If the subject wasn't clear from the title of this Iron Maiden song, the lyrics will certainly help: "Near to the east / In a part of ancient Greece / In an ancient land called Macedonia / Was born a son / To Philip of Macedon / The legend, his name was Alexander." Naturally the...
More recently, pop stars who wallow in these same contradictions have made the song their own: Hole performed it on “MTV Unplugged,” and Lana Del Rey interpolated it in the lyrics of 2014’s “Ultraviolence.” In a 2007 interview, Amy Winehouse spoke of the song with grim empathy: “...
In a clip from the Chiefs’ post-game celebrations, Swift and the tight end dance excitedly to an EDM remix of the singer’s 2008 smash “Love Story.” After smiling while mouthing the lyrics “It’s a love story, baby just say yes,” the 14-time Grammy winner – wearing Kelce’s j...
But most of the book is filled with words: snippets from her favorite rap songs, draft lyrics for songs she never put out, lyrics for songs she did. Plus, she says, “some stupid 14-year-old shit.” (On one page: “You really know how to make me cry.” On another: “I just w...
“Call me, I want you to make a record.” We’ll record stuff while I’m sitting at the piano with a drum machine, leave the mic on, come up with loads of stuff. He had the melody for “Fool Me Too,” the first part, and I took his melody and wrote all th...
featuring even more songs that sound like they were pulled straight from the pages of her diary. Although she was open about being nervous to work on her sophomore record, Olivia knows how to put her feelings into lyrics and melodies that make fans feel what she's feeling, too. She taps...
the keeper of 90 years of celebrity secrets that touch everyone fromBette DavistoBritney Spears. It shows up in the homemade visuals for Del Rey’s breakout single “Video Games” and in the lyrics of songs like “Off to the Races.” She lived here while writing herParadiseEP in 2012. ...
the keeper of 90 years of celebrity secrets that touch everyone fromBette DavistoBritney Spears. It shows up in the homemade visuals for Del Rey’s breakout single “Video Games” and in the lyrics of songs like “Off to the Races.” She lived here while writing herParadiseEP in 2012. ...