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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDb_6o0bs3c

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Pop song with hip hop and rap elements

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rapper / singer: B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
songwriters: Jeremy "Kinetics" Dussolliet, Tim "One Love" Sommers, Justin Franks, Alexander Grant, Bobby Simmons, Christine Dominguez
producers: Alex da Kid, DJ Frank E

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when: recorded in 2009, released in 2010
where: United States
record label: Grand Hustle, Rebel Rock, Atlantic, A&M/Octone (Oceania)

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Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (Live at The Royal Albert Hall)

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Pop; power ballad

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"21"

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Adele and Fraser T. Smith
(Smith also produced the song)

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released on 4 July 2011 (UK)/21 November 2011 (US)

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by Bastille

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According to David Simpson (The Guardian), Adele got inspired when she wanted to light a cigarette in front of a restaurant in the rain and her lighter didn’t work.

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failed relationship(s) and the pain they cause

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Adele describes how this person stepped into her life and “saved” her after she broke up with her previous partner. She falls in love with this person but it turns out that he/she deceives her. Adele is deeply hurt and ends the relationship.

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Wild World

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I've found repetition, metaphors, loaded language, conflict, personification and polarity.

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After certain events in the lives of the singers didn't work out the way they wanted them to be they are hoping now that airplanes in the night sky also grant wishes like shooting stars so they can change their situations. B.o.B. remembers how his career as a rapper started and also criticizes what went wrong in this eyes.

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“‘Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time”

= emphasises that this was definitely the last time, now it is truly over; conveys a sense of closure to the audience

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"I set fire to the rain"

rain = her tears, her sadness and misery; both, rain and sadness are connotated with coldness, the dark
fire = the opposite of rain, is hot and powerful, it can be passionate but also destructive
She fights wants to burn her sadness.
This metaphor creates a very powerful Image.

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Bastille - Good Grief (Official Music Video)

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Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?
What would you wish for if you had one wish?

The aim is to directly address the listeners and include them in the song.

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I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now

The aim is to strengthen how desperately the singers are hoping that their wishes might be granted.

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fire, flames, burn
= destructive, dangerous, hard to control, makes one feel a bit anxious

screaming
= loud, involves the sense of hearing, besides the visual impressions of fire, flames and burn

All of these words indicate the extent of her emotions and make the audience feel them as well.

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Song; Alternative dance, synth-pop, indie

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Dan Smith
(produced by Dan Smith and Mark Crew)

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This song combines elements of all three modes.

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Adele uses first person throughout the whole song and describes how she feels (It was dark and I was over; Let it burn while I cried; Feel you here forever, you and me, together, nothing is better)

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Released in 2016 (16 June)
(most probably written in the UK as they are based in London, but no evidence yet)

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the song tells a story
beginning: she broke up with her former partner and got to know the narratee

middle: they are in a relationship and happy (you and me, together, nothing is better). Adele discovers her partner’s “real” character
end: she ends the relationship

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Watch and listen to it on youtube (the music video is quite funny)

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Watch and listen to it on youtube (the music video is quite funny)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00HMxdsVZI

and here are the lyrics
https://genius.com/Lizzo-truth-hurts-lyrics

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Adele creates a dialogue between herself and her partner. She addresses him/her in almost every line ("you", "your"). Towards the end of the song, she switches to "us" and "we" (And I threw us into the flames, when we fell, somehting died)

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Song in the Pop, R&B, Rap, HipHop genre

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The bizarreness of the grief caused the loss of a loved one (through death or the end of a relationship)

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Lizzo or Melissa Viviane Jefferson, american singer/ rapper

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it was released on 19 September 2017
Album: Cuz I love you (2019)
Publisher: Nice Life Recording Co. & Atlantic Records
Label: Atlantic Records

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The song is an ode to self-love after the end of a relationship, and gives advice how to deal with a breakup. Love yourself, treat yourself well, be true to yourself, and don't let anyone hold you back (especially men). It is about the  personal experience the author has made with an ex-boyfriend, who broke up with her over the phone, because he was still in love with his ex-girlfriend. And the song tells the story of the breakup and how she deals with it. The themes are self-empowerment after a breakup, embracing being a woman and being comfortable in your own skin.

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Dan describes his stages of grief, from denial to shock to depression to euphoria and him feeling alien at a funeral, as it could be either a celebration of someone, or hugely sad.

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Entertainment, dancing, body positivity, women empowerment, coping with breakups

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The author asks the introductory question, “Why're men great till they gotta be great?”, and narrates from a personal, autobiographic perspective from her past disappointing relationship that ended in breaking up. In the beginning of a relationship you really are convinced that the guy is great, until you find out that he is not, because he has lied, cheated, or simply is not what he has pretended to be, in his oversubscribed confidence. This applies for the author to relationships on a personal, intimate level as well as to the greater perspective, for instance, in politics, in professional environments such as the work place and in the public sphere in general, as she explains this line with a tweet, Lizzo: “Why are men great until they gotta be great? Meaning: men hold the highest seats of power on the planet. They’re constantly appointed greatness and yet cannot seem to do any good with it.”

