Song Meanings and Facts
“Therapy Session” is the opening track on “Almost Healed”, i.e. the Lil Durk full-length that came out through Sony, Alamo and Only the Family 26 May 2023. This song was released the day prior to the album...
Queen Bee’s “Pretty Hurts” is designed to show the world the downside of trying to achieve society’s standards of beauty and furthermore. The track starts off with a very strong message with American actor,...
This song is obviously meant to serve as an ode to New York City or the “City of Gods”, as termed by Fivio and Yeezus. Both Alicia Keys and Fivio Foreign are native to NYC. Therein...
Seemingly, the sentiment Alicia’s “Love When You Call My Name” revolves around is the vocalist being so enraptured by the addressee that even when he ‘calls her name’, it brings Alicia much joy. Or...
“Billions” speaks to a concept which can be more simply defined a soul mating. The vocalist recognizes herself as “one in a billion”, i.e. an extraordinarily-valuable person, on top of perceiving the apple of her...
The title of this track (“Lala (Unlocked)”), which is in fact a love song, can be taken in different ways. For instance, if you’re in the ‘hood and make a statement like you’re “getting lost...
Daffodils, as you likely already know, is a type of flower – and a beautiful one at that. And you know how flowers tend to bloom in Spring? That it is that concept, poetically, that this...
At first, Alicia Keys’ “Old Memories” doesn’t start off as a love song. Instead Alicia is speaking to the general concept of how powerful the human mind is really, how we tend to hold onto...
Ultimately Alicia’s “Like Water” is a love song, with the title meaning to serve as an analogy of the relationship at hand. And apparently what the vocalist is speaking to is something like the...
It is apparent by this point, i.e. the eighth track on the playlist of “Keys”, that this is for the most part a romance album. All of the preceding songs, with the exception of “Plentiful“, are either...
