 Genius Meanings
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ZAYN – Good Years
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“Good Years” is ZAYN’s second release after announcing his second album “Icarus Falls”. In the track, he details his anxieties of living a life in the spotlight and the regrets of
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ZAYN – Good Guy
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Sampling the melody from the 1996 “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Nancy Sinatra, on “Good Guy,” ZAYN expresses his intentions with a girl stating that he’s a “bad boy.” This
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ZAYN (Ft. Timbaland) – Too Much
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Marking their primary collaboration, ZAYN connected with legendary hip-hop producer and rapper, Timbaland for a sultry, almost futuristic R&B ballad. The notable, combined synths
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Genius Türkçe Çeviri – ZAYN - Good Years (Türkçe Çeviri)
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[Chorus] / Her yerde olmayı tercih ederim, ama burası bir hiç / Her yerde olmayı tercih ederim, ama burası bir hiç / Gözlerimi kapattığımda kalabalığın binlerce gözyaşını görüyorum
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2Pac (Ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman) – California Love
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2Pac and Dr. Dre rap about the many facets that accompany living the California lifestyle.
Arguably his most famous song, it was the first track he released after his stint in
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ZAYN – PILLOWTALK
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The debut solo release from former One Direction-er Zayn Malik, “PILLOWTALK” gets “dirty and raw” about sex—Malik explained to The Sunday Times:
Everybody has sex, and it’s
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Taylor Swift – Death By A Thousand Cuts
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“Death By A Thousand Cuts” compares the possible break-up of a relationship to a slow, painful death. It was inspired by the Netflix film Someone Great, rather than an aspect of
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ZAYN – Back To Life
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In “Back To Life”, Zayn expresses gratitude and admiration towards his love for the role she plays in helping him battle his anxiety. This isn’t Zayn’s first time speaking about
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ZAYN – Calamity
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“Calamity” is the first song of ZAYN’s where he raps. It’s the only rap song on the album. You can hear his Bradford accent very clearly, contrary to his previous songs.
Nobody
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ZAYN & Taylor Swift – I Don't Wanna Live Forever
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“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” is a sultry ode about feeling like life is hopeless without an ex-lover, written for the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, Fifty Shades Darker. The song is
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Maddie Zahm – Where Do All The Good Kids Go?
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[Verse 1] / Parker made me a leader at thirteen / They ran out of adults, the closest thing was me / And that made the other kids kinda hate me / They showed me just how alone
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J. Cole – MIDDLE CHILD
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J. Cole’s first offering of 2019 serves as a warning in advance of an extensive rollout of Dreamville material. On the track, Cole envisions himself in the center of the old and
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Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
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“Shout Out To My Ex” is a farewell message to all of the ex-boyfriends of Little Mix’s members. Each of them offers sarcastic thanks to the men for helping to make them who they
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ZAYN – There You Are
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“There You Are” is ZAYN’s third promotional release after announcing his second studio album Icarus Falls. The song was released on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 World Record three days
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Taylor Swift (Ft. Ed Sheeran) – Everything Has Changed
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“Everything Has Changed” is a song about realizing your life has flipped upside down after falling for someone new. The track appears on Taylor’s fourth album, Red, and features
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Robin Thicke (Ft. Pharrell Williams & T.I.) – Blurred Lines
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With its lyrics talking of “blurred lines” between consenting and non-consent, this #1 hit was widely attacked for promoting rape culture. It was mostly written by Pharrell
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Dan Fogelberg – Same Old Lang Syne
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Fogelberg wrote this song based on an incident in 1975 when he bumped into an old girlfriend from high school, Jill Anderson Greulich, at a convenience store in Peoria, Illinois on
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Zach Bryan – Sun to Me
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[Verse 1] / 5:34 AM, I was about to start my day / But she lay in there across me, so I stayed anyway / Arms tied, legs numb, her wrapped around my knee / Sweetest of the
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Rylo Rodriguez – Unfuckwitable
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[Part I] / [Intro] / (AyJay on the track, so you know I say) / [Verse 1] / I'm a 90's baby, I came up drinkin' Act', I don't sip no Par / 2023, bro, get in line, there's a wait
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One Direction – Story of My Life
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“Story of My Life” is the second single off of One Direction’s third album, Midnight Memories. It details the struggles of trying to chase after a girl who plays “hard to get.”
