Determining a Potential Break Up: Analyzing the meaning of “Marilyn” by G-Eazy Behind every love song is a meaningful message that the audience often misses because they're hooked onto the beat, or simply don't see the big picture. G-Eazy is a new rapper who, over the past couple of years, has slowly grown into a well-known artist. Before everyone knew him for the song “Me, Myself and I,” he had an album previous to his latest one, When It's Dark Out. In the album, These Things Happen, there was a specific song that truly stands out to those in relationships. All relationships have their ups and downs and everyone can agree to that. “Marilyn” by G-Eazy, sends off a clear message to its audience: relationships are difficult. The song starts off with the hook. The girl is talking to some guy, possibly her boyfriend, and tells him, “...I want to love you/But if it's not right what can I do?” (1-2). Within the first few lines we can assume there is a conflict the couple is facing. Possibly him not wanting to be with her? Maybe he’s rejecting her? Or perhaps he's one of those guys that lead a girl on and decide to leave her hanging. Whatever the case may be, we know they’re dealing with an issue. As the song continues, it then turns over to the guy speaking, perhaps back to the girl, and he understands that their relationship isn't what it used to be and even uses the Kennedy's so-called perfect relationship as an analogy: “Uh, I wish we could just pretend to be/Like we always were before as happy as the …show more content…
But the tone slightly changes after every verse; at first it's not very noticeable, but towards the end the girls tone changes. After the first verse, compared to how it did in the beginning, the girl's voice sounds unsure of something. However, we still don't know what the main conflict is. We only know that they're in a rocky place in their relationship and things aren't the way they used to
This song is all about Taylor convincing her crush that she is better for him than his current girlfriend. In this line, Taylor mainly talks about the boy’s current girlfriend and all the qualities that make it sound like she’s wrong for him. In this part of the song she mainly uses pathos to sway the judgement of the boy and more importantly, her fans listening to the song. Pathos is very important when trying to convince people because humans tend to concentrate on the emotional aspect of things. Especially when it comes to music. Using pathos, Taylor is able to stir up negative emotions about the complaining girlfriend right at the beginning of the song. At the last part of the line, she also uses pathos to show the contrast between her
As you can see the tone of the poem has started to change. It started
"I hate this song, does this look like a big joke?/There's a 4-year-old little boy laying dead with a slit throat". — Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP, shows how violent rappers songs can be. “Knew it was gonna be a long night From the moment when We locked eyes over whiskey on ice Talkin' 'bout us again”. — Luke Combs, Hurricane, talks about him getting drunk and talking with a ex-girlfriend about getting back together. Both genres also give off a message of falling in love, getting their heart broken, or even trust being broken or gained.
Another H.G.S.E .graduate, “Alison Hertz is an urban scholar and she possess an Ed.M degree .as well but she does not have an educational background. She has a passion to focus her efforts in urban communities; Alison has linked disadvantaged schools in Washington D.C. with much needed services in the communities. She firmly believes parents and community leaders can make an enormous impact on meeting the needs of children. Hertz was a tutor at New Haven public schools in Connecticut during that period she witnessed inequalities that in exist in American contemporary public school system. Her volunteer experience convinced her to enter the field of education reformation. She decided to
Almost everyone will go through a breakup. Those who have been through a rough breakup may agree that heartache hurts. Individuals handle breakups in many different ways; some might become depressed, stop eating, or even overeat. In Aaliyah’s “I Don’t Wanna” and FeFe Dobson’s “Can’t Breath”, each artist expresses their emotional response to handling a breakup. Each are fighting to hold on to the relationship and not wanting to believe that the relationship is actually over.
