 Genius Meanings
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Sia – Broken Glass
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Another upbeat and motivational track from This is Acting, “Broken Glass” features a roaring chorus with a heavy drumbeat.
Zane Lowe premiered the song on his radio show on
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Kygo & Kim Petras – Broken Glass
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[Verse 1] / We were so close to something right / But we're stupid, but we're stupid, but we're stupid / We could turn love into a fight / Over nothin', over nothin', over nothin
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SZA – Broken Clocks
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“Broken Clocks” is the third single released from SZA’s debut album Ctrl, following “Drew Barrymore” and “Love Galore”.
SZA reminisces about the imbalance between her love and
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Sia – Elastic Heart
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“Elastic Heart” is the third single from Sia’s sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear. The song’s music video features actor Shia LaBeouf and “Dance Moms” star Maddie Ziegler
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Sia – Bird Set Free
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“Bird Set Free” is a ballad driven song by Sia, released as a promotional single from her seventh studio album, This Is Acting. The song was originally written, recorded, and
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David Guetta (Ft. Sia) – Titanium
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Sia and David Guetta’s massive track “Titanium” soared as the fourth single from Guetta’s Nothing but the Beat. Visceral, tall lyrics accompanying daring vocals and addictive
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Sia – Unstoppable
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“Unstoppable” serves as an empowerment anthem which beat builds as the song progresses.
The song was released as the sixth single for Sia’s seventh studio album This Is Acting
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Sia – Breathe Me
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“Breathe Me” is the lead single from Sia’s third studio album Colour the Small One. It’s a sad, orchestral ballad about being in depression and needing a friend for comfort.
Sia
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Sia (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – The Greatest
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“The Greatest” is an uplifting song of support for the LGBT community in the wake of the 2016 Pulse nightclub mass shooting.
The music video features 49 dancers (one for each
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Sia – Losing You
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“Losing You” is an unreleased song by Sia. It was used in a TV spot for ‘Ringer’, a 2011 American thriller series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.
There are speculations the song
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Sia – Alive
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“Alive” is the first single of Sia’s seventh studio album This Is Acting.
According to Sia via Slovenian site RTV “Alive” was co-written with Adele and Tobias Jesso Jr for Adele’s
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Sia – Drink to Get Drunk
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[Verse 1] / I eat food to satisfy my hunger / I drink water to quench my thirst / I use my mouth and air to blow balloon up / I prick with pin to watch it burst / To make noise, I
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Sia – Drink to Get Drunk (Different Gear Remix)
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[Verse 1] / I eat food to satisfy my hunger / I drink water to quench my thirst / I use my mouth and air to blow balloon up / I prick with pin to watch it burst / To make noise, I
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Sia – Big Girls Cry
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“Big Girls Cry” is a single by Australian singer-songwriter Sia from her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear. Though the single was not released worldwide, it was released in
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Lorde – Homemade Dynamite
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“Homemade Dynamite” describes the moment when you meet someone at a party and an explosive night follows.
During a Apple Music Beats 1 radio show about her record, Lorde talked
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Lorde – Homemade Dynamite
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“Homemade Dynamite” describes the moment when you meet someone at a party and an explosive night follows.
During a Apple Music Beats 1 radio show about her record, Lorde talked
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Lana Del Rey – The greatest
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On “The greatest,” Lana Del Rey expresses extreme nostalgia for relationships, places, and the music industry of the past in the light of the chaos of the present. In the lyrics
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Sia – Cheap Thrills
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“Cheap Thrills” was originally written for Rihanna’s album ANTi. The song was rejected and later included on Sia’s This Is Acting—an album that is comprised entirely of songs Sia
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Billie Eilish & Khalid – lovely
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The highly anticipated “lovely” is the second song on the 13 Reasons Why: Season 2 soundtrack. It premiered in Zane Lowe’s World Record feature on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio
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Sia – Space Between
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One of the only songs on the album that was taken back from the artist, “Space Between” is a slurred break up song. Which dances on the strong and gloomy waves of Sia’s voice
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Sia – Confetti
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“Confetti” sees Furler questioning whether or not she’d rather break off an engagement or commit and get married. She uses “dirty confetti” as a metaphor for a marriage tainted by
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Sia – Jesus Wept
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[Verse 1] / Say your kin, the pen seeks, ministry / God shaped hole leaves me empty / Bottled friends won't bring relief / Drown your voice with party / [Pre-Chorus] / For one and
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Sia – Reaper
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Originally written for Rihanna’s album ANTi, “Reaper” was later scrapped. Sia talked about the process with Rolling Stone Magazine:
They’ll entice me into a session by saying, “
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Sia (Ft. Sean Paul) – Cheap Thrills (Remix)
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“Cheap Thrills” was originally released as a promo single back in December 2015, but its remix from the legendary Sean Paul gave it new life. It was pushed to radio and became Sia’
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Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
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“Wrecking Ball” is the second single off of Miley’s fourth studio album Bangerz. The song is a pop ballad produced by Dr. Luke, who first came to fame in 2004 when he produced
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SZA – Nobody Gets Me
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“Nobody Gets Me” is a break-up ballad that encapsulates SZA’s feelings through the last moments of her relationship with her ex-fiancé, who was the only person at the time that she
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Sia – Footprints
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“Footprints” is an orphan from a Beyoncé writing session in Hamptons for her 2013 self titled album. In the song Sia is comparing a relationship’s progress to “two footprints in
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The Beatles – Blackbird
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“Blackbird” is Paul McCartney’s hopeful essay on the Civil Rights Movement and the “End of Racism in America”.
The tune was inspired by J.S. Bach’s Bourrée in E minor, a well
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Sia – House on Fire
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“House On Fire”, the 8th track on This Is Acting, is about an abusive relationship between Sia and her significant other. The song metaphorically touches on the intensity and
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Sia – Move Your Body
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“Move Your Body” was released as the fourth single off of This Is Acting. Sia revealed during a radio interview with 103.7 KVIL in November 2015 that the song was intended for
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Sia – Midnight Decisions
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[Verse 1] / Remember when we had it all? / Remember when you took my calls? / You were my whole world / You were my whole world / Not a thing said to me / Question now if my heart
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Adele – Set Fire to the Rain
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“Set Fire To The Rain” talks about a relationship coming to an end. Girl meets guy, he is wonderful and she falls really quickly. He tells her all of these amazing things, but
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Ava Max – Kings & Queens
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“Kings & Queens” is a song by Ava Max, released on March 12, 2020 as a single from her album Heaven & Hell.
The song initially went through around 10 iterations, which included
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Billie Eilish – idontwannabeyouanymore
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On “idontwannabeyouanymore,” Billie Eilish faces her insecurities, addressing her lack of self-confidence and self-deprecating emotions.
Billie explained that the meaning of this
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Meg & Dia – Monster
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“Monster” is about a book called East of Eden by John Steinbeck. He explains his own term “monster” which refers to an individual having received no love as a child, which further
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Sia – Sweet Design
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This song was written for Jennifer Lopez and appears on Sia’s seventh studio album, “This is acting”.
The song samples elements of “Thong Song” (1999) performed by Sisqó
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Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels / Broken
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The shimmering, cascading “Head Over Heels” is a romantic love song that “gets a bit perverse” according to Roland Orzabal, as it tackles on the fears and anxieties involved in a
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Kesha – Praying
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Kesha returns with “Praying,” her first solo release in over four years since “Crazy Kids” was released as a single from her 2012 album Warrior.
“Praying” is a power ballad
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