Although not one of the most outstanding songs on the set, the seriousness of its lyrics and its fusion of reggaetón with R&B showed another layer to the Puerto Rican star. — SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS 12 “Like You” Daddy Yankee’s first attempt at releasing music in English arrived with “...
Although not one of the most outstanding songs on the set, the seriousness of its lyrics and its fusion of reggaetón with R&B showed another layer to the Puerto Rican star. — SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS 12 “Like You” Daddy Yankee’s first attempt at releasing music in English arrived with “...
Even so, diving into the world of South Korean pop music can be intimidating to English speakers who are accustomed to understanding all of a song's lyrics. Fortunately, you don't have to jump straight to songs with Korean lyrics in order to start exploring K-pop. Many K-pop artists ...
The first two minutes of "That Was Just Your Life" give the listener a grab bag of Metallica grooves. There's a great Kirk Hammett guitar solo in the latter third. The meat of the song is punky Metallica with shouty Hetfield vocals. Rapid-fire Lars Ulrich drum fills galore. So wh...
is her only song title with an exclamation point, an oddity for this most !!! of singers. Even Brendon Urie sounds squeamish, and he’s the guy who once released a song called “Folkin’ Around.” As we now know, she had “Cruel Summer” in the can, but opted not to make it ...
It’s coherent, with one wild, infectious guitar riff that helps listeners focus on the lyrics as BTS tell us the story of their career. Suga is a standout, absolutely dog-walking the mic, but the track and performance play to each member’s strengths. And on the last album for this...
“This the Coast/T-shirt, flannel, no coats/A party ain’t a party if my nigga can’t smoke,” he raps. As the breakout single onFrom the Westside With Love II, “When I Come Around” established Kennedy as a force in the L.A. scene for the rest of the decade, and he drew...
the Midwestern emo guitar of American Football, and the intimate pop melodies of Taylor Swift. Even though Cain’s lyrics are tinged with isolation, as she sings of crying on the bleachers and seeing caskets return from war, she uses it to propel her self-determination. “I’m doing what ...
“Three Time Loser,” the opening track of Rod Stewart’s 1975 albumAtlantic Crossing, demonstrates Stewart’s adeptness at fusing rock with elements of blues, underscored by authentic storytelling in his lyrics. The recording took place at the famous Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabam...
Recording a song in the midst of a rewrite, or reshaping of the lyrics, is not unprecedented. In Killer Queen, Queen was moving between “fastidious and precise” and “meticulous and precise” and wound up with the nonexistent word, “mesticulous.” New Soundalike Urban Guerilla –...