“Dream On” is about time. Ambition. Ageing. And refusing to abandon what you want before time runs out. Which is extraordinary when you remember Steven Tyler began developing the song while still a teenager. Long…
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“Iris” is essentially about wanting another person to see who you really are, even if revealing yourself makes you vulnerable. Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik wrote it for the 1998 film City of Angels.…
At its core, “Sweater Weather” is about intimacy. Cold weather outside. Warmth between two people. Physical closeness. The title turns a simple seasonal image into something sensual. But over the years, the song developed another…
“Everlong” is about experiencing a connection with somebody so intense that you desperately want the feeling to last forever. Dave Grohl wrote it during an emotionally chaotic period. His marriage had broken down. He was…
‘Take Me Back’ is a new single from Habitat, a Korean five-piece on PH Records. Two electric guitars sit under a string arrangement by So Heun Yeo, and the song follows a summer breakup that…
Ender built a reputation on slow-tempo soul. ‘Trigger’ files under rock instead, and the move is the story: the same voice that carried ‘첫사랑의 기준은!’ through an unhurried ballad now works against a faster, harder…
The yips is the name for what happens when a player who has made a throw a thousand times suddenly cannot. inaekkum built a song on that, likening the moment pressure separates mind from body…
You know the feeling. A voice cracks. A choir arrives. The drums finally enter. A guitar climbs into a solo. A quiet song suddenly becomes enormous. Then the hairs on your arms stand up. Musical…
Some songs need a chorus before you recognise them. Others need about two seconds. A guitar chord, a drum pattern, a piano note or a strange electronic sound can be enough to tell your brain…
Mr. Brightside sounds like celebration. Put it on at a wedding, a student bar, a festival or almost any crowded party in Britain and there is a good chance the entire room will start singing.…
