For this post, I am going to pick a couple of today’s popular music hits, and go through the lyrics. Some people have no idea what some of these songs actually mean. The songs that are being played, teenagers and younger are singing them not knowing the real meanings behind the songs. These songs can be demeaning to women, making sexual comments, and other meanings that many adults do not even know. So I am going to pick some songs.
One song that has been playing a lot on the radio would be Cake By The Ocean by DNCE. I actually went to Myrtle Beach with a couple of girls last week. They insisted that we get cupcakes and take pictures of them “eating cake by the ocean”. They, however, did not know what that meant. The term “eating cake by the ocean” means to have sex by the ocean. Another part of these lyrics are “You should be rolling with me, you should be rolling with me”. This is saying that the women he is singing about should be “rolling” in bed with him. Another term for having sex with him. The last part of the song is “Red velvet, vanilla, chocolate in my life, Confetti, I’m ready; I need it every night
Red velvet, vanilla, chocolate in my life”. This part of the song shows different cake types. Another way to sing about that they could have sex with any “color” of women, every night.
Another song that has been playing is Me Too by Meghan Trainor. I am a big fan of Trainor’s work since her song All About that Bass. All of Trainor’s songs are about positive outlooks. She has been an inspiration to many girls, to be who they want to be and to be confident in who they are. Her new song Me Too is another one of those songs, however, it talks more about Trainor’s fame. It goes through her normal day, like looking in the mirror. She talks about how when looking in the mirror that every day she is still beautiful, no matter what anyone says. Trainor is known as having a wider shape, so when her video got enhanced (a smaller waste), Trainor flipped out. It was soon fixed and got blown up by media. Me Too is still helping girls understand who they are and that they are perfect.
Some of the songs today are positive and highlighting that women are independent and do not need to be someone else. However, some songs are not like that. I personally think that everyone needs to listen to the lyrics and to also look at the lyrics to better understand what we, and our children are singing about. Limiting what they listen to at least till they are old enough to understand what these lyrics mean.
