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Great reaction, you had wonderful insights and thoughts on this album! P.S: That's not a kid choir in Wake Up, it's a female member of the band doing backing vocals! (she also sang lead vocals on Haiti and In The Backseat)
@jonrepeatКүн бұрын
I see, thank you for letting me know about the vocals for Wake Up. I think the vocals complimented the song and the underlying message- it’s just when you’ve heard Take That Never Forget from your mum on repeat anything remotely sounding kids choir like gives PTSD 😂😂😂 thank you for your support and the compliment it is much appreciated 🙏
@impazzitoКүн бұрын
Absolute LEGEND.
@jonrepeatКүн бұрын
Yesss! One of the vocal trinity
@Butanu-142 күн бұрын
Good video! I might be one of the only people on this earth that would have Suicide as their favorite band, so i'm happy to see someone react to this absolutely underrated but extremely influental band. I would highly recommend to do another reaction on their second album, as well as their 3rd album which contains problaby the most romantic song ever (Surrender)
@jonrepeat2 күн бұрын
Yes, loved listening to them. It’s not a band I’d usually listen to but can really understand their influence now and appreciate the craft put into their songs (and I agree they are very underrated by general public). Thank you so much for the comment and support 🙏
@ANNEMARIE.K2362 күн бұрын
So, some insight you might enjoy. This is my interpretation of the topic of the songs, as a longtime fan HS1 (first album) 1. Meet Me In The Hallway - about his stepfather who had a long battle with cancer. He passed away shortly after the album came out. 2. Sign of the Times - about his friend Matt Irwin who committed suicide around the time he was writing this song. Harry said it was about a mother dying in childbirth right after telling her child "go forth and conquer." I don't doubt that that part is also true, but I think it's very clear the inspiration was Matt, given the timeline, the lyrics of the song, and what Harry said about Matt in interviews (he didn't mention his name but said he'd lost a friend to suicide and he often wondered if he could've done more for him, instead of taking him at face value when he said he was fine, and it prompted him to actually ask his friends now, and be there for them). He didn't open up about about Matt until a few years after the album came out. 3. Carolina. We know this one, this isn't an interpretation but fact. He met a girl called Townes Jones through his friend Cameron and they went on a couple of dates. It didn't end up being a relationship but he wrote the song about her. Her name is in the song, and he has somewhat explained it. Also the girl's father gave an interview saying it was about his daughter lol 4. Two Ghosts. Taylor Swift. It's in reply to her song Style. Harry and Taylor had a back and forth relationship between March 2012 and late 2014/early 2015. They both dated other people in the middle and wrote a bunch of songs about this period of their lives. 5. Sweet Creature. About his sister Gemma. In 2017, when the album came out, he said this song was about platonic love but didn't elaborate. In 2023, during his last London show, he talked about his sister and how much she meant to him and said he would be playing a song for her, and played Sweet Creature (which he hadn't performed live in years). Gemma then reacted on Twitter, confirming the song was about her. 6. Only Angel. Kendall Jenner. It's my interpretation but also, pretty much everyone agrees with it. 7. Kiwi. A woman called Georgia Fowler who he had a fling with in 2015. She posted a couple of snapchat videos without letting him know when they were spending time together at a hotel and he cut off all contact with her. There were insiders saying he was livid with her. She's from New Zealand, hence, Kiwi. I'm not sure if it's an actual retelling of events, or if he's just describing a shallow opportunistic woman and the trappings of fame for men like him, because of his experience with her. I can see it go either way, but I'm 99% sure the song was inspired by her. 8. Ever Since New York. His stepfather Robin. This is confirmed by Harry. He said it was about finding out that "bad news about a family member." He said this in May 2017 and then his stepdad passed away from cancer in June. That plus the lyrics plus the fact that, every album has a drawing that somewhat represents the contents of it, and this album has a Robin bird, makes me think that there are a few songs about Robin, ESNY and MMITH are my main contenders. It's possible parts of SOTT are inspired by Robin as well. His sister, Gemma, also has a Robin bird tattoo that's very similar to the drawing for this album, that's an homage to their stepdad. 9. Woman. Taylor Swift. It's a sister song to his unreleased song (for this same album) Him, which leaked in 2022. Basically after they ended things for good (when she started dating Calvin Harris in 2015) Harry was pretty jealous, even though he knew he didn't really have a right to be. Don't worry, she was the same way about him. 10. From The Dining Table. Taylor Swift lmao. She wrote her version of this song as well, somewhat. It's in 1989 TV
@ANNEMARIE.K2362 күн бұрын
Fine Line (second album) I have to write things down a little differently for this one because while it tells a story from beginning to end, the tracklist isn't chronological. 1. Golden. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 2. Watermelon Sugar. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 3. Adore You. Could be about Camille or someone else. Personally I lean to someone else because of the time in which he wrote it (May 2019, a year after they broke up) + the topic of the song. The other song similar to this one (Watermelon Sugar) was written in September 2017. I think it's infatuation with someone but not necessarily Camille, also he and Camille were fairly serious from the word go, and this song seems to be about someone he was with not officially. 4. Lights Up. In his words, self identity, self expression, coming to terms with himself. He had written Medicine for his first album but he didn't end up releasing it (he performed it live a ton tho), and Medicine seems to be about exploring his sexuality and realizing he's not fully straight. I think Lights Up is a follow-up to that. Like, the journey he went through from "oh I'm not straight" to "I'm unapologetic about this and I'll tell my friends and family." The music video reinforces this idea. 5. Cherry. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 6. Falling. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 7. To Be So Lonely. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 8. She. Self identity. Not necessarily GENDER or not being cis, but more so, the struggle a lot of men face with embracing their femininity and leaving toxic masculinity behind. Not really about clothes or stuff like that, because that's pretty inconsequential, but everything that comes with it, and how that's perceived by friends and family, and the world. "He takes a boat out, imagines just sailing away, and not telling his mates, he wouldn't know what to say." 9. Sunflower, Vol. 6. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 10. Canyon Moon. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 11. Treat People With Kindness. A conceptual song about changing the world through kindness. 12. Fine Line. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. Okay, so not to put together the timeline of Camille Watermelon Sugar - "baby you're the end of June" that's when they started dating (end of June 2017), as well as the beginning of Summer. "In Watermelon Sugar" by Richard Brautigan was her favorite book, Harry said that book inspired the song directly. It's about performing oral sex to her, basically (well, he said it's about the female orgasm, like, those are his words). Essentially the song is about the euphoria of the beginning of a relationship. Canyon Moon - both Harry and his girlfriend lived in Laurel Canyon in LA, the song is about him being on tour in the end of 2017 and reminiscing about the time they spent together under the Canyon moon. It mentions Jenny, who's the wife of one of his friends/producer (Kid Harpoon aka Tom Hull), Jenny and Kid became really close friends with him and his girlfriend Camille and would hang out with them all the time, so the lyrics allude to him being on the phone with Camille while he's on tour and listening to his friends in the background. Missing the familiarity of what would happen when he was in Laurel Canyon with her. It also mentions "she plays songs I've never heard. An old lover's hippie music. Pretends not to know the words." This is a direct allusion to Camille's ex boyfriend, Devendra Banhart. Camille dated Devendra until May 2017, right before she met Harry. Devendra is what could be considered a hippie musician. This song is still happy, but twinges of sadness begin to appear. Golden - This is when the cracks begin to show. Harry and Camille had a whole thing with yellow, in the music video his nails are painted yellow and he's wearing a yellow hat, and the whole song and vibe of the music video is basically saying that she's too bright for him. He's always been self deprecating but this song is kinda painful. The first semblance of the fact that she wouldn't open up to him shows up. It's likely that Harry was more of a rebound to her while he was deeply in love with him. I'll expand on this in a second, but Camille recently said that her current boyfriend, Theo, is the love of her life, that they met a few years before they started dating but they weren't ready to affront the type of relationship they would end up having at the time, so they went their separate ways until they found their way to each other. This means they met before she dated Harry and she felt this way while they dated. I don't think she was being malicious about it, but I do think they were on completely separate pages and this song shows his perspective about it.
