Good Days – SZA
- “Good Days” by SZA is a song about finding hope, resilience, and peace within oneself through negative situations. She talks about her past relationships and how she has grown as a person after them. She also talks about how she has learned to love herself much more.
Are We Still Friends – Tyler, the Creator
- “Are We Still Friends” by Tyler the Creator is a song about friendships, specifically about a friendship in which he’s uncertain of. He doesn’t know if he and the other are still connected due to the connection being fragile. Tyler expressed that he wants to stay closely connected due to the old and long standing bond they’ve had, but it may not happen due to past negative experiences.
Breakin’ Dishes – Rihanna
- “Breakin’ Dishes” by Rihanna is a song about mental distraught and anxiety. She sings about fear and internal turmoil, specifically about when she experiences it. She talks about how it can appear suddenly and take hold. Later on, the song implies that the mental anguish that has been festering in the mind for so long has started to seem like light and positivity, even though it’s not. She wishes to get away from the mental struggle and go back into the light.
Crazy In Love – Beyonce
- “Crazy in Love” by Beyonce is a song about being passionately in love and how it feels. She expresses her intense emotions that come with that infatuation and sings about how she is consumed by these emotions, those of which being love. She expresses that she would do anything for her partner and displays the intensity of being deeply emotionally attached to them to the point where logic and reason don’t have an effect on her decisions. Instead, her feelings control her romantically crazed actions.
Drop It Like It’s Hot – Snoop Dogg
- “Drop It Like It’s Hot” by Snoop Dogg is, overall, about confidence and nonchalance. He talks about maintaining his cool demeanor in situations and keeping a level-head. He also displays his widely known status and cool demeanor in the music industry. Along with his status, he talks about his wealth and fame. The song itself is a celebration of staying composed and stylish.
Passionfruit – Drake
- “Passionfruit” by Drake is a song about the complex nature of romantic relationships, as he talks about his own in the song. The song lyrics portray the struggle caused by romantic relationships, such as being not able to maintain intimacy and connection in long-distance relationships. He talks about how he cannot maintain his faithfulness to his partner and tells her the relationship should end due to the connection fading. The song itself is overall talking about the strong passion of love, but being unable to change old ways and put in effort to keep the relationship going.
