“One Day” by Lovejoy

As noted in this article’s bottom section, Lovejoy frontman Wilbur Soot is a musician who has made a name for himself releasing comedic content. However, as far as his songs that actually blew up during 2020, the lyrics weren’t like Weird Al Yankovic levels of absurdity. Rather Soot has the tendency to use very-colorful language to point to real-world, practical ideas, especially as it pertains to the field of romance. 

You can view the lyrics, alternate interprations and sheet music for Lovejoy's One Day at Lyrics.org.

And it would appear that his skills in that regard are developing. And as such, even though parts of this song may be laughable, we would venture to say that overall they aren’t as much so as some of his previous efforts.

“One Day” deals with some serious issues

But that may also be because this time around he’s dealing with a more serious subject matter than, say feening for a lady he met on the internet. Indeed this time around with Lovejoy, the vocalist is in fact more experienced with romance. That is to say that what this song actually centers on is a tumultuous relationship he has already been in. 

But more to the point is the idea that it is apparently on the brink of extinction. And underneath all of the once again colorful metaphors, what it appears we are actually dealing with here is something like a case of unreciprocated love. This is most directly expressed at the beginning of the second verse, where it is allegorically revealed that the addressee may want out.

A Confused Man

But this is not a simple case of ‘my girlfriend wants to leave me’. In fact concerning the vocalist’s own reaction, it isn’t so much that he’s hurt as it is him being confused. And it is upon such a notion that the title is based. The singer is confident that “one day” he will be able to “focus on the future” – a phrase which reads akin to being able to concentrate more effectively on whatever it is he has to do. 

But for the time being, let’s just say he does not appear to be a model of self-esteem, at least not in regards to this relationship. In fact, it is reasonable to postulate that perhaps one of the issues his girlfriend has with him is his indecisiveness, for lack of a better word. 

So we can safely say he appears like one who may be emotionally ready for a relationship but not necessarily so intellectually.

Thesis Sentiments of “One Day”

And as far as the thesis sentiment goes, we will put forth that relatedly it would be one of disappointment. No, the singer does not necessarily appear emotionally disturbed at the prospect of this relationship coming to an end. 

He’s more like even if he doesn’t get it right in the present, at a future date, when he does, he’ll still make the addressee right. So it can be said, as a secondary sentiment, that he is in fact in love.

But concerning his confusion or however one may choose to phrase it, this does not mean that he is taking personal responsibility for discontent that may exist in this romance. Rather he is blaming ‘inconsistencies’ in their union to the overall state of the society, so to speak.

"One Day" Lyrics

Lovejoy

Lovejoy is a band who, at its foundation, is made most notable by the fact that it is fronted by a popular YouTuber by the name of Wilbur Soot. Concurrently, Soot’s YouTube channel boasts of over 5,000,000 subscribers.

And as far as his Lovejoy bandmates go, they will be as follows:

  • Mark Boardman (drummer)
  • Joe Goldsmith (guitarist)
  • Ash Kabosu (drummer)

Wilbur Soot, who is a 24½ years old as at 10 May 2021, this track’s release day, is from a part of England known as Suffolk. And with online information about Lovejoy being scant at the time, we will presume that the band, who just launched fresh in May of 2021, may be specifically based there also.

Wilbur Soot

But whereas Lovejoy may be new at the time, Wilbur Soot has been professionally active in a musical capacity for a number of years. This all began with his 2018 single entitled The ‘Nice Guy’ Ballad

In fact amongst his skills is being able to play a number of instruments. And he has made a name for himself as a musician by dropping a trilogy of songs based on the romantic aspirations of a character he developed called Lonely Boy

Those three songs are as follows:

All three songs above came out in 2020. And as their titles imply, they are comedic in nature. Moreover the last of those actually made an appearance on the UK Singles Chart and reached number 10 on the UK Indie Chart.

And as for his YouTube career, Soot started off in 2017 as a comedian working for a collective channel called SootHouse. However, upon venturing out on his own in 2017 and also onto the Twitch platform, his content became more centered on videogames.

Credits for “One Day”

The four aforementioned members of Lovejoy are all listed, individually, as the writers of “One Day”. And the producer of the track is Cameron Nesbitt.

One Day

On which Album/DP does this song appear?

It is track #2 from the EP titled “Are You Alright?” The EP is actually Lovejoy’s maiden EP.

3 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

    why the heck does this exist

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