@ANNEMARIE.K2362 күн бұрын
Before the next group of songs, I'll say what I think happened between them when they broke up. They started dating end of June 2017 and I think by the spring of 2018 things weren't very good between them. She went on tour with him through Europe in March 2018, and she would post from museums that he would close so they could tour together without other people, all around Europe. It was quite sweet. Around early April she quite abruptly went back to LA, while he continued his tour. She didn't seem to be working there, but there also didn't seem to be bad blood. She missed all his hometown shows in Manchester and London, which was weird, but did show up for his show in Dublin, except, she apparently didn't stay to watch it, and was just seen before the show, where she watched the opener (Mabel) standing with him. Right after that show Harry traveled to Australia where his next few shows would be while Camille stayed back in the UK for work. In Australia he started playing a new guitar he'd never played before. Turns out the guitar was designed by a very good friend of Camille's called Nikolai Haas (Harry confirmed this and he's to this day very close to Nikolai). Speculation is that Harry and Camille had ended things amicably when she left his tour and then she took the guitar to him in Dublin, taking advantage of the fact that she had to go to Britain anyway. But at this point, they weren't together anymore. Right after this, Camille was seen hanging out with some older men at bars and kissing them. People were pretty upset with her, but truth of the matter is that they were probably not together at this point. She also started dating Alexander Skarsgard (who, fun fact, was Alexa Chung's ex boyfriend. Camille and Alexa were good friends, and Alexa had been the one to introduce her and Harry, so that was awkward. Alexa unfollowed her from social media). After Australia Harry did Latin America then finished his tour in the US. Through all of this, Camille was a no-show to any of his concerts, while before, she'd go to a ton of them. She did end up going to his second Madison Square Garden show (this was in late June, they hadn't seen each other since late April!), but curiously, took a flight there on the day-off, and Harry was busy playing the final of a ping pong tournament he himself organized with the crew (fun fact, he won, and he showed off the trophy on stage lmao). Then after the show he went out with friends and she did the same, but separately. She had a photoshoot in New York the next day, so most likely scenario, they were still separated, but she had to be in New York for work, so she just went to his show because why not. Harry's next show after that was in DC and he was not in a good mood. He seemed tired and over it. Frankly it was the first and last time he didn't seem to have a great time while performing. Camille wouldn't go to any more of his shows until the very last one, in The Forum. Kendall Jenner, Harry's ex, was in the friends and family section of this show, and Camille was in the stands. She didn't go backstage, where there was a whole party until like 4 AM, and was seen spotted leaving The Forum right after the show ended. At this point she was already dating her current boyfriend Theo (they started dating in June/July). Now what do I think happened? I'm piecing together what we know happened with his lyrics and stuff they've both said in interviews plus hindsight. There are a few unreleased songs that leaked in 2022 (his producer's harddrive was hacked), and those songs are a lot more raw and unedited, so they have more "tea". Of course this is an interpretation and not facts. It's rumored that Camille has a cocaine problem (hence the multiple allusions to cocaine in songs that seem to be about her). She also has an ED, which she has talked about in old interviews. Apparently she got pregnant with his baby and ended up losing it/aborting. I personally lean more towards losing it, because the song that talks about this mentions her being in a hospital bed. Abortion wouldn't necessitate being in a hospital bed unless they had waited until she was way further along, which is unlikely. Early abortion is ambulatory and most people do it at home (it's a pill). Also, he mentions "I think you wanted to keep it." Meaning, he doesn't really know what she wanted. Abortion isn't impossible, but unlikely. You usually discuss what it is you want with your partner before doing it. I think this miscarriage had a huge impact in their life/relationship. Perhaps it made her realize she didn't see a future with him. From afar their lives seem wholly incompatible. I don't think the breakup was bad, but I think he was in love with her and she just wasn't on the same page. I think it definitely impacted her, but just not in the same way as him. And I think for a while, they continued communication and if they were in the same place at the same time, they'd hook up. I think Harry wasn't happy with this arrangement and was quite sad because he loved her so much, and he knew it was a cycle he had to cut off, but didn't know how. In New York, when she went to his show, he went out with friends, got drunk, called her, and they ended up hooking up. But there was an argument, perhaps him being jealous and possessive when he had no room to, and he didn't spend the night, which made him click and realize he couldn't continue this way. So after this incident, he called her and told her he needed distance and he couldn't do this halfway thing. She started seeing her current boyfriend shortly after. Harry was devastated that she moved on because he couldn't, and it took him a very long time to get over her. Now the songs, cause we left off at Golden. Fine Line - Falling - To Be So Lonely - This trio of songs tell the same story, just different parts of it. Fine Line seems to be about that fateful night where he went out with his friends and got drunk and called her. "We'll get the drinks in so I'll get to thinking of her." In the song he also says "spreading you open is the only way of knowing you." Meaning, she will only allow him to get to know her in terms of sex. She will not accept a relationship. This also follows Golden's theme of her not opening up to him. In Falling, he's regretting what happened. He says "forget what I said. It's not what I meant." Perhaps he was cruel when communicating his distaste for their arrangement. The thing is that he's now in his own bed alone, and the only one to blame for his own suffering is himself - the drink and his wandering hands. He knew he shouldn't do that, but he did it anyway. He recognizes he's in a cycle that's harmful for him and he needs to get out of it. He's falling, and he doesn't like himself in this context. But he's worried that if he lets go of the cycle, if he fully detaches himself from her, then she won't need him anymore, she won't talk about him anymore, she'll just forget about him and move on. And it's that fear, and wanting to be around her, what made him relent, except he now wonders, if in his desire to be around her, he's not becoming someone he himself doesn't like. The Beachwood Cafe is Camille's favorite coffee shop in LA. In To Be So Lonely, he's taken the decision of ending things. He asks her to not call him anymore (there's a play with words of "don't call me, baby, again" in which he asks her both not to call him anymore, and not to call him "baby" anymore). He says he believes her when she says she wants them to be friends and in good terms, but it's just not good for him. That he's of the jealous kind and it hurts him. "This is it, so I'm sorry." He also says "don't blame the drunk caller." Saying "i know I called you the last time, it's not my fault." There's a part where he seems to sarcastically repeat stuff she's said to him like "I was just a little boy" (he's four years younger than her and at the time that meant 23/27 or 24/28) or "I'm just an arrogant son of a bitch who can't admit when he's sorry." Even though he says "sorry" multiple times in this album. To me, it's just stuff she said to him in their argument and he's using his fry British humor to be like "well I'm a little boy and an arrogant son of a bitch anyway, so why do you wanna be friends?" An important part is that in an interview with Howard Stern a few years later (2022) Harry said that he doesn't drink at all while he's on tour because he always hates the show right after. That in his solo career he only ever drank once while on tour and he HATED the next concert. Every single fan was in consensus while he said that, that he meant the DC concert in 2018. Which is the show after this encounter with Camille would've happened. Harry said he only ever drank once while on tour, and because of how things developed with Camille, while we don't know exactly when they broke up, they 100% did when he was on tour. And there are three breakup songs about her that talk about getting drunk, but he said he only got drunk once (something he clarified while talking about something completely unrelated). This makes the theory about all three songs having elements of the same night incredibly likely.
