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Fine Line- Song review

Hello!!! Welcome to my song review! I really enjoy it and I love to talk about it and analyze lyrics (I do take a look on Genius and do other research to see what other people, who may know more about the singer and their lyrics to see what they have to say about the song and lyrics.). With that being said, these are all MY personal opinions. Please do not attack me if you do not feel the same. But I am open to hear your opinions in the comments (please be nice and respectful about it). And please be respectful to others too. Anyway, that's it. Please enjoy!!! <3

**My review and deep dive of this song is purely my opinions and the way I see it. Meaning I see it with a combination of metaphors and such.**

Single Song Review/deep dive

“Fine Line” by Harry Styles

Release date; December 13th 2019

“Fine Line” is the twelfth song from Harry Styles’ sophomore album “Fine Line”, released in December of 2019. Though I have not done an album review of “Fine Line” I can say that this song is my favorite. From the instrumentals down to the lyrics, the song takes you through a ride of emotions.

Fine line, the line between good and bad. If you have listened to the whole album before you know how about half of the songs immerse in “good” feelings and the other are “bad��. This being the final song of the album concludes all of the feelings and emotions that were felt through the album and album making process. “One thing I hadn’t experienced before was how I felt during the making of this record. The times when I felt good and happy were the happiest I’ve ever felt in my life, and the times when I felt sad were the lower I’ve ever felt in my life.” Harry Styles states in an interview with Zane Lowe. You’re supposed to feel emotions, good and bad. Because with the good comes bad, and with the bad comes good.

The song starts with the simple chords of a guitar, “Put a price on emotion, looking for something to buy.” It’s being in search of emotion, in search of happiness and the feeling of being okay, willing to buy it at whatever price needed. Willing to do whatever just to be okay, just wanting to be alright.

The guitar continues on as we hear the next few lyrics,

“You've got my devotion

But man, I can hate you sometimes

I don't want to fight you

And I don't wanna sleep in the dirt

We'll get the drinks in

So I'll get to thinking of her”

Which seem to paint an image of giving love to someone, who seems to not give it back, or struggles to. And that person is struggling to deal with that, wanting to continue to give this love but not feel this unwanted feeling they have. Could that person that they are struggling to be loved by, be themselves too?

This now leads to the chorus, “We’ll be a fine line.” That line is repeated six times as we hear the guitar continue on with another sound of different instruments slowly being added in. With this first chorus it sounds as if they are trying to prove something or convince someone of something, that whatever we are going through at the moment we can get through. We can be that fine line between the good and bad.

“Test of my patients, there's things that we’ll never know.” Will we ever know if we will be alright, will we be able to be alright?

“You sunshine, you temptress” A temptress meaning someone who is alluring, dragging a person along because of beauty, to try and get them to do an action. Could this song be seen as a fight between one singular person? Them trying to love themselves and being strung along by themselves yet, also struggling to simply love themselves?

“My hand's at risk, I fold” An action in poker, meaning to step away and pull out from the game. When you fold your hand you neither gain or lose anything. The person is leaving while not gaining or losing a thing at the same time, a good or a bad thing?

“Crisp trepidation, I'll try to shake this soon” Trepidation; the feeling or fear that something is going to happen soon. Wanting to shake away, get rid of that feeling.

“Spreading you open, Is the only way of knowing you“ Breaking down those walls, spreading you open to know every part of yourself. You must know yourself to love yourself it seems.

We then go into the second chorus, not only is “We’ll be a fine line” repeated over and over, “We’ll be alright” is also added in. With every sentence the instrumental increases along with the words. Harry’s voice in this part of the chorus seems to grow and grow, like it's begging for us to know, or for the person in this song to know that we will be alright, it's going to be okay.

With every sentence when the instruments increase it adds a sort of feeling of peace. The drums and trumpets come in, just increasing the feeling until that final point at the end when it's just the drums and trumpets. It feels like an ending to a book, like a conclusion. That conclusion being,

Life is a Fine Line, but we will be alright.

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haveatoastwiththisgirlalmighty · 4 years ago

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1st Album Review

Firstly, Hi! This is my first album review. I'm very excited to get to do this since music is something I really enjoy and I love to talk about it and analyze lyrics (I do take a look on Genius to see what other people, who may know more about the singer and their lyrics to see what they have to say about the song and lyrics.). With that being said, these are all MY personal opinions. Please do not attack me if you do not feel the same. But I am open to hear your opinions in the comments (please be nice and respectful about it). And please be respectful to others too. Anyway, that's it. Please enjoy!!! <3

“Scaled and Icy” By Twenty One Pilots

Release date: Friday May 21st, 2021

Genre: Like a mix of rock, rap and pop.

