Genius Meanings
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St. Vincent – Pills
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“Pills” is the 3rd single released from St. Vincent’s Masseduction. It was released on October 10, 2017.
The inspiration for the song came “when [Annie] was having trouble
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St. Vincent – Pills (piano version)
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[Intro] / Pills to wake, pills to sleep / Pills, pills, pills every day of the week / Pills to work, pills to think / Pills, pills, pills for the family / [Verse 1] / I spent a
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St. Vincent – Young Lover
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“Young Lover” dresses up a startling and depressing encounter as an energetic, glam-rock adventure. The song recounts the moment where someone, as Clark never specified if it was
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St. Vincent – Happy Birthday, Johnny
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Another ode to Annie Clark’s (perhaps figurative, perhaps not) dear friend Johnny. “Happy Birthday, Johnny” could very well be interpreted as a continuation of St. Vincent’s
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St. Vincent – ...At the Holiday Party
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According to Annie Clark, the soul-infused stellar twelfth track on Daddy’s Home is a “modern take on You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones.
Conceptually, the
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St. Vincent – Cruel
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Cruel to be kind.
That’s how Annie Clark described the core theme of Strange Mercy. In the single “Cruel”, the former is explored as she details the subtle cruelties society
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St. Vincent – Sugarboy
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“Sugarboy” is the fourth track in St. Vincent’s fifth studio album Masseduction. It’s a fast-tempo rock song that features some of Clark’s most impressive guitar work yet and ends
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St. Vincent – Masseduction
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The title track of Masseduction. St Vincent said in her Facebook press conference that the title is “a little play on words. Mass seduction, seduction of masses, my seduction. Am I
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St. Vincent – Los Ageless
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Los Ageless, the fifth track on St. Vincent’s MASSEDUCTION, was released on September 6th along with the full announcement of the album.
The title is a play on the city of Los
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St. Vincent – New York
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“New York” is the first single from St. Vincent’s MASSEDUCTION. Clark debuted the song a year prior to the record’s release at a benefit concert. Originally, the song lacked a
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St. Vincent – Fear the Future
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In “Fear the Future”, St. Vincent exaggerates the feelings and the atmosphere of an important and full of tension moment in her relationship with somebody. She is afraid of what is
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St. Vincent – Surgeon
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“Surgeon” was born out of a single line Annie Clark found while reading Marilyn Monroe’s diaries.
Best, finest surgeon – Lee Strasberg, come cut me open
In an NPR interview in
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St. Vincent – Hang On Me (piano version)
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[Verse 1] / I know you're probably sleeping / I got this thing I keep thinking / Yeah, I admit I been drinking / The void is back and unblinking / [Pre-Chorus 1] / I cannot stop
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Maroon 5 (Ft. Cardi B) – Girls Like You (St. Vincent Remix)
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[Chorus: Adam Levine & Cardi B] / Girls like you (Cardi) / Girls like you (Huh?) / Girls like you (Stop) / Girl like you, yeah yeah / [Verse 1: Cardi B] / Not too long ago, I was
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St. Vincent – Slow Disco (piano version)
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[Verse 1] / I sway in place to a slow disco / And a glass for the saints and a bow for the road / [Pre-Chorus] / Am I thinking what everybody's thinking? / I'm so glad I came, but
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St. Vincent – Savior
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On the surface, “Savior” is a song about experimentation with sexual role-play by dressing up as characters that wield power and discipline (nurse, teacher, nun, policeman
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St. Vincent – Slow Disco
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“Slow Disco” originated from the leftovers of a song meant for the Civil Wars' Joy Williams. Annie Clark and Williams worked on the track but never finished it. It was dug up and
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St. Vincent – Dancing with a Ghost
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St. Vincent’s first instrumental piece since the song, “We Put a Pearl in the Ground” featured on her debut.
