Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Amanda London

Got That Boom by Secret Number

Secret Number

“Got That Boom” by Secret Number

Simply put, this is a dance song. Its unique angle features the girls also espousing an ideology akin to following the dictates of your heart. So putting those two idea together, it can be interpreted that...

West Side

Ariana Grande

“West Side” by Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande’s “West Side” is centered on what we will term as the simplicity of true love.  Ideally when two people are in love, their feelings for each other are in fact the most-important...

obvious by Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande

“Obvious” by Ariana Grande

On this song Ariana is singing to someone like a new boyfriend. And the title alludes to the fact that she is so smitten by him that the singer feels it should be “obvious” to...

I love Me by Russ

Russ

“I Love Me” by Russ

Russ is indeed loving himself on “I Love Me”. However, this is not a case of him being a narcissist. Rather he is expressing this sentiment to a specific type individuals and even more particularly to...

New President by Mt. Joy

Mt. Joy

“New President” by Mt. Joy

It’s safe to say that Donald Trump has been the most-derided President in modern US history. And although he is not specifically namedropped in New President, for all intents and purposes this is indeed an anti-Trump...

Dusty by Soundgarden

Soundgarden

“Dusty” by Soundgarden

Chris Cornell himself described Dusty as being “like the opposite of Fell on Black Days”.  The latter is a track Soundgarden dropped in 1994 which is based on the vocalist being afflicted with a disheartening bout of...

Fell on Black Days by Soundgarden

Soundgarden

“Fell on Black Days” by Soundgarden

If there’s one thing most people know about Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, it’s that he genuinely dealt with depression. And metaphorically, that is the mindstate which the titular “black days” represent. More specifically, as illustrated by...