Like I said above, I'm a very optimistic person, and this is definitely the case when I put my outlook on the world. I've loved this song since I was a kid, and it has always resonated with me. My second song would be 'Waiting on the World to Change', by John Mayer. I relate to this, and I often try to be positive about my life and reflect that onto my friends and family. Sugar Ray sings about how amazing everything is after it rains-which, to me, speaks to the idea that if you hold out until after a string of bad days, it'll get better.
I feel like this one represents my brand because it's got a laidback, relaxed vibe.
The first one is 'Into Yesterday', by Sugar Ray. I had to do some hard thinking on this one-I think in part because I usually try to relate to songs, even if they don't directly apply to me! I went through my Itunes list quite a few times before I finally found three songs that I though really represented my brand. It was harder than I thought it'd be! Anyways, without further ado, here's my post: Album DescriptionThis is the last post in the Class Blogging series! This one was about creating a three-track soundtrack to my life as a brand. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Ultimately, it's all of Halsey's seemingly contradictory elements brought together that lend Badlands such a fascinating topography. There's also something angry, literate, and youthfully defiant about Badlands that brings to mind the sneer of Garbage's Shirley Manson. On "New Americana," their vocals double-tracked like the children's chorus on Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall," they sing, "We are the new Americana/High on legal marijuana/Raised on Biggie and Nirvana." Interestingly, while their noir-ish, older-than-their-years image has drawn comparisons to contemporaries like Lana Del Rey and Lorde (and yes, there are similarities) musically, they have more in common with male-fronted acts like New York's X Ambassadors, merging dark, electronic indie with the rhythmic bump and lyrical flow of R&B. They also have a knack for singling out little generational touchstones that lend their songs an anthemic quality. As they proclaim on the taut, slow-tempo jam "Hold Me Down," "My demons are begging me to open up my mouth." Thankfully, Halsey consistently brings a strong sense of self to their content at every turn, musing with blithe emotion about their sexuality and creative independence. On "Castle," they sing "I'm headed straight for the castle/They've got the kingdom locked up/And there's an old man sitting on a throne they're saying, 'I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut.'" Of course, it's clear from the start of Badlands that keeping their mouth shut is the last thing Halsey plans to do.
However, underneath that icy landscape, Halsey burns with a feminist confidence, spitting out lyrics with their soulful voice that sounds like Björk with vocal fry. It's a goth throwback that brings to mind Danny Lohner's work with Nine Inch Nails. On the surface, Badlands is all chilly atmosphere, thanks to a bevy of thick bass tones, pulsing synthesizers, and rattlesnake percussion loops. music is still apparent, though they did collaborate here with a handful of like-minded producers including Lido, the Futuristics, and Son Lux, who helped flesh out their highly personal songs into even more dramatic, sonically dense recordings. Buy the album Starting at $18.09Īn internet phenomenon, New Jersey's Ashley Frangipane, aka Halsey, parlayed their over 16,000 YouTube subscribers into a record deal with Astralwerks at age 18, a deal based primarily around their moody, synth-heavy single "Ghost." Two years later, Badlands finds the 20-year-old budding pop sensation delivering a set of songs that sound a lot like that fateful first single.
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