@ANNEMARIE.K2362 күн бұрын
Cherry - This song is the aftermath of the prior three. When Camille moves on. Harry is devastated, he basically calls out her new man ("does he take you walking round his parents gallery" Camille's new man is called Theo Niarchos, the heir to the Niarchos family, which owns a ton of museums around the world). Harry is basically flexing that he's self made while Theo is a nepo baby. Harry used to take her walking around galleries, and close off the galleries for her, but through his career and contacts that he himself forged, not because his daddy owned the galleries. This song also plays with words using the "don't call me baby again" from To Be So Lonely and turning it into "don't you call him baby, don't you call him what you used to call me." The song ends with a voicenote of Camille speaking in French while Harry plucks his guitar in the background. His agonizing screams of pain mix in with her laughter. It's devastating. He said the voice note he just found it on his phone and he added it because her voice was in the same key as the song. He asked for permission to use this voicenote and the woman said yes with no issues lol. Sunflower, Vol. 6 - This is the happy note in which he concludes the story (though he actually injects some optimism as well in Fine Line, the song which closes the album, despite the theme). Basically, in this song he repeats the thematic of her being too bright for him plus also how he viewed her as this incredible being "I have your face hung up high in the gallery, out of this shade." The analogy he uses in the song is how Sunflower seeds need the flower to die in order to be able to be planted and grow new plants. Vol 6 is the stage of the sunflower in which the sunflower starts dying (1 is planted in soil, 2 is the plant appearing and growing, 3 is the plant giving out a sunflower bloom, 4 is the bloom becoming a flower, opening up, living, 5 is the flower beginning to decay 6 is the harvesting of the seeds in order to start the cycle again). He's saying "your flowers" (relationship) "just died" (just ended) "plant new seeds in the melody" (turn that pain into music, art). It's a beautiful way of seeing a relationship that caused him so much pain
@ANNEMARIE.K2362 күн бұрын
Lastly (I can't believe I typed this much, sorry) Harry's House (third album) 1. Music For A Sushi restaurant. Masquerades as a love song but it's actually an analysis of the music industry as it pertains himself ("green eyes fried rice I could cook an egg on you" he has green eyes). It's basically the music industry telling him "you're hot, but you could be better, let me help you" until he's no longer of use to it, and they drop him. The music video illustrates this perfectly (he's a mermaid who's found on land by workers at a sushi restaurant, and they begin prepping to cook him until they realize he can sing, they make him the live entertainment of the restaurant until he can't sing anymore and then they cook him and serve him for dinner). The bridge summarizes it as well "if the stars were edible and our hearts were never full, could we live with just a taste?" There's also the subtle flip from "I don't want you to get lost I don't want you to go broke I want you" and then "I'm not going to get lost I'm not going to go broke staying cool." 2. Late Night Talking. I don't think initially this song was supposed to be about OIivia Wilde (his girlfriend at the time of releasing the album) because he wrote it before they met. But I think he made some tweaks in the lyrics to allude to her afterwards (he recorded the album in August 2021, so when they'd been together almost a year). "You stub your toe or break your camera." Olivia is a director and they met while working on the movie Don't Worry Darling, which she directed. It's just a generic love song and he made it about her, cute. 3. Grapejuice, this is one of the last songs he wrote on the album in the spring of 2021, so when he was already with Olivia (they got together late 2020). It's a song about hanging out in Hampstead Heath, where he lives, and drinking red wine. I think it's more of an ode to the life he had there, and she was a sidenote, but I do think it was somewhat about her as well. 4. As It Was - Olivia is mentioned (Leave America, two kids follow her), but I think it's more about his mental struggles during and post pandemic. He quarantined with friends because he hates being alone. He's been in therapy for a while and I think the pills he alludes to are SSRIs, so prescribed. I think the allusion is asking him if the concoction he's taking is good enough. 5. Daylight - This seems to be about Camille and their awful relationship that I described above. This is probably a reach, but MSG used to edit out photos of the artist that performed there on the roof, and Camille was on an airplane to go see him at MSG right before the disaster that culminated things between them. So he would be literally "on the roof" and she'd be literally "on an airplane seat." Selfishly, I want to believe this is about Camille because I'm a Capricorn and so is she, and he mentions reading her horoscope in thsi song lol 6. Little Freak - I think this is about someone he wasn't intimate with, who he maybe thought he might get with after Camille, when he was heartbroken. The song was written in early 2019 in Japan, when he was nursing a broken heart (canon event). He mentions the person in the song never seeing his birthmark. His birthmark is on his back. Meaning they were never naked, vulnerable around each other. He also mentions her hiding the body all that yoga gave her with a tracksuit and putting her hair in a ponytail. Neither of these things describe Camille. 7. Matilda. Inspired in the Roald Dahl book Matilda. He wrote about a friend, but making her character be Matilda from the book. He didn't say who it was about, but he said that he wanted them to know he cared, and that it was okay, even if it wasn't his place to do or say more. 8. Cinema. First song that's straight up about Olivia Wilde. It's just a sexy song about her being cool and hot. 9. Daydreaming. This isn't very deep, I think it's also about Olivia. When he was writing these songs they had just been separated for a few weeks while he was in LA for the Grammys and she was in London with her kids, so it seems that that inspired him. 10. Keep Driving. Seems to be about Camille once again, and once again because of leaked songs. There are other songs that are definitely about Camille where he mentions her asking him to choke her (sexually) while he doesn't really want to. He just wants to be with her, settle down with her. "She asks me to choke her, I play along." In this song it doesn't sound quite so sad, but he says "choke her with a sea view." I think it's just about realizing a relationship isn't gonna work out but you keep going anyway. 11. Satellite. I think this song is about Olivia. A lot of people interpret him saying "we share the last line" as in they shared cocaine, but I think he actually genuinely means sharing the last line of a script. Harry and Olivia met while filming a movie. It's entirely possible they were running lines together. Especially given that they made the relationship official towards mid October and they started filming in early October. Meaning, if they were running lines before they started filming they'd be in the "I like you I wanna be with you" stages while not actually dating. In this song he says "you got a new life" which fits with the fact that she had just separated from her ex fiancé and father of her two kids, Jason Sudeikis. It's basically like, "okay, you're getting your life together and I don't want to bother you, but when you're ready, I'm here, right here, waiting to be there for you and help you." 12. Boyfriends. This is just a "men suck" song. Inspired by his own perils as a boyfriend plus observing friends and family go through shitty men. 13. Love Of My Life. This is about England, he said so straight up. And it sounds absurd at first but when you look at the lyrics it makes sense. He says "I don't know you half as well as all my friends." Because his friends have actually spent time getting to know the country and the land and he has jetted off constantly and spent little time in it. It's just a postcard of him appreciating his country but realizing it's not the love of his life. I think when he wrote this song he was in love with his then girlfriend Olivia, who had a life in LA, and he was thinking that he might have to move there because she had kids which she shared with her ex. And he was like "well, England, I love you, but you're not the love of my life, and if I have to go live in LA again, then I will." (Harry did briefly live in LA from 2015 till 2017 ish, he moved back to London permanently, shipped his cars even, in 2018/2019). In Late Night Talking, which I think he tweaked to be about Olivia, he said "If it's Hollywood or Bishopsgate I'm coming too." As in, I'll just go wherever you will be. The relationship with Olivia didn't end up working out but it was very committed (they both got tattoos for each other, he got her name on his thigh and she got "sexy boy" on the back of her neck).
@jonrepeat2 күн бұрын
Absolutely love all of this context! This is one of my favourite parts about making music and writing, is all of the personal details and treating making art as a form of therapy. Have been a fan of Harry since X factor and seeing him use his traumas and experiences in life to make art is so inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to provide this info and for the support (after your comments deffo solidified my fave album of his being fine line imo) 🙏🙏
@sugar24946 күн бұрын
hi!!! iv'e been a harry styles stan since 2019 and honestly, 'Little Freak' from Harry's House would probably have to be one of my favourites along with 'SOTT'!! along with being a harry stan, I also really enjoy BTS and have been following them since 2020. i would love to see you reacting to some of their music/solo works - whatever you prefer!! if you need help with what songs to react to/how to navigate reacting to them, as I know that it can be quite intimidating, I have no problem helping you!! thank you for this great reaction <3
@jonrepeat6 күн бұрын
@@sugar2494 thank you for much for the support and offer of help! I haven’t listened to Little Freak before but may do a Harry’s House album reaction in the future. Yes! That’s a brilliant idea for BTS will put that in my list - I know many members have been killing it like jungkook etc so always intrigued to see what they’re up to
@bertinasalcedoramos83029 күн бұрын
Great bqnd
@jonrepeat9 күн бұрын
Yes! Was really interesting listening to them for the first time.
@jamesbostrom73499 күн бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaVltLeKf6i4h8Y.html she didnt sing live, it was pre recorded in the studio
@jonrepeat9 күн бұрын
Hmm I see. Will always love and support celine- she’s a living legend. I can imagine it must be so hard given her health issues
@jeffferguson8999 күн бұрын
it was 100% pre recorded and pitch corrected. she is still a great singer though
@jonrepeat9 күн бұрын
She is amazing and will always be a legend no matter what
@jean-dominiquegervais8106Күн бұрын
I am certain you are writh, but steel it s a stuninig and emotional performance
@mushpurple9 күн бұрын
Billie's new album is amazing
@jonrepeat9 күн бұрын
Will put it on my album listen list! 😃😃
@anaeferreir2038 күн бұрын
@@jonrepeat AOTY hands down hahahaha
@jonrepeat8 күн бұрын
@@anaeferreir203 omgggg im so excited to listen now! This reaction will be coming soon
@Mark.mp311 күн бұрын
Did he just say Dave chappell roan 😭😭
@gianmercado473612 күн бұрын
KING! you should react/ listen to Ariana Grandes last album if you already haven't
@jonrepeat12 күн бұрын
Thank you for the support! I have but it was my first ever video and was filmed on my laptop so the quality was so shitty 😂was thinking of re recording as a second listen
@LacosteAlain12 күн бұрын
Celine is a QUEEN all over the world but even moreover in France..
@jonrepeat12 күн бұрын
Yes! A legend and icon 👑
@classicalaid113 күн бұрын
Where is Celine? We need ot see her as well as you.
@jonrepeat13 күн бұрын
Of course! As I’m still new at this I’m still figuring out how to show the videos I’m reacting to on screen/afford the software/cameras to do that - so for now it’s just me. Hopefully in future I will be able to include both x
@siveyy7415 күн бұрын
Do harry styles next!!
@jonrepeat15 күн бұрын
Thank you for suggestion, will put on my list 🤓😃
@LutBen1315 күн бұрын
Resentment is so underrated
@jonrepeat15 күн бұрын
Perfect car/travelling song! Love her more country songs it shows off her voice in such an earnest and beautiful way ❤️
@dimitrieur17 күн бұрын
great video keep up the great work!
