could “never get to see the Northern lights” or “never get to build my mansion in Georgia or drive a sports car up the coast of California” (lyrics). The second song was “Strip It Down” by Luke Bryan. In this song Luke definitely introduces gender roles in both the lyrics and the video. The song

The song is written about an attractive woman that appeals highly to Robert Plant. He speaks of the way she moves and her physical appearance in a very sexual

When she realizes her imperfections are valuable, she has a whole new outlook on her life, which fills her with hope and motivates her to become a better version of herself. The tone in this song reflects a feeling of being content with one's self-image because she finally wonders "why [should she] waste a second not loving who [she is] (Bedingfield 10)? This realization is what brings her out of her depression, concerning what she looks like, to the decision of embracing her appearance because she is beautiful no matter what society

Based off the lyrics, the song is all about how Beyonce truly feels deep down inside. The message behind

The context of this song develops a strong social, historical and cultural environment of this song and background of what was going for people to understand and appreciate about what Lady GaGa is trying to inform others about. The social environment of the song is that people keep rejecting and bulling others for their gender or sexuality as well as the historical environment of the song is that people’s colour or religion has been used against them and they have been put into slavery and low positions in the world. Finally the cultural environment of the song is people and colours, marriage and gender. The background of the song is people have rejected people though out time who want to marry the same gender as them and slavery cause by people colour which was what happened to cause Born This Way to be written. This message is still relevant at the moment as people are still being effect by it but people are

The New Americanas, the modern America, the current generation, whatever millennium you call it, all artists create a connection. A connection that connects to your present or past, a connection that you may have never found relatable but now, can stand back and appreciate multiple perspectives. So yes, Halsey says, drinking is something we, the new Americanas do! Yes, we smoke marijuana! Yes, there are black moms who have children with white dads (vice versa)! Yes, there are men marrying other men and women marrying other women! Does this makes our generation messed up? Absolutely not! Allessia Cara expresses her exposure to such changes. Just because our media contains drugs and sex, doesn’t mean that’s what your everyday common teenager is concerned with. There are many young adults, who don’t condone drinking, smoking, the degrading of sex and who don’t agree with mixed cultures including homosexuality. Does this condemn our generation to a closed minded, negative, knit-picking society? Again, absolutely not! Both artists are played on the radio, and they aren’t the only singers who express similar ideas. There’s no black or white, there is a strong sense of togetherness that we ally together and stand with our beliefs, “Here, as the New

For the song I feel most describes myself, I chose Not Today by Twenty One Pilots. From the start of the song, it sings the line, “I don’t know why, I just feel I’m better off, staying in the same room I was born in. I look outside, and see a whole world better off, without me in it, trying to transform it.” Because of how my personality is I feel extremely connected to this line. Throughout my life, I’ve always had a bit of social anxiety. Most people take this as being shy, but in reality I’m more scared or nervous. I’m quiet around a lot of people, so they think I have nothing important to say. However, I think about everything, probably more than I should. My personality will take something someone says and try and decode it as far as possible, but when I try and talk about it, I completely shut down. One of my biggest fears is being seen as weak or non extravagant, so I don’t speak because I don’t want to be seen in those ways.

Analyzing the word, "beautiful" in this stanza, one should perceive that she is not actually singing about the outside of her, but what she consists of emotionally and mentally on the inside. She reveals that her thoughts and emotions are of worth and value and they are of her opinion. They are consumed through her, and no one else and if anyone disagrees, she does not take that into affect. Her diction is actually pretty precise. To quote a famous cliché, beauty is not skin deep. She explains that the beauty is the sentiment.