Similarly, the groove veers into the ’80s on occasion - there are a couple of funky or flute-y dashes of vintage Michael Jackson.Įven though both Mars and. Paak-powered “777” - naturally, the album’s seventh track - largely because he raps most of the way through it the music is a straight Gap Band funk.
The only song that doesn’t sound like a blast from a Rhino Records compilation or some obsessive British crate-digger’s playlist is the. Inevitably, there’s a bedroom ballad with some heavy female breathing and pillow talk (the steamy “After Last Night”).
The songs span jams like the rollerena anthem “Skate” (released last summer with a very summery roller-skating-themed video) and several slow-burners, including “Leave the Door Open” and the closing “Blast Off,” which includes lyrics as period-specific as the music: “Let’s tiptoe to a magical place / Blast off and kiss the moon tonight / And watch the world go crazy from outer space.” Other priceless one-liners include “In a room full of dimes, you’d be a hundred dollars” and “You smell better than a barbecue” (both from “Skate”). There are even a few cameos from one of the era’s originators, P-Funk bassist and iconic solo artist Bootsy Collins. Paak - have taken the concept to a whole new realm with “An Evening With Silk Sonic,” a wink-laden blast of early ’70s soul that they’ve launched like a contemporary project, complete with a smash debut single, “Leave the Door Open” (performed at the Grammy Awards earlier this year, it went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 in April).Īnyone who knows or loves early 1970s R&B will have a goofy grin on their face throughout this entire album, which plays out like an awesome game of spot-the-reference: You’ll find nods to songs like “Jungle Boogie,” “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster” groups like the O’Jays, the Chi-Lites, the Sty- listics, the Ohio Players, the Gap Band and Kool & the Gang angelic backing vocals, ludicrously lush strings and horns, baby-I’m-down-on-my-knees testifying wacka-wacka guitars and tinkling glockenspiels. So thanks for that.The throwback album is a monumentally more difficult thing to pull off: The artist has to follow the above guidelines for a standard album’s length without the conceit - which is hard enough to get away with for the length of a song - growing, well, old.Īll of which is a long-winded way of leading up to the fact that Silk Sonic - aka multiplatinum pop-R&B singer Bruno Mars and rapper Anderson. HI GUYS OMG THE LAST CHAPTER GOT 1.3K READS AND I HONESTLY THOUGHT Y'ALL STOPPED READING BECAUSE I WAS IA Set a fire in my head tonight, tonight, tonight. When they first met, they assured Halsey that she'd be theirs, as if she had no say in that matter, which is further proof that her partner was a troubled person. Despite hating that she was in an abusive relationship, Halsey reassures her lover and says she'll never leave nor will she forget them. The phrase 'cross my heart and hope to die.' is one used to assure trust in one another.ĪNALYSIS: In a relationship, the couple would often assure one another that they'd remain together till death do them apart. Stick a needle in your hungry eyes for me?ĪNALYSIS: she questions her lover's loyalty towards her, and questions to which extent her lover cares about her.
The pain her lover puts her through is bound to kill her if she doesn't put an end to it.Ĭross your sorry heart and hope to die for me? Go on and light a cigarette, set a fire in my head.ĪNALYSIS: The mental and physical abuse her lover puts for her is compared to the toxicity and harm of a cigarette. "This chorus is very vindicated and it says you know 'I've got my mind, made up this time.' You know it's about having control and wanting to leave and that's the thing that I sing about a lot." The menace in her bed is her lover. he hurts her in the name of love.ĪNALYSIS: Halsey speaks about how this about being in control and leaving this toxic and sadistic relationship. the last line describes the intensity and emotion of his stares, ones that withhold love.ĪNALYSIS: her lover is sadistic, inflicting pain upon her and then acting as if this was what love was about. ANALYSIS: halsey asks rhetorical questions, knowing her lover would do nothing for her.