tension, the second he lays his eyes on her he says “if I profane with
Your first thought is the love between the couple is toxic and lethal yet, he cannot resist his partner. But, really it is a reference to Cocaine. Cocaine is given a female voice. He uses personification by bringing the drug to life, where it can communicate with him and become part of his life. He knows that this “girl” meaning, Cocaine is going to be the death of him. While in use of Cocaine he gets numb. “But at least we’ll both be beautiful and stay forever young/ This I know, (yeah) this I know” (3-4). You say again, that he is singing about how the love is so very satisfying. But he is actually meaning that his desire for this young and beautiful woman makes him feel good. He feels as if he is invincible when he has her. Even though he seems to be aware of the consequences that come with feeling young and beautiful; with the use of Cocaine. “She told me, ‘Don’t worry about it.’/ She told me, ‘Don’t worry no more.’/ We both knew we can’t go without it/ She told me you’ll
Ludacris does a remarkable job of portraying his message about the struggles that some adolescents are faced with. “Runaway Love”, by Ludacris, featuring Mary J. Blige (2007), represents the theme of struggle through hip-hop and rap music. It is about little girls who are “stuck up in the world on their own.” They have to take care of themselves because the people they are around do not care about them. They range from nine to eleven years in age, and their goal in life, at such a young age, is to run away from home. Ludacris is trying to get the listener to realize the struggles that even children have to face because adults are not the only ones who have problems, like most people believe. He is very successful in
To start off, the first stanza in her song represents a sense of how unavoidable change is and how the confusion of the bond combined with the stress of the blame game can lead to a doomed
We know Annmarie and her family were Lutheran, because when Ellen goes to Lise’s funeral, she says, “It was the only time I have ever been in a Lutheran church” (Lowry, Online PDF). Lutherans look to the Bible for its commandments on how they should act. The Bible clearly is against lying. The Bible clearly states in Leviticus 19:11, “Do not lie. Do not deceive one another”. Annmarie disobeyed this commandment. She lied to her friend Ellen about her Great Aunt Birte. “So now I, too,am lying, she thought,and to my very best friend” (Lowry, Online PDF). The whole Johansen family lied by pretending Ellen was Lise. Ellen said, “Anyway, if they did, it would give me a chance to practice acting. I'd just pretend to be Lise” (Lowry, Online PDF). The
In alternative pop music, numerous people would mistake the song’s rhythm as a light and calming love song rather than recognizing the lyrics as meaningful. Although Hozier’s song seems to be a simple love song, it has a deeper meaning that encourages the listeners to think about relationships. The first part of the first stanza illustrates how the rhythm and the lyrics do not correspond with each other. Throughout Hozier’s song the rhythm is consistent, besides in the first stanza. The first part of the stanza is,
The 1980’s consisted of several historical events and societal changes that have been relived though the lyrics of many young hip-hop artists. Of the numerous genres of songs, hip-hop has been labeled as of the most relatable genres. During this 1980’s, many of the songs that were written by male hip-hop artist tend to focus on the relationship aspect of male and female interactions. This finding is similar to what was stated in Frith’s article (1986) that most successful pop songs were about being “happy in love” and “frustrated in love” as well as having a sex interest (p. 78). Instead of using derogatory terms to describe women, men felt the need to use more delicate and gentle terms. Through their music, artists portrayed women as individuals who provide love, support, happiness and fulfillment to a man’s life. Furthermore, male artists portrayed themselves as men who weren’t afraid to express their emotions, admit their dependency on women, and their willingness to do what it takes to keep a woman. There were no signs of hypermasculinity or dominance in the first few songs
This song is full of multiple literary devices such as hyperboles, metaphors, and imagery. The hyperboles in the song emphasize strong feelings such as love, hate, and pain. For example, “Just [going to] stand there and watch me burn” (Rihanna, 1), is emphasizing that she is in extreme amounts of pain and all that her significant other is doing, is watching her suffer. “You ever love somebody so much you can barely breathe when [you are] with [them]” (Eminem, 33), emphasizes and how he is so in love with
Beyonce uses pathos, the first of the three appeals in her song by using very descriptive phrases. When she states, “I’d listen to her, `cause I know how it hurts,” Beyonce is telling her audience that she understands what it is like to be hurt, and that if she were a boy, she would treat her women better because she could understand where she was coming from. This tugs at the listener’s heart because you can see that she has been emotionally hurt from a past relationship. Also, many people can relate to what she is disclosing. It is human nature for people to get emotionally damaged in a relationship and therefore her feelings are empathized. She also uses syntax by the way she orders her words by telling a story. If the song was not in story form, it would not produce the great impact that it does.
Within the first two verses of the song, this young woman presents an issue that is all too common for many people. She has big dreams and wants to make a name for herself, but to succumb to making that dream a reality, she would have to desert the loved ones that have made