@jonrepeat17 күн бұрын
Thank you for the support 🙏
@scottdorsey822017 күн бұрын
What a surprise to see a review of this Rufus and Chaka Khan album! I love the textures and arrangements, both musical and vocal. My favorites are Everlasting Love, Close The Door, Earth Song, Hollywood and Egyptian Song. The other songs were also very enjoyable. Clearly, Chaka's had a wonderfully rich and unique career with her one of a kind voice. Lots of range, depth and color. Thanks for this presentation!
@jonrepeat17 күн бұрын
You are very welcome! I really enjoyed listening to this album as part of my journey listening to Rolling Stones Greatest Albums of All Time. The way Rufus and Chaka complimented another was fantastic. Love Earth song, Hollywood and Egyptian song too!
@Mark-rw9gw19 күн бұрын
My favorite of all the Rufus and Chaka Khan albums. Chaka & Rufus had great chemistry together. Chaka's powerful voice remains.
@jonrepeat19 күн бұрын
I really enjoyed listening to this album, I just remember feeling so much joy because you could feel the deep love and the passion for the music. Chaka delivered!!!
@franklinguzmanciprian20 күн бұрын
I love this comeback. She is a Great artist and deserve more support ❤️
@jonrepeat20 күн бұрын
Agree, very underrated song writer and I’m so happy she’s free to create under her own terms now
@CalebSteeleOfficial20 күн бұрын
Woah, my stomach is turning right now, thank you so much😭🤍⭐️ the Britney comparison made my year!!!
@jonrepeat20 күн бұрын
Awww no worries gurl keep slaying!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
@salmerz4422 күн бұрын
yes the psycho lyric is def a reference to syco simons label
@jonrepeat22 күн бұрын
Love that! One of my favourite debuts after little mix’s hiatus for sure
@matejburic138823 күн бұрын
Oh mother Kesha!!!! Kesha writes all her songs so its very hard to explore it all cause she has 200+ unreleased songs (that leaked) imagine all the songs that havent leak yet
@jonrepeat23 күн бұрын
Yesss it was hard narrowing down her discography to cover in my video, she’s had so many bangers!! Not heard many of her leaks however, but may have a cheeky listen (sorry kesh 😅)
@matejburic138823 күн бұрын
@@jonrepeat dont worry she loves when those songs leak 💀
@jonrepeat23 күн бұрын
@@matejburic1388okay good will stream ❤❤❤ i didn’t know if she was funny about it like ari etc
@jsesteves27 күн бұрын
OMG SHUT UP! too much yapping, less of that, and more of listening and reacting.
@haleyalaym623127 күн бұрын
You have some great insights!
@jonrepeat27 күн бұрын
Thank you for saying that and for the support 🙏🙏
@ChappellsDaughter27 күн бұрын
You not being able to say femininomenon is so funny 😭😭 I feel you, I've been there before
@jonrepeat27 күн бұрын
😭 the struggle was real
@ChappellsDaughter27 күн бұрын
No self-control, me sees Chappell Roan, me clicks 🧌
@locogirlz28 күн бұрын
Love your reaction! Some context for California if you're interested she wrote it after being dropped by her label and having to move back home to MO to work at a drive through & as a nanny. She then decided to give music one last try and moved back to CA to finish her album, self funding and working with her friends to film all her music videos, & I'm so glad more folks are being exposed to her music now! She's so talented and has been working for this for a decade now! 💗
@jonrepeat28 күн бұрын
Love this context thank you for providing this- I love how she never gave up on her dreams and funnily enough the tribe she found in California helped build her up which is why finding your people is so important. Get your life Chappell girl!!
@pinsandneedles328 күн бұрын
Ugh, I love the "could go to hell but we'll probably be fine" line in Naked in Manhattan. It's such a quick and simple way to express that nagging internalized homophobia many of us have been fed through religion. You've worked through it (we'll probably be fine 🤷♀️) but it can still be there at the back of your mind at times
@jonrepeat28 күн бұрын
100% nagging feeling is such a good way of describing it - like a subtle stabbing with a knife and constantly questioning literally every personal choice and the relationships we have. I feel this too and I wasn’t even raised religiously but it’s this messaging we get 24/7 so can’t imagine how difficult it is if you’re raised in religion.
@locogirlzАй бұрын
Love your reaction you really get what Chappell is trying to say with her songs! You should check out the rest of her album & her music videos too she's so talented 💗
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
Thank you for your support! Will be on it gurl ❤️❤️❤️
@pinsandneedles3Ай бұрын
I love how deep you went into the lyrics, it was interesting to hear your thoughts ✨ I wanted to echo what you said about how women can have a different sort of experience with heteronormativity due to the way sexist societies have taught us to prioritize male approval and male pleasure - you get it!!! I'm a lesbian and I had a relatively easy time coming to terms with the fact that I liked girls. There was a few years of confusion in my teens but I kept crushing on girls and eventually I was like 🤷♀️🤷♀️ 'fine, I get it' lmao What I *really* struggled with was realizing that I did NOT like boys. I feel like so much of that traditional, conventional, normative 'womanhood' we are taught in our cultures revolves around catering to men: to be a woman is to be *attracted to,* and appear *attractive for* men. It was a huge mess to untangle in my brain when I was figuring out my identity There are definitely aspects of traditional 'manhood' that push heterosexuality too, of course. Just trying to say that the combination of homophobia and sexism is a wild ride 😅 Anyway, again, I really loved this reaction! Would love to see you react to more Chappell. Her 2023 album has many cool songs with many different vibes
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
Thank you for the support! 🙏 yes I will be reacting to some more Chappell for sure. I can also appreciate that regarding women being conditioned to seek male approval and sexism, that’s one of the reasons I wanted to highlight it because there are some differences in our experiences and it’s important to be intersectional. It’s so positive there is a more prominent role model for queer youth and particularly queer women like Chappell and I’m so excited to see where her career goes. ❤️❤️
@Harlan-kj8idАй бұрын
I’d love to see your reaction to the Pink Pony Club video 🎉
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
Yess! I’ve been meaning to react to more music videos thank you for your support and suggestion 🙏
@goosebackes541624 күн бұрын
The video makes me cry LOL@@jonrepeat
@LizaRDesmondАй бұрын
Wand and a rabbit (sex toys)
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
ms roan if you’re nasty I see I see
@Wiley_CoyoteАй бұрын
Dave Chappelle Roan. 😄
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
😂😂 an iconic duo no one asked for
@royward2316Ай бұрын
Chappell (like apple)
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
Not me basically calling her Dave Chapelle 😅 thank you for letting me know, will update the bio to reflect
@ChappellsDaughterАй бұрын
Pink pony club was written after she went to a gay bar for the first time. She fell in love with the drag scene and it was the first time that she felt truly accepted for who she is. Basically pink pony club is a safe space for her and that she tries to recreate during her shows (which are awesome)
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
That’s amazing! So her concerts become that pink pony club for fans and a new generation - that’s so nice she’s creating these safe and inclusive spaces. She will be on heavy repeat from now I’m rooting for her!
@ChappellsDaughterАй бұрын
No self-control, me sees Chappell, me clicks 🧌
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
😂😂😂
@DiamondddddRageАй бұрын
LOVE CHAPPELL🩷Can you please react to Radio Station by Caleb Steele, he’s unknown but it’s cunt!🤭
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
Omggg of course! Will put this on my list, thank you for support ❤️❤️
@DiamondddddRageАй бұрын
@@jonrepeat 😊thank u!
@JmrDaviesАй бұрын
Brilliant reaction Jon. Amazing album!
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
Thank you for the support! Agreed, loved this from her - a perfect blend of heartfelt lyrics and excellent production
@lauraholliday9343Ай бұрын
I love that you picked up on the miscommunication aspect because that to me was what stood out about this album more than anything else! I feel it goes beyond accidental miscommunication though and (even though these are sometimes projections) is about the motives we choose to assign to people, which are sometimes nasty or mean or, well, just bratty. For me the song I resonated with most was Girl so confusing because (while I agree it's common for all genders) I feel like being unsure of whether you love or hate another woman is a fundamental part of being socialized as a girl and being pitted against other women since childhood because of misogyny. But also because sometimes girls just don't get along, and that's ok. It's something that I feel pop has shied away from in recent years with lots of artists focusing too much on an idealized version of female friendship and hyperfeminine aesthetics in ways that I don't always relate to. Another thing that I loved about this album was that the sequencing felt so carefully considered. With the two most lighthearted, going out partying songs being first and last like you said, and masking the deeper, more vulnerable feelings that come up in the middle, this feels very resonant for an era where we are encouraged to be casual and conceal / brush off deeper emotions as if they're not that serious. (In a relationship sense, I think that's also what Sympathy Is A Knife and Everything Is Romantic are about.) So it makes sense that these more serious songs like So I and Apple (which is really upbeat for maybe one of the darkest songs on there) are placed in the middle, and all leading up to maybe the most vulnerable of all, I Think About It All The Time. I think it's cool too that even songs earlier on in the album take on a darker meaning once you've heard it all, like Rewind. You initially think it's about the 90s nostalgia but does she want to Rewind so she can have more time because she thinks she's running out? The whole existential crisis of being late 20s/30 and feeling like everyone is either having babies or out at the club is so true lol and this album encapsulates that perfectly.