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Repetition, rethorical questions, simile,

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Lyrical Mode
Most of the song is written in lyrical mode, describing his personal response and feelings towards grief.

Dramatic Mode
In the chorus, however, the song switches to dramatic mode, adressing the person he lost directly.

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rhetorical question

repetition of great

loaded language

provocative introductory question to set the tone: feminism, female empowerment

addresses the listener/ the audience directly and makes the audience relate to the song from their own experience with failed relationships, inequality, disappointment

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I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that bitch

This metaphor stands for self-confidence and acknowledging that she is a woman (“bitch”), brave, confidant, independent , proud of herself, and true to herself (100%).

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conflict: woman versus self, woman versus god

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conflict: woman versus self, woman versus god

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Yeah, I got boy problems, that's the human in me

Bling bling, then I solve 'em, that's the goddess in me

These two lines also stand in opposition to the first line of the paragraph and create conflict with the self that is supposed to be 100% strong and confidant. Nevertheless, we are all but men and have flaws and weaknesses, especially when it comes to the opposite sex.

Here the author plays with conflict and contrast. “I got boy problems, that's the human in me” human versus god “then I solve 'em, that's the goddess in me”

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Bling bling is an onomatopoetic expression for having worth, money, diamonds, power. Here it could also mean to quickly overcome challenges, in the blink of an eye.

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As a rap song the lyrics are very musical. The language flows naturally, is easy to remember and to sing along.

crying crazy
non-committal, just a little
posed to hold me down
sing single ring
lighting, Vikings, exciting

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Written and sung by Rory Gallagher

Recorded in Germany

Released in 1978.

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In the flinty light, it's midnight, and stars collide.

Shadows run in full flight, to run seek and hide

I'm still not sure what part I play,

in this shadow play, this shadow play

In the half light, on this mad night,

I hear a voice in time

Well, I look back, see a half-smile,

then it's gone from sight

Won't you tell me how I can find my way?

In this shadow play, this shadow play

In this shadow play, this shadow play

Sounds come crashing, and I hear laughing

All those lights just blazed away

I feel a little strange inside

A little Doctor Jekyll

A little Mister Hyde

Sounds come crashing, can I hear laughing?

All those lights just blazed away

I feel a little strange inside

A little Doctor Jekyll

A little Mister Hyde

Thoughts run wild, free as a child, into the night

Across the screen a thin beam, of magic light

Things they just don't look the same

In this shadow play, this shadow play

Shadow play, shadow play

I can't run away from this shadow play

Shadow play, shadow play

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The poem is written in the lyric mode for the speaker to express his feelings and what he is experiencing. It seems as if the speaker is lost in the middle of a shadow play. He is hallucinating, confused and panicked. He sees things that disappear, hear voices that he doubts; everything is shadowy and ambiguous. This duality and ambiguity is the major theme of the poem and is expressed in different ways throughout the poem, but also by its title: “shadow play”.

In the first stanza, the speaker says: “I'm still not sure what part I play in this shadow play”, and in the last stanza he says: “I can't run away from this shadow play”. This shows that his motive changes from the beginning to the end. The ending seems to signal that the speaker remains forever lost in a nightmarish labyrinth, where reality and illusion merge and duality rules. Therefore, the conflict remains unresolved.

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The writer intends to express the duality and conflicts that reside within and around him.

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Everything seems ambiguous and has double meaning in this “shadow play”. The speaker starves to make sense of the situation and his emotions but he can’t. A related semantic field is noticeable, which helps to build and convey this conflict:

Half-light

Half-smile: a half-smile can be confusing and ambiguous because it can convey different and contrasting feelings.

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I feel a little strange inside

A little Doctor Jekyll

A little Mister Hyde

Here, the writer makes an allusion to the book “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr Jekyll, an amiable person,  has a dual personality and Mr. Hyde represents his evil side, which he has been in conflict with for many years. The duality of human personality is one of the major themes of the book. With making reference to it, the writer highlights again the main theme of his poem and reinforces it.

This allusion is very interesting and nicely shows that not only duality is everywhere outside around the speaker, but also surrounds him from within. The allusion helps the reader, who knows the reference, feel the speaker’s feeling much better by remembering the conflict between Jekyll and Hyde.

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Repetition of “in this shadow play, shadow play”.

It emphasises the setting and helps us to remember where the speaker finds himself. With repeating this part, the poet helps us to build more vivid mental images of the events.