And then, the next song really talks about how fleeting those connections are because it’s stage and it’s not real, essentially. “I’m pretty much just setting the scene for the next song, ‘This Will Do.’ It’s really just a message or a Bat-Signal for just a connection that I made while on stage. But selfishly, we could still do everything we’re doing.’ Because it’s just, I don’t know, sometimes it feels easier to be in something while you try to heal versus just healing, staring at a wall.” “‘Scarred’ really is just running into someone fresh off of a heartbreak way too quick and really just telling them, ‘I’m a fan of what this is, but it’s not going to work because the breakup is so fresh and because I still have lingering issues that need to be resolved. So, that’s really just the end of everything before. Pretty much the story of this one is either we’re going to be something or nothing at all, and then it ended up being nothing at all. “I always think it’s really important to start with just a hook-something heavy, drums, just rhythmic. Below, GIVĒON shares the ideas and inspiration behind each of the songs.
“I made my other stuff in 2019-2020, so naturally, with the course of time, I knew I was evolving as an artist, so I wasn’t really worried about it.” By the end of it all, Mom is brought to tears-the happy sort though. “I just wanted to make sure I was being honest and vulnerable, and making sure everything was elevated,” he says, adding that there was little different about his approach this time around. As a result, these songs sound-and feel-like some of his most mature to date, even as he searches for romantic maturity within himself. GIVĒON’s gorgeous voice has the kind of grit and soul that imbues every lyric with emotional resonance the production throughout further adds to the mood while also allowing his instrument to take center stage. “I really wanted to give people a look behind the curtains of a 26-year-old man growing up today.” “That’s why the stories kind of feel like a roller coaster and not just one smooth story-because it was more sporadic,” he explains.
The songs are experiences he recounts to his mom, in search of advice or perhaps absolution. Between wandering eyes, bad timing, and a desire to heal always at odds with the weakness of the flesh, there’s a bit of everything here conceptually. Give or Take unfolds like the pages of a journal, detailing the romantic escapades of a twentysomething who loves love but isn’t always prepared to have it.
0 kommentar(er)