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
100% agree! Very true about downplaying of emotions and even down to how the songs were produced it’s such a contrast to what’s being said. I also think the lyrics were sort of…messy? In the best way! And that must be so liberating. I also can appreciate that with girl so confusing- I never like to assume anyone’s experience as that’s not my experience but I suppose this need to be proper and not have these messy emotions is an expectation which must be so draining.
@lauraholliday9343Ай бұрын
@@jonrepeat Yeah they were kind of messy! And very raw, which definitely feels on purpose I agree
@mistystep7993Ай бұрын
Charli confirmed that Julia is Julia Fox!!! And Girl so confusing was about Lorde - they worked it out on the remix. PS awesome vid!
@jonrepeatАй бұрын
Thank you for clearing this up and for the support! Definitely makes sense as Julia Fox is absolutely fabulousss
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Great reaction, you had wonderful insights and thoughts on this album! P.S: That's not a kid choir in Wake Up, it's a female member of the band doing backing vocals! (she also sang lead vocals on Haiti and In The Backseat)
I see, thank you for letting me know about the vocals for Wake Up. I think the vocals complimented the song and the underlying message- it’s just when you’ve heard Take That Never Forget from your mum on repeat anything remotely sounding kids choir like gives PTSD 😂😂😂 thank you for your support and the compliment it is much appreciated 🙏
Absolute LEGEND.
Yesss! One of the vocal trinity
Good video! I might be one of the only people on this earth that would have Suicide as their favorite band, so i'm happy to see someone react to this absolutely underrated but extremely influental band. I would highly recommend to do another reaction on their second album, as well as their 3rd album which contains problaby the most romantic song ever (Surrender)
Yes, loved listening to them. It’s not a band I’d usually listen to but can really understand their influence now and appreciate the craft put into their songs (and I agree they are very underrated by general public). Thank you so much for the comment and support 🙏
So, some insight you might enjoy. This is my interpretation of the topic of the songs, as a longtime fan HS1 (first album) 1. Meet Me In The Hallway - about his stepfather who had a long battle with cancer. He passed away shortly after the album came out. 2. Sign of the Times - about his friend Matt Irwin who committed suicide around the time he was writing this song. Harry said it was about a mother dying in childbirth right after telling her child "go forth and conquer." I don't doubt that that part is also true, but I think it's very clear the inspiration was Matt, given the timeline, the lyrics of the song, and what Harry said about Matt in interviews (he didn't mention his name but said he'd lost a friend to suicide and he often wondered if he could've done more for him, instead of taking him at face value when he said he was fine, and it prompted him to actually ask his friends now, and be there for them). He didn't open up about about Matt until a few years after the album came out. 3. Carolina. We know this one, this isn't an interpretation but fact. He met a girl called Townes Jones through his friend Cameron and they went on a couple of dates. It didn't end up being a relationship but he wrote the song about her. Her name is in the song, and he has somewhat explained it. Also the girl's father gave an interview saying it was about his daughter lol 4. Two Ghosts. Taylor Swift. It's in reply to her song Style. Harry and Taylor had a back and forth relationship between March 2012 and late 2014/early 2015. They both dated other people in the middle and wrote a bunch of songs about this period of their lives. 5. Sweet Creature. About his sister Gemma. In 2017, when the album came out, he said this song was about platonic love but didn't elaborate. In 2023, during his last London show, he talked about his sister and how much she meant to him and said he would be playing a song for her, and played Sweet Creature (which he hadn't performed live in years). Gemma then reacted on Twitter, confirming the song was about her. 6. Only Angel. Kendall Jenner. It's my interpretation but also, pretty much everyone agrees with it. 7. Kiwi. A woman called Georgia Fowler who he had a fling with in 2015. She posted a couple of snapchat videos without letting him know when they were spending time together at a hotel and he cut off all contact with her. There were insiders saying he was livid with her. She's from New Zealand, hence, Kiwi. I'm not sure if it's an actual retelling of events, or if he's just describing a shallow opportunistic woman and the trappings of fame for men like him, because of his experience with her. I can see it go either way, but I'm 99% sure the song was inspired by her. 8. Ever Since New York. His stepfather Robin. This is confirmed by Harry. He said it was about finding out that "bad news about a family member." He said this in May 2017 and then his stepdad passed away from cancer in June. That plus the lyrics plus the fact that, every album has a drawing that somewhat represents the contents of it, and this album has a Robin bird, makes me think that there are a few songs about Robin, ESNY and MMITH are my main contenders. It's possible parts of SOTT are inspired by Robin as well. His sister, Gemma, also has a Robin bird tattoo that's very similar to the drawing for this album, that's an homage to their stepdad. 9. Woman. Taylor Swift. It's a sister song to his unreleased song (for this same album) Him, which leaked in 2022. Basically after they ended things for good (when she started dating Calvin Harris in 2015) Harry was pretty jealous, even though he knew he didn't really have a right to be. Don't worry, she was the same way about him. 10. From The Dining Table. Taylor Swift lmao. She wrote her version of this song as well, somewhat. It's in 1989 TV
Fine Line (second album) I have to write things down a little differently for this one because while it tells a story from beginning to end, the tracklist isn't chronological. 1. Golden. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 2. Watermelon Sugar. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 3. Adore You. Could be about Camille or someone else. Personally I lean to someone else because of the time in which he wrote it (May 2019, a year after they broke up) + the topic of the song. The other song similar to this one (Watermelon Sugar) was written in September 2017. I think it's infatuation with someone but not necessarily Camille, also he and Camille were fairly serious from the word go, and this song seems to be about someone he was with not officially. 4. Lights Up. In his words, self identity, self expression, coming to terms with himself. He had written Medicine for his first album but he didn't end up releasing it (he performed it live a ton tho), and Medicine seems to be about exploring his sexuality and realizing he's not fully straight. I think Lights Up is a follow-up to that. Like, the journey he went through from "oh I'm not straight" to "I'm unapologetic about this and I'll tell my friends and family." The music video reinforces this idea. 5. Cherry. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 6. Falling. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 7. To Be So Lonely. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 8. She. Self identity. Not necessarily GENDER or not being cis, but more so, the struggle a lot of men face with embracing their femininity and leaving toxic masculinity behind. Not really about clothes or stuff like that, because that's pretty inconsequential, but everything that comes with it, and how that's perceived by friends and family, and the world. "He takes a boat out, imagines just sailing away, and not telling his mates, he wouldn't know what to say." 9. Sunflower, Vol. 6. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 10. Canyon Moon. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. 11. Treat People With Kindness. A conceptual song about changing the world through kindness. 12. Fine Line. His ex girlfriend Camille Rowe. Okay, so not to put together the timeline of Camille Watermelon Sugar - "baby you're the end of June" that's when they started dating (end of June 2017), as well as the beginning of Summer. "In Watermelon Sugar" by Richard Brautigan was her favorite book, Harry said that book inspired the song directly. It's about performing oral sex to her, basically (well, he said it's about the female orgasm, like, those are his words). Essentially the song is about the euphoria of the beginning of a relationship. Canyon Moon - both Harry and his girlfriend lived in Laurel Canyon in LA, the song is about him being on tour in the end of 2017 and reminiscing about the time they spent together under the Canyon moon. It mentions Jenny, who's the wife of one of his friends/producer (Kid Harpoon aka Tom Hull), Jenny and Kid became really close friends with him and his girlfriend Camille and would hang out with them all the time, so the lyrics allude to him being on the phone with Camille while he's on tour and listening to his friends in the background. Missing the familiarity of what would happen when he was in Laurel Canyon with her. It also mentions "she plays songs I've never heard. An old lover's hippie music. Pretends not to know the words." This is a direct allusion to Camille's ex boyfriend, Devendra Banhart. Camille dated Devendra until May 2017, right before she met Harry. Devendra is what could be considered a hippie musician. This song is still happy, but twinges of sadness begin to appear. Golden - This is when the cracks begin to show. Harry and Camille had a whole thing with yellow, in the music video his nails are painted yellow and he's wearing a yellow hat, and the whole song and vibe of the music video is basically saying that she's too bright for him. He's always been self deprecating but this song is kinda painful. The first semblance of the fact that she wouldn't open up to him shows up. It's likely that Harry was more of a rebound to her while he was deeply in love with him. I'll expand on this in a second, but Camille recently said that her current boyfriend, Theo, is the love of her life, that they met a few years before they started dating but they weren't ready to affront the type of relationship they would end up having at the time, so they went their separate ways until they found their way to each other. This means they met before she dated Harry and she felt this way while they dated. I don't think she was being malicious about it, but I do think they were on completely separate pages and this song shows his perspective about it.