Tracks-

Good Day: I think this was a good song to open the album with. It has a very upbeat and catchy tune, along with the lyrics. But with that being said, it is definitely different from their past style. But I will go more in depth with that later. Overall for this song I do quite like it, and it seems like something I would play to make myself happier or even just for fun with friends. I give this song a 7.5/10

Choker: This was their second single that they dropped before the album was released. This song's lyrics seem to give off more vibes from their past albums. Mostly “Vessel”. The lyrics that seem to try and sort of hide the pain but also show it in different ways, “Self-sabotage is a sweet romance. Seems like all I'm worth is what I'm able to withstand. Sooner I can realize that pain is the middleman.” These lyrics hit at pain, but hide it with the very upbeat and catchy tune. I give this song 8/10

Shy Away: The first single released before the album. Again sort of like “choker”, these lyrics seem to have vibes or a similar writing style from their past albums. “Shy Away” seems to be about self acceptance. Don't be afraid to be yourself, don't hide the person you are or who you want to be, “Don't you Shy away”. Through the song, the character or person that they may be singing to has a change. In verse two it says, “When you get home. You barely recognize the pictures, they put in a frame.” Sort of showing that you can't find your true self, or can't even see it. Then in verse three it switches, “When I get home. Boy, you better not be there. You're long gone” Now, I think this can mean two different things. Either that their “true self” is gone and that they cant find it or keep pushing it away because they are too scared to be their true self. Or that their old self is gone. They finally shed their skin (“And leave your skin on the floor”) and found themselves and they are able to be themselves. I think that because I really love the meanings and the message behind the lyrics, I'll give this song a 9/10.

The Outside: Again, the beat is very, very catchy. That's the main vibe I get from the album so far. This seems like the first song that really brings out the sort of rap style in different parts of the songs that we saw a lot in their past albums. Though the beat is catchy and so are the lyrics, I’m not a huge fan of this song in particular, 6/10.

Saturday: Their third, and final single (As of 5/21/21). Okay. . .so the beginning sounds like a song they would use on an “Old Navy” commercial. Buuuutttttttt I will say that this song's lyrics are actually quite cool. The chorus seems to align with an old song of theirs, “Migraine” from their 2013 album “Vessel”. “Slow down on Monday. Not a sound on Wednesday. Might get loud, on Friday. But on Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, we paint the town.” I think that the way they describe the days could correlate with the lyrics from Migraine, “Thank God it's Friday, Cause Fridays will always be better than Sundays, Cause Sunday's are my suicide days.” Either saying how, over the time they have gotten better, their days have changed and no longer feel the way they did. I give this a 8/10, mostly for the lyrics and how it may align with their past song.

Never Take It: This song is calling out to everyone. How people are fighting back, fighting to know the truth about our world. Speaking on how people profit off of lies and separating the world from each other. I think this song has a great underlying message. 9/10

Mulberry Street: Fun Fact- Mulberry is actually a real place in New York. This song is like, when you're feeling out of place. You're different and “Everyone relies on synthetic highs” to sort of deal with that, to deal with not having control over everything. I actually really love this one, the beat and the instruments actually feel like “a synthetic high”, it makes me feel light and airy. I love it, 10/10.

Formidable: This song was written by Tyler and is very close to him since it is about his daughter Rosie. With this being said, I’m not going to diss this song because it is something close to him. Plus I think it's a great song and makes me feel happy and like everyone deserves love. 10/10

Bounce Man: Like a man running from maybe his life or trying to find a new life. They are happy and their friends are begging them to come back home. But his friends are trying to know if he is okay while trying to search for him or giving him reasons to bounce back to them. Like almost all of the songs on the album, I truly just adore the beat of the songs, 7/10.

No Chances: This song gives me so many vibes that take me back to their “Trench” album and era Sort of a dark, twisted beat with lyrics that make you feel like people are after you. 9/10, because I love the way it gives me “Trench” vibes.

Redecorate: This song ends the story. But it actually tells a story of the story in the album. . .does that make sense? Through the album we hear a story of this person who seems to be running in circles trying to find themself, to try and be a better person. In the end they find a way that they can change their life, using the metaphor, “Should I keep it on display? Or redecorate?” 10/10

Recap: Going into this album review, I was scared that I wouldn't like it that much. Since I, and many others, were so used to their old style of music, this was a big change. But with the big change there is a lot of good that comes from it. With this album, Tyler and Josh both seem much happier, like they are in a better head space. And I am so thankful for that, because even though they gave us great music in the past, they really were not in the best head space. I feel like many people have pushed away from “Scaled and Icy” because of the change. But I would much rather Tyler and Josh to give us a different style of music, than to stay how they were. I can't express how proud I am of the both of them, not only for getting help but for fighting through what they did. And for giving us a great album that we can cherish. It is truly amazing.

I love the story that comes with the lyrics, how it shows that even if you're an “outcast” you can still be amazing and push through. You can still become the person you achieve to be. Some songs in the album have a truly great message behind them, and I think that's import. Since many people these days spend forever idolizing their idols or favorite band, they look up to them and it makes a huge part of who they are. So I find it important that artists speak on issues in today's society and pledge for a better life in the world we live in.

My final rating. . .8.5/10.

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