“Dancing with a Ghost” serves as a short soulful prelude to “Slow
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St. Vincent – Happy Birthday, Johnny (piano version)
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[Verse 1] / Remember one Christmas, I gave you Jim Carroll / Intended it as a cautionary tale / You said you saw yourself inside there / Dog-eared it like a how-to manual
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St. Vincent – New York (piano version)
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[Verse 1] / New York isn't New York without you, love / So far in a few blocks to be solo / And if I called you from First Avenue / Well, you're the only motherfucker in the city
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St. Vincent – Hang on Me
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Mixing peppy production with Clark’s breathy and inviting vocals, album opener “Hang on Me” sets the scene for the emotions and connections that MASSEDUCTION has in store for
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Tracy Lawrence – Pills
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Everybody got a pill these days / They make you feel some different way / Than the way your feeling now / They can make you go up or down / Things for anxiety / Things will make a
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St. Vincent – Sugarboy (piano version)
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[Verse 1] / Sugarboy, I'm in need / How I wish for somethin' sweet / Sugarboy, I am weak / Got a crush on tragedy / [Pre-Chorus] / Oh, here I go / A casualty hangin' on from the
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St. Vincent & Nina Kraviz (Ft. Midland) – Masseduction (Midland's Mass Seduction Remix)
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[Japanese speaking] / 政権の / 敗 / 政権の / 政権の / Masseduction / 政権の / 敗 / 政権の / Masseduction / 敗 / [Japanese speaking] / 政権の / 敗 / 政権の / 政権の / 敗 / 敗 / Masseduction / 政権の / 敗
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St. Vincent – Savior (piano version)
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[Verse 1] / You dress me up in a nurse's outfit / It rides and sticks to my thighs and my hips / You put me in a teacher's little denim skirt / Ruler and desk so I can make it hurt
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St. Vincent – Smoking Section (piano version)
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes I sit in the smoking section / Hopin' one rogue spark will land in my direction / And when you stomp me out, I scream and I'll shout / "Let it happen, let it
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Gorillaz (Ft. St. Vincent) – Chalk Tablet Towers
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“Chalk Tablet Towers” talks about 2-D’s history of substance abuse and his time in rehab, as well as the trouble it caused for his relationships and his desire to make amends.
The
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St. Vincent – Smoking Section
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The closing track on MASSEDUCTION sees St. Vincent dive into the darker themes of the album. The subdued production and somewhat hesitant vocals reflect the uncertainty and
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St. Vincent – Los Ageless (piano version)
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[Verse 1] / In Los Ageless, the winter never comes / In Los Ageless, the mothers milk their young / But I can keep running / Oh, I can keep running / The lost sages hang out by the
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Mike Posner – I Took a Pill in Ibiza
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In “I Took a Pill in Ibiza,” Posner reflects on his career as a musician, specifically the rise-and-fall cycle of his fame. Musically, he demonstrates a new, Americana acoustic
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St. Vincent & Nina Kraviz – New York (Nina Kraviz Vocal Mix)
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[St. Vincent, Nina Kraviz] / I have lost a hero / I have lost a friend / But for you, darling / I'd do it all again / Ah, ah (Ooh, ooh) / Ha, ha / Ha, ha (Ooh, ah) / Forgive / Ooh
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Big Sean (Ft. 42 Dugg, Boldy James, Cash Kidd, Drego, Eminem, Kash Doll, Payroll Giovanni, Royce da 5'9", Sada Baby & Tee Grizzley) – Friday Night Cypher
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In a similar fashion to how Eminem united with six Detroiters to celebrate Detroit on 2014’s “Detroit vs. Everybody,” Big Sean goes further on “Friday Night Cypher” and brings
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Roddy Ricch – The Box
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“The Box” has seen massive success since its release—it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, beating Justin Bieber’s single “Yummy” by one spot and marking Roddy’s first
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Devilskin – Little Pills
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You, you see, you never, have seen my world / Unless you know it’s the world that you’re living in / And you, you see, you never, repeat the kill / You, you see, you never, have
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Westside Gunn & Giggs – Disgusting
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[Intro: Westside Gunn] / Brrt (Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom) / Brrt, brrt (Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
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Tate McRae – calgary
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Titled after her home city, “calgary” sees McRae doubt her future, and wonders if she will ever get to where she wants to be in her life. Over a soft, repeated guitar melody, her
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Post Malone (Ft. 21 Savage) – rockstar
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On “rockstar,” Post Malone compares his habits to the “live fast, die young” rock and roll lifestyle. Along the way, he references real events in rock history, name-drops Bon Scott
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Nirvana – Lithium
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“Lithium” is a perfect description of manic depression, where every line is both happy and sad, up and down, while having references to God recalling when Kurt lived with a devout
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