Before the next group of songs, I'll say what I think happened between them when they broke up. They started dating end of June 2017 and I think by the spring of 2018 things weren't very good between them. She went on tour with him through Europe in March 2018, and she would post from museums that he would close so they could tour together without other people, all around Europe. It was quite sweet. Around early April she quite abruptly went back to LA, while he continued his tour. She didn't seem to be working there, but there also didn't seem to be bad blood. She missed all his hometown shows in Manchester and London, which was weird, but did show up for his show in Dublin, except, she apparently didn't stay to watch it, and was just seen before the show, where she watched the opener (Mabel) standing with him. Right after that show Harry traveled to Australia where his next few shows would be while Camille stayed back in the UK for work. In Australia he started playing a new guitar he'd never played before. Turns out the guitar was designed by a very good friend of Camille's called Nikolai Haas (Harry confirmed this and he's to this day very close to Nikolai). Speculation is that Harry and Camille had ended things amicably when she left his tour and then she took the guitar to him in Dublin, taking advantage of the fact that she had to go to Britain anyway. But at this point, they weren't together anymore. Right after this, Camille was seen hanging out with some older men at bars and kissing them. People were pretty upset with her, but truth of the matter is that they were probably not together at this point. She also started dating Alexander Skarsgard (who, fun fact, was Alexa Chung's ex boyfriend. Camille and Alexa were good friends, and Alexa had been the one to introduce her and Harry, so that was awkward. Alexa unfollowed her from social media). After Australia Harry did Latin America then finished his tour in the US. Through all of this, Camille was a no-show to any of his concerts, while before, she'd go to a ton of them. She did end up going to his second Madison Square Garden show (this was in late June, they hadn't seen each other since late April!), but curiously, took a flight there on the day-off, and Harry was busy playing the final of a ping pong tournament he himself organized with the crew (fun fact, he won, and he showed off the trophy on stage lmao). Then after the show he went out with friends and she did the same, but separately. She had a photoshoot in New York the next day, so most likely scenario, they were still separated, but she had to be in New York for work, so she just went to his show because why not. Harry's next show after that was in DC and he was not in a good mood. He seemed tired and over it. Frankly it was the first and last time he didn't seem to have a great time while performing. Camille wouldn't go to any more of his shows until the very last one, in The Forum. Kendall Jenner, Harry's ex, was in the friends and family section of this show, and Camille was in the stands. She didn't go backstage, where there was a whole party until like 4 AM, and was seen spotted leaving The Forum right after the show ended. At this point she was already dating her current boyfriend Theo (they started dating in June/July). Now what do I think happened? I'm piecing together what we know happened with his lyrics and stuff they've both said in interviews plus hindsight. There are a few unreleased songs that leaked in 2022 (his producer's harddrive was hacked), and those songs are a lot more raw and unedited, so they have more "tea". Of course this is an interpretation and not facts. It's rumored that Camille has a cocaine problem (hence the multiple allusions to cocaine in songs that seem to be about her). She also has an ED, which she has talked about in old interviews. Apparently she got pregnant with his baby and ended up losing it/aborting. I personally lean more towards losing it, because the song that talks about this mentions her being in a hospital bed. Abortion wouldn't necessitate being in a hospital bed unless they had waited until she was way further along, which is unlikely. Early abortion is ambulatory and most people do it at home (it's a pill). Also, he mentions "I think you wanted to keep it." Meaning, he doesn't really know what she wanted. Abortion isn't impossible, but unlikely. You usually discuss what it is you want with your partner before doing it. I think this miscarriage had a huge impact in their life/relationship. Perhaps it made her realize she didn't see a future with him. From afar their lives seem wholly incompatible. I don't think the breakup was bad, but I think he was in love with her and she just wasn't on the same page. I think it definitely impacted her, but just not in the same way as him. And I think for a while, they continued communication and if they were in the same place at the same time, they'd hook up. I think Harry wasn't happy with this arrangement and was quite sad because he loved her so much, and he knew it was a cycle he had to cut off, but didn't know how. In New York, when she went to his show, he went out with friends, got drunk, called her, and they ended up hooking up. But there was an argument, perhaps him being jealous and possessive when he had no room to, and he didn't spend the night, which made him click and realize he couldn't continue this way. So after this incident, he called her and told her he needed distance and he couldn't do this halfway thing. She started seeing her current boyfriend shortly after. Harry was devastated that she moved on because he couldn't, and it took him a very long time to get over her. Now the songs, cause we left off at Golden. Fine Line - Falling - To Be So Lonely - This trio of songs tell the same story, just different parts of it. Fine Line seems to be about that fateful night where he went out with his friends and got drunk and called her. "We'll get the drinks in so I'll get to thinking of her." In the song he also says "spreading you open is the only way of knowing you." Meaning, she will only allow him to get to know her in terms of sex. She will not accept a relationship. This also follows Golden's theme of her not opening up to him. In Falling, he's regretting what happened. He says "forget what I said. It's not what I meant." Perhaps he was cruel when communicating his distaste for their arrangement. The thing is that he's now in his own bed alone, and the only one to blame for his own suffering is himself - the drink and his wandering hands. He knew he shouldn't do that, but he did it anyway. He recognizes he's in a cycle that's harmful for him and he needs to get out of it. He's falling, and he doesn't like himself in this context. But he's worried that if he lets go of the cycle, if he fully detaches himself from her, then she won't need him anymore, she won't talk about him anymore, she'll just forget about him and move on. And it's that fear, and wanting to be around her, what made him relent, except he now wonders, if in his desire to be around her, he's not becoming someone he himself doesn't like. The Beachwood Cafe is Camille's favorite coffee shop in LA. In To Be So Lonely, he's taken the decision of ending things. He asks her to not call him anymore (there's a play with words of "don't call me, baby, again" in which he asks her both not to call him anymore, and not to call him "baby" anymore). He says he believes her when she says she wants them to be friends and in good terms, but it's just not good for him. That he's of the jealous kind and it hurts him. "This is it, so I'm sorry." He also says "don't blame the drunk caller." Saying "i know I called you the last time, it's not my fault." There's a part where he seems to sarcastically repeat stuff she's said to him like "I was just a little boy" (he's four years younger than her and at the time that meant 23/27 or 24/28) or "I'm just an arrogant son of a bitch who can't admit when he's sorry." Even though he says "sorry" multiple times in this album. To me, it's just stuff she said to him in their argument and he's using his fry British humor to be like "well I'm a little boy and an arrogant son of a bitch anyway, so why do you wanna be friends?" An important part is that in an interview with Howard Stern a few years later (2022) Harry said that he doesn't drink at all while he's on tour because he always hates the show right after. That in his solo career he only ever drank once while on tour and he HATED the next concert. Every single fan was in consensus while he said that, that he meant the DC concert in 2018. Which is the show after this encounter with Camille would've happened. Harry said he only ever drank once while on tour, and because of how things developed with Camille, while we don't know exactly when they broke up, they 100% did when he was on tour. And there are three breakup songs about her that talk about getting drunk, but he said he only got drunk once (something he clarified while talking about something completely unrelated). This makes the theory about all three songs having elements of the same night incredibly likely.
