Many of the articles in the collection analyze the lyrics of songs. How closely do you listen to song lyrics? Do you ever feel moved by what artists are saying, or want to know more about who they are because of the words in their songs? What do you think makes lyrics good or powerful? If lyrics are not important to you, what else about a song do you listen for?

• The artist and song which I would like to focus on is Billie Eilish, “everything I wanted”. When I hear that an artist has released a new song, I would watch either the official music video or the lyrics. While watching the official music video, it allows me to see what the song could be about. By listening and reading the lyrics, sometimes I do not realise for example how sad this song really was. If I had not watched it, I would not normally pay attention to the words and the message the artist is trying to convey. When I heard “everything I wanted”, my initial thoughts were that it is kind of catchy and it has a nice rhythm to it. But since I read the lyrics I was like wow. There is so much more to the sound.  I think her song was rather powerful as the words she chose were rather touching. As if she was asking for help. It makes us think that even someone who is famous and has everything, there is so much more that you do not know of. When you listen to the whole song you realise how deep it is. In a way, for those who are also struggling, it is a nice way of saying that they are not alone. That someone is also going through the same pain. That it is okay to let your guard down. To have someone be there for you to help you get back up. That’s what the song means to me.