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One Direction – Best Song Ever (Music Video Script)
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Jonny = Louis Tomlinson / Harvey = Niall Horan / Veronica = Zayn Malik / Marcel = Harry Styles / Leeroy = Liam / Jonny: So I said to her, "Angelina, I want to. I really, really
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5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood
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On “Youngblood,” 5SOS sing about the push and pulls of a relationship. In this song, we see 5SOS move further away from their defining sound from previous albums and see the growth
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ZAYN – You Wish You Knew
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[Verse 1] / Girl I got a problem / Unless we trust / You could be the best friend / Or you could be the one / But girl I got a problem / Unless we trust in love / [Chorus] / Don't
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One Direction – Night Changes
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“Night Changes” is the seventh song and second single from One Direction’s fourth studio album, Four.
The song was announced as the second single on the 29th October 2014 but due
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ZAYN (Ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR) – Still Got Time
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“Still Got Time” is a song by singer-songwriter ZAYN, featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR. It was supposed to be the lead single from ZAYN’s second studio album, Icarus Falls, but it was later
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ZAYN (Ft. One Direction) – Zayn Malik on Leaving One Direction
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After 5 years with One Direction, boy band member Zayn Malik has decided to sway into a different one.
(Refer to the original Facebook post here.)
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Sadie Jean – WYD Now?
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[Verse 1] / I saw you in the back of my show last night / Standing underneath the exit sign / I know it wasn't really you though / 'Cause you were always in the front row / And I'
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Lorde – Green Light
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“Green Light” is about Lorde’s first major heartbreak and is “the first chapter of the last two wild, fluorescent years” of Lorde’s life before the song dropped. Over those years
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Taylor Swift – So It Goes...
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The 7th track on Swift’s 2017 album, reputation, details a sexual relationship between Taylor and her partner, which is something she also sings about on some other tracks
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Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar
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Touching on the topic of the tough year lead singer Dan Reynolds and his wife Aja Volkman had following their announcement of their divorce on April 26, 2018, “Bad Liar” is the
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Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me
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After four years of releasing droplet singles, Selena Gomez released “Lose You To Love Me,” a self-love anthem featuring melancholic lyrics about discovering her true self through
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BROCKHAMPTON – BOYS
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“BOYS” is the fifth single from BROCKHAMPTON’s SATURATION. The song premiered on Zane Lowe’s “Beats One” radio show, which aired on June 6th, 2017.
On this song, the members of
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ZAYN (Ft. Sia) – Dusk Till Dawn
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On “Dusk Till Dawn,” ZAYN enlists Sia on a song in which they tell the story of two lovers who are willing to do whatever it takes to stay together.
The song was released as a
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Mario – Let Me Love You
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Following the success of his debut album, the then 18-year-old Mario returned with an even bigger bang in 2004 with his chart topping single “Let Me Love You” from his second
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Lil Xan – Betrayed
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This is one of Lil Xan’s most popular songs, and it focuses on his struggle with the use of Xanax. On the track, Xan talks about the girls that he’s with, the drugs that he does
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Genius Presents: The Month In Lyrics (January 2021)
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Olivia Rodrigo, Playboi Carti, ZAYN, Sabrina Carpenter, & SZA made an impact at the start of 2021.
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ZAYN – Natural
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“Natural” is the second song on ZAYN’s sophomore album, Icarus Falls. It’s a very slow-burning lust-feeling song.
This song is about Zayn and his lover feeling so in place because
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ZAYN – I Don't Mind
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In “I Don’t Mind”, Zayn has resigned to the idea of falling (most likely from the heights of fame and success that he achieved early on in his music career), back to earth to
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