Cherry - This song is the aftermath of the prior three. When Camille moves on. Harry is devastated, he basically calls out her new man ("does he take you walking round his parents gallery" Camille's new man is called Theo Niarchos, the heir to the Niarchos family, which owns a ton of museums around the world). Harry is basically flexing that he's self made while Theo is a nepo baby. Harry used to take her walking around galleries, and close off the galleries for her, but through his career and contacts that he himself forged, not because his daddy owned the galleries. This song also plays with words using the "don't call me baby again" from To Be So Lonely and turning it into "don't you call him baby, don't you call him what you used to call me." The song ends with a voicenote of Camille speaking in French while Harry plucks his guitar in the background. His agonizing screams of pain mix in with her laughter. It's devastating. He said the voice note he just found it on his phone and he added it because her voice was in the same key as the song. He asked for permission to use this voicenote and the woman said yes with no issues lol. Sunflower, Vol. 6 - This is the happy note in which he concludes the story (though he actually injects some optimism as well in Fine Line, the song which closes the album, despite the theme). Basically, in this song he repeats the thematic of her being too bright for him plus also how he viewed her as this incredible being "I have your face hung up high in the gallery, out of this shade." The analogy he uses in the song is how Sunflower seeds need the flower to die in order to be able to be planted and grow new plants. Vol 6 is the stage of the sunflower in which the sunflower starts dying (1 is planted in soil, 2 is the plant appearing and growing, 3 is the plant giving out a sunflower bloom, 4 is the bloom becoming a flower, opening up, living, 5 is the flower beginning to decay 6 is the harvesting of the seeds in order to start the cycle again). He's saying "your flowers" (relationship) "just died" (just ended) "plant new seeds in the melody" (turn that pain into music, art). It's a beautiful way of seeing a relationship that caused him so much pain
Lastly (I can't believe I typed this much, sorry) Harry's House (third album) 1. Music For A Sushi restaurant. Masquerades as a love song but it's actually an analysis of the music industry as it pertains himself ("green eyes fried rice I could cook an egg on you" he has green eyes). It's basically the music industry telling him "you're hot, but you could be better, let me help you" until he's no longer of use to it, and they drop him. The music video illustrates this perfectly (he's a mermaid who's found on land by workers at a sushi restaurant, and they begin prepping to cook him until they realize he can sing, they make him the live entertainment of the restaurant until he can't sing anymore and then they cook him and serve him for dinner). The bridge summarizes it as well "if the stars were edible and our hearts were never full, could we live with just a taste?" There's also the subtle flip from "I don't want you to get lost I don't want you to go broke I want you" and then "I'm not going to get lost I'm not going to go broke staying cool." 2. Late Night Talking. I don't think initially this song was supposed to be about OIivia Wilde (his girlfriend at the time of releasing the album) because he wrote it before they met. But I think he made some tweaks in the lyrics to allude to her afterwards (he recorded the album in August 2021, so when they'd been together almost a year). "You stub your toe or break your camera." Olivia is a director and they met while working on the movie Don't Worry Darling, which she directed. It's just a generic love song and he made it about her, cute. 3. Grapejuice, this is one of the last songs he wrote on the album in the spring of 2021, so when he was already with Olivia (they got together late 2020). It's a song about hanging out in Hampstead Heath, where he lives, and drinking red wine. I think it's more of an ode to the life he had there, and she was a sidenote, but I do think it was somewhat about her as well. 4. As It Was - Olivia is mentioned (Leave America, two kids follow her), but I think it's more about his mental struggles during and post pandemic. He quarantined with friends because he hates being alone. He's been in therapy for a while and I think the pills he alludes to are SSRIs, so prescribed. I think the allusion is asking him if the concoction he's taking is good enough. 5. Daylight - This seems to be about Camille and their awful relationship that I described above. This is probably a reach, but MSG used to edit out photos of the artist that performed there on the roof, and Camille was on an airplane to go see him at MSG right before the disaster that culminated things between them. So he would be literally "on the roof" and she'd be literally "on an airplane seat." Selfishly, I want to believe this is about Camille because I'm a Capricorn and so is she, and he mentions reading her horoscope in thsi song lol 6. Little Freak - I think this is about someone he wasn't intimate with, who he maybe thought he might get with after Camille, when he was heartbroken. The song was written in early 2019 in Japan, when he was nursing a broken heart (canon event). He mentions the person in the song never seeing his birthmark. His birthmark is on his back. Meaning they were never naked, vulnerable around each other. He also mentions her hiding the body all that yoga gave her with a tracksuit and putting her hair in a ponytail. Neither of these things describe Camille. 7. Matilda. Inspired in the Roald Dahl book Matilda. He wrote about a friend, but making her character be Matilda from the book. He didn't say who it was about, but he said that he wanted them to know he cared, and that it was okay, even if it wasn't his place to do or say more. 8. Cinema. First song that's straight up about Olivia Wilde. It's just a sexy song about her being cool and hot. 9. Daydreaming. This isn't very deep, I think it's also about Olivia. When he was writing these songs they had just been separated for a few weeks while he was in LA for the Grammys and she was in London with her kids, so it seems that that inspired him. 10. Keep Driving. Seems to be about Camille once again, and once again because of leaked songs. There are other songs that are definitely about Camille where he mentions her asking him to choke her (sexually) while he doesn't really want to. He just wants to be with her, settle down with her. "She asks me to choke her, I play along." In this song it doesn't sound quite so sad, but he says "choke her with a sea view." I think it's just about realizing a relationship isn't gonna work out but you keep going anyway. 11. Satellite. I think this song is about Olivia. A lot of people interpret him saying "we share the last line" as in they shared cocaine, but I think he actually genuinely means sharing the last line of a script. Harry and Olivia met while filming a movie. It's entirely possible they were running lines together. Especially given that they made the relationship official towards mid October and they started filming in early October. Meaning, if they were running lines before they started filming they'd be in the "I like you I wanna be with you" stages while not actually dating. In this song he says "you got a new life" which fits with the fact that she had just separated from her ex fiancé and father of her two kids, Jason Sudeikis. It's basically like, "okay, you're getting your life together and I don't want to bother you, but when you're ready, I'm here, right here, waiting to be there for you and help you." 12. Boyfriends. This is just a "men suck" song. Inspired by his own perils as a boyfriend plus observing friends and family go through shitty men. 13. Love Of My Life. This is about England, he said so straight up. And it sounds absurd at first but when you look at the lyrics it makes sense. He says "I don't know you half as well as all my friends." Because his friends have actually spent time getting to know the country and the land and he has jetted off constantly and spent little time in it. It's just a postcard of him appreciating his country but realizing it's not the love of his life. I think when he wrote this song he was in love with his then girlfriend Olivia, who had a life in LA, and he was thinking that he might have to move there because she had kids which she shared with her ex. And he was like "well, England, I love you, but you're not the love of my life, and if I have to go live in LA again, then I will." (Harry did briefly live in LA from 2015 till 2017 ish, he moved back to London permanently, shipped his cars even, in 2018/2019). In Late Night Talking, which I think he tweaked to be about Olivia, he said "If it's Hollywood or Bishopsgate I'm coming too." As in, I'll just go wherever you will be. The relationship with Olivia didn't end up working out but it was very committed (they both got tattoos for each other, he got her name on his thigh and she got "sexy boy" on the back of her neck).
Absolutely love all of this context! This is one of my favourite parts about making music and writing, is all of the personal details and treating making art as a form of therapy. Have been a fan of Harry since X factor and seeing him use his traumas and experiences in life to make art is so inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to provide this info and for the support (after your comments deffo solidified my fave album of his being fine line imo) 🙏🙏
hi!!! iv'e been a harry styles stan since 2019 and honestly, 'Little Freak' from Harry's House would probably have to be one of my favourites along with 'SOTT'!! along with being a harry stan, I also really enjoy BTS and have been following them since 2020. i would love to see you reacting to some of their music/solo works - whatever you prefer!! if you need help with what songs to react to/how to navigate reacting to them, as I know that it can be quite intimidating, I have no problem helping you!! thank you for this great reaction <3
@@sugar2494 thank you for much for the support and offer of help! I haven’t listened to Little Freak before but may do a Harry’s House album reaction in the future. Yes! That’s a brilliant idea for BTS will put that in my list - I know many members have been killing it like jungkook etc so always intrigued to see what they’re up to
Great bqnd
Yes! Was really interesting listening to them for the first time.
kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaVltLeKf6i4h8Y.html she didnt sing live, it was pre recorded in the studio
Hmm I see. Will always love and support celine- she’s a living legend. I can imagine it must be so hard given her health issues
it was 100% pre recorded and pitch corrected. she is still a great singer though
She is amazing and will always be a legend no matter what
I am certain you are writh, but steel it s a stuninig and emotional performance
Billie's new album is amazing
Will put it on my album listen list! 😃😃
@@jonrepeat AOTY hands down hahahaha
@@anaeferreir203 omgggg im so excited to listen now! This reaction will be coming soon
Did he just say Dave chappell roan 😭😭
KING! you should react/ listen to Ariana Grandes last album if you already haven't
Thank you for the support! I have but it was my first ever video and was filmed on my laptop so the quality was so shitty 😂was thinking of re recording as a second listen
Celine is a QUEEN all over the world but even moreover in France..
Yes! A legend and icon 👑
Where is Celine? We need ot see her as well as you.
Of course! As I’m still new at this I’m still figuring out how to show the videos I’m reacting to on screen/afford the software/cameras to do that - so for now it’s just me. Hopefully in future I will be able to include both x
Do harry styles next!!
