When you're finally performing a song you've written however long after, what's it like to hear people sing these emotional lyrics back to you? Do they still have that power for you, or have you worked through them in the interim and they lose that grip?
In typical R&B fashion,What I Didn't Tell Youtakes listeners through the mixed bag of emotions brought on by love. But longtime fans may notice something's different this time around. For instance, lyrics like "This here is top shelf, I know you're thirsty / Run up a tab so you ca...
“There’s something about that particular song that made me feel like it’s an aerial view of a moment in life. The emotion of that song inspired me.” A Song For You Click to load video Russell’s memorable lyrics (“I love you in a place where there’s no space or time”) ...
Moore doesn't leave much to the imagination in the lyrics of this 2009 hit. His opponent may have money on his side, but he's about to learn how a country boy fights back. "I could kick your ass / I could jack your jaw / Put you flat in the dirt, boy / Yeah, I'd have a ...
The mix of hard and soft elements — an energetic club hook and sensitive lyrics — make "Don't Let Me Down" a defining tune of its era. The Chainsmokers' managed to capture the coy sleekness of 2010s indie pop and the gritty EDM trap world, then mixed it all up with a cert...
Kacey Musgraves was criticized for lyrics supporting same-sex love in her beloved anthem, "Follow Your Arrow." More recently, even, Wyatt walked out of a recording session after the owner of the space asked if she was singing "'some gay s—.'" But Wyatt is also one of a growing number...
Without slinging arrows at another person — even if I'm allowing myself to be upset or angry — I have to be able to heal in the only way that I know how, or at least the main way I know how, which is writing about it. I have other portals of catharsis at this point, but ...