{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"RouteNote - Radar","provider_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar","author_name":"Radar Team","author_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/rn_adm_rad\/","title":"What Does Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cHallelujah\u201d Actually Mean? - RouteNote - Radar","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rcfMfOdZQ1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-does-leonard-cohens-hallelujah-actually-mean\/\">What Does Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cHallelujah\u201d Actually Mean?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-does-leonard-cohens-hallelujah-actually-mean\/embed\/#?secret=rcfMfOdZQ1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What Does Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cHallelujah\u201d Actually Mean?&#8221; &#8212; RouteNote - Radar\" data-secret=\"rcfMfOdZQ1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/routenote_Hallelujah_-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_8.2_ce568485-1340-4a26-96ff-248909793e31_1.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":1024,"description":"\u201cHallelujah\u201d is religious. And sexual. And romantic. And broken. And hopeful. That&#8217;s why trying to explain it as simply: a song about God doesn&#8217;t really work. Leonard Cohen used biblical imagery to explore something much broader: how people continue finding moments worth celebrating even inside failure, desire, heartbreak and disappointment. Cohen himself described the song as an affirmation of life rather than straightforward formal religion. Who originally sang \u201cHallelujah\u201d? Leonard Cohen. He released it on his 1984 album Various Positions. But the song wasn&#8217;t immediately treated as a masterpiece. In fact, Columbia Records initially declined to release the album in..."}