Thank you for suggestion, will put on my list 🤓😃
Resentment is so underrated
Perfect car/travelling song! Love her more country songs it shows off her voice in such an earnest and beautiful way ❤️
great video keep up the great work!
Thank you for the support 🙏
What a surprise to see a review of this Rufus and Chaka Khan album! I love the textures and arrangements, both musical and vocal. My favorites are Everlasting Love, Close The Door, Earth Song, Hollywood and Egyptian Song. The other songs were also very enjoyable. Clearly, Chaka's had a wonderfully rich and unique career with her one of a kind voice. Lots of range, depth and color. Thanks for this presentation!
You are very welcome! I really enjoyed listening to this album as part of my journey listening to Rolling Stones Greatest Albums of All Time. The way Rufus and Chaka complimented another was fantastic. Love Earth song, Hollywood and Egyptian song too!
My favorite of all the Rufus and Chaka Khan albums. Chaka & Rufus had great chemistry together. Chaka's powerful voice remains.
I really enjoyed listening to this album, I just remember feeling so much joy because you could feel the deep love and the passion for the music. Chaka delivered!!!
I love this comeback. She is a Great artist and deserve more support ❤️
Agree, very underrated song writer and I’m so happy she’s free to create under her own terms now
Woah, my stomach is turning right now, thank you so much😭🤍⭐️ the Britney comparison made my year!!!
Awww no worries gurl keep slaying!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
yes the psycho lyric is def a reference to syco simons label
Love that! One of my favourite debuts after little mix’s hiatus for sure
Oh mother Kesha!!!! Kesha writes all her songs so its very hard to explore it all cause she has 200+ unreleased songs (that leaked) imagine all the songs that havent leak yet
Yesss it was hard narrowing down her discography to cover in my video, she’s had so many bangers!! Not heard many of her leaks however, but may have a cheeky listen (sorry kesh 😅)
@@jonrepeat dont worry she loves when those songs leak 💀
@@matejburic1388okay good will stream ❤❤❤ i didn’t know if she was funny about it like ari etc
OMG SHUT UP! too much yapping, less of that, and more of listening and reacting.
You have some great insights!
Thank you for saying that and for the support 🙏🙏
You not being able to say femininomenon is so funny 😭😭 I feel you, I've been there before
😭 the struggle was real
No self-control, me sees Chappell Roan, me clicks 🧌
Love your reaction! Some context for California if you're interested she wrote it after being dropped by her label and having to move back home to MO to work at a drive through & as a nanny. She then decided to give music one last try and moved back to CA to finish her album, self funding and working with her friends to film all her music videos, & I'm so glad more folks are being exposed to her music now! She's so talented and has been working for this for a decade now! 💗
Love this context thank you for providing this- I love how she never gave up on her dreams and funnily enough the tribe she found in California helped build her up which is why finding your people is so important. Get your life Chappell girl!!
Ugh, I love the "could go to hell but we'll probably be fine" line in Naked in Manhattan. It's such a quick and simple way to express that nagging internalized homophobia many of us have been fed through religion. You've worked through it (we'll probably be fine 🤷♀️) but it can still be there at the back of your mind at times
100% nagging feeling is such a good way of describing it - like a subtle stabbing with a knife and constantly questioning literally every personal choice and the relationships we have. I feel this too and I wasn’t even raised religiously but it’s this messaging we get 24/7 so can’t imagine how difficult it is if you’re raised in religion.
Love your reaction you really get what Chappell is trying to say with her songs! You should check out the rest of her album & her music videos too she's so talented 💗
Thank you for your support! Will be on it gurl ❤️❤️❤️
I love how deep you went into the lyrics, it was interesting to hear your thoughts ✨ I wanted to echo what you said about how women can have a different sort of experience with heteronormativity due to the way sexist societies have taught us to prioritize male approval and male pleasure - you get it!!! I'm a lesbian and I had a relatively easy time coming to terms with the fact that I liked girls. There was a few years of confusion in my teens but I kept crushing on girls and eventually I was like 🤷♀️🤷♀️ 'fine, I get it' lmao What I *really* struggled with was realizing that I did NOT like boys. I feel like so much of that traditional, conventional, normative 'womanhood' we are taught in our cultures revolves around catering to men: to be a woman is to be *attracted to,* and appear *attractive for* men. It was a huge mess to untangle in my brain when I was figuring out my identity There are definitely aspects of traditional 'manhood' that push heterosexuality too, of course. Just trying to say that the combination of homophobia and sexism is a wild ride 😅 Anyway, again, I really loved this reaction! Would love to see you react to more Chappell. Her 2023 album has many cool songs with many different vibes
Thank you for the support! 🙏 yes I will be reacting to some more Chappell for sure. I can also appreciate that regarding women being conditioned to seek male approval and sexism, that’s one of the reasons I wanted to highlight it because there are some differences in our experiences and it’s important to be intersectional. It’s so positive there is a more prominent role model for queer youth and particularly queer women like Chappell and I’m so excited to see where her career goes. ❤️❤️
I’d love to see your reaction to the Pink Pony Club video 🎉
Yess! I’ve been meaning to react to more music videos thank you for your support and suggestion 🙏
The video makes me cry LOL@@jonrepeat
Wand and a rabbit (sex toys)
ms roan if you’re nasty I see I see
Dave Chappelle Roan. 😄
😂😂 an iconic duo no one asked for
Chappell (like apple)
Not me basically calling her Dave Chapelle 😅 thank you for letting me know, will update the bio to reflect
Pink pony club was written after she went to a gay bar for the first time. She fell in love with the drag scene and it was the first time that she felt truly accepted for who she is. Basically pink pony club is a safe space for her and that she tries to recreate during her shows (which are awesome)
That’s amazing! So her concerts become that pink pony club for fans and a new generation - that’s so nice she’s creating these safe and inclusive spaces. She will be on heavy repeat from now I’m rooting for her!
No self-control, me sees Chappell, me clicks 🧌
😂😂😂
LOVE CHAPPELL🩷Can you please react to Radio Station by Caleb Steele, he’s unknown but it’s cunt!🤭
Omggg of course! Will put this on my list, thank you for support ❤️❤️
@@jonrepeat 😊thank u!
Brilliant reaction Jon. Amazing album!
Thank you for the support! Agreed, loved this from her - a perfect blend of heartfelt lyrics and excellent production
I love that you picked up on the miscommunication aspect because that to me was what stood out about this album more than anything else! I feel it goes beyond accidental miscommunication though and (even though these are sometimes projections) is about the motives we choose to assign to people, which are sometimes nasty or mean or, well, just bratty. For me the song I resonated with most was Girl so confusing because (while I agree it's common for all genders) I feel like being unsure of whether you love or hate another woman is a fundamental part of being socialized as a girl and being pitted against other women since childhood because of misogyny. But also because sometimes girls just don't get along, and that's ok. It's something that I feel pop has shied away from in recent years with lots of artists focusing too much on an idealized version of female friendship and hyperfeminine aesthetics in ways that I don't always relate to. Another thing that I loved about this album was that the sequencing felt so carefully considered. With the two most lighthearted, going out partying songs being first and last like you said, and masking the deeper, more vulnerable feelings that come up in the middle, this feels very resonant for an era where we are encouraged to be casual and conceal / brush off deeper emotions as if they're not that serious. (In a relationship sense, I think that's also what Sympathy Is A Knife and Everything Is Romantic are about.) So it makes sense that these more serious songs like So I and Apple (which is really upbeat for maybe one of the darkest songs on there) are placed in the middle, and all leading up to maybe the most vulnerable of all, I Think About It All The Time. I think it's cool too that even songs earlier on in the album take on a darker meaning once you've heard it all, like Rewind. You initially think it's about the 90s nostalgia but does she want to Rewind so she can have more time because she thinks she's running out? The whole existential crisis of being late 20s/30 and feeling like everyone is either having babies or out at the club is so true lol and this album encapsulates that perfectly.
100% agree! Very true about downplaying of emotions and even down to how the songs were produced it’s such a contrast to what’s being said. I also think the lyrics were sort of…messy? In the best way! And that must be so liberating. I also can appreciate that with girl so confusing- I never like to assume anyone’s experience as that’s not my experience but I suppose this need to be proper and not have these messy emotions is an expectation which must be so draining.
@@jonrepeat Yeah they were kind of messy! And very raw, which definitely feels on purpose I agree
Charli confirmed that Julia is Julia Fox!!! And Girl so confusing was about Lorde - they worked it out on the remix. PS awesome vid!
Thank you for clearing this up and for the support! Definitely makes sense as Julia Fox is absolutely fabulousss