“Imported” is based on the romantic tension between Canadian singer Jessie Reyez and Atlanta-based rapper 6lack. The main reason they are having a hard time hooking up is that Reyez in particular is in love with someone...
American rapper Luh Kel sings “Wrong” from two different emotional dispositions. First off in the chorus, we can see that the girl who he is singing about and addressing is someone he is in...
“Chopsticks” are the item used to describe what position Schoolboy Q (supported by Travis Scott) likes to see his woman’s legs in. Putting what has just been said succinctly, Schoolboy wants her legs to...
Throughout the song “Helplessly Lost”, the narrator (Passenger) does nothing but plead and plead with a lover. By the looks of things, this person is a former sweetheart as opposed to a current partner. And the reason for...
Khalid and John Mayer approach “Outta My Head” as guys who are singing to a love interest. The romance in and of itself has not commenced. But ideally from their perspective it will do so in...
As the title of this song implies, these are the “last words” of rapper Dax. In the song, Dax takes on the character of someone who is about to die. And the lyrics represent the...
First off The Lumineers’ lead singer Wesley Schultz has explicitly stated that the song “Gloria” “is about the love between an addict and her family”. In other words, the addict is the titular “Gloria”. The...
First off the title of this track can be broken down into two words – “free”, as in a release from some mental or physical captivity and “dawg”, which is a slang term for...
“Made in America” is a chart-topping expression of Toby Keith’s patriotism. Indeed Keith has quite a few songs articulating his love of America in his catalog, with his strong feelings for his country already being an established theme in his career...
The original version of this song – called “Le Moribond” (translated “The Dying Man”) and sung in French – was based on the tale of an old man dying of heartache due to his...