In the first verse of “Never Break”, John Legend refers to the addressee as “baby”. However, it is never actually specified that the relationship between them is a romance. But of course via the usage...
Common’s “Glory” was created specifically for a movie entitled Selma (2014), which centers on a particular episode during the 1960s’ Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement is a popular moniker given to the African-American quest...
Anyone who ever actually heard this tune can instantly attest to the fact that it is a love song, even if they don’t know the actual words. This is simply due to John Legend’s effectively-emotive...
In “Lightning & Thunder”, Jhené Aiko and John Legend play the role of two lovers who have obviously broken up some time ago. And for the most part, what they are doing throughout is expressing...
Coming from John Legend, you have probably already correctly deduced from this track’s title (“Conversations in the Dark”) that it is a love song. Its specific setting, at least in the first verse, is a...
There has been different explanations concerning the the lyrical origin of this song. One is that the “American boy” is actually a combination of different dudes from the United States whom Estelle, a British singer,...
This history behind “Like I’m Gonna Lose You” is that Meghan Trainor conceptualized it after having a harrowing, realistic dream that someone she loved died. And the first verse of the track is based...
The theme and title of this song is from Disney’s movie, Beauty and the Beast, which tells the story of a prince cursed to live as a beast till he finds true love. The song...
This is a track that Sara Bareilles co-wrote in response to the immigrant crisis which gripped the United States particularly in 2018. “A Safe Place to Land” serves as an appeal for listeners to offer...
“Preach” is John Legend’s take on a number of disturbing social issues plaguing America such as made evident by the music video police brutality, random violence and mass immigration. In the song, John takes on the...
