Taylor Swift climbs up the Billboard Hot 100 once more with her No. 1 hit “Willow,” the lead single from her second surprise album of 2020, Evermore.
Swift told her fans during the YouTube music video premiere that the bewitching ballad is about “intrigue, desire, and the complexity that goes into wanting someone. I think it sounds like casting a spell to make somebody fall in love with you (an oddly specific visual),” she wrote.
Check out the spellbinding lyrics and music video below.
I’m like the water when your ship rolled in that night
Rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife
And if it was an open-shut case
I never would’ve known from that look on your face
Lost in your current like a priceless wine
The more that you say
The less I know
Wherever you stray
I follow
I’m begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans
That’s my man
Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind (oh)
Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneaking in
As if you were a mythical thing
Like you were a trophy or a champion ring
And there was one prize I’d cheat to win
The more that you say
The less I know
Wherever you stray
I follow
I’m begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans
That’s my man
You know that my train could take you home
Anywhere else is hollow
I’m begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans
That’s my man
Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind (oh)
They count me out time and time again
Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind (oh)
But I come back stronger than a 90’s trend
Wait for the signal and I’ll meet you after dark
Show me the places where the others gave you scars
Now this is an open-shut case
Guess I should’ve known from the look on your face
Every bait and switch was a work of art
The more that you say
The less I know
Wherever you stray
I follow
I’m begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans
That’s my man
You know that my train could take you home
Anywhere else is hollow
I’m begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans
That’s my man
The more that you say
The less I know
Wherever you stray
I follow
Begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans
That’s my man
You know that my train could take you home
Anywhere else is hollow
Begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans
That’s my man
Hey, that’s my man
That’s my man
Yeah, that’s my man
Every bait and switch was a work of art
That’s my man
Hey, that’s my man
I’m begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans
That’s my man
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Aaron Brooking Dessner, Taylor A. Swift
No bad days for SZA!
The star surprised fans with a holiday gift on Christmas when she dropped her positive-minded, soulful new single “Good Days.”
“All the while, I’ll await my armored fate with a smile / I still wanna try, still believe in /Good days, good days, always / Always inside / Good day living in my mind,” she sings in the breezy new track, which features backup vocals from Grammy-nominated artist Jacob Collier.
“Good Days” follows September’s “Hit Different,” which marked the SZA’s first solo release since her 2017 alum, Ctrl. Listen below.
Young Thug and Lil Wayne’s past feud is water under the bridge, and now Thugger is challenging his former rival to a Verzuz battle.
While chatting with hosts Gillie Da King and Wallo267 on their “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast, the rapper revealed that Weezy is his dream opponent for Timbaland and Swizz Beatz’s popular streaming series, as they are comparable in cultural influence. “It would probably have to be like [Lil Wayne],” he shared. “Because you got to think—we got to talk about influence. We got to talk about everything. We got to talk about everything. It’s not just about no rap.”
“You got to understand, as rapper, as hip-hop artists, you can only go so far,” he added. “I always just focused on the next level.”
The duo’s beef stems back to when they first met. “The first day he didn’t dap me up,” Thug shared of their first encounter. “Tried me. Now my feet hurt and I’ma real stepper. Left the pimpin’ hanging. He prolly had them chrome hearts on.”
“I’m like, ‘Hey listen bruh, I’m never touching your hand again. Just off of that. I’m a player, I’m a real player and I don’t give no f—. Nothing about me is a groupie, no nothing! You inspired me,” he continued.
Watch the full hour-long interview below.
DDG pays the price of letting a significant other in too early into the relationship in the music video for “Let You In,” which he released on Sunday.
The 23-year-old rapper meanders around Malibu Beach on his own in the scenic visual directed by @LewisYouNasty. While lamenting about the relationship, DDG unloads the struggles stemming from both parties and ultimately revels in the riches he’s left with.
“Now look at you stuck in the back/ While I’m countin’ these racks/ Got that weight off my back/ Now look at you stuck in the back/ While I’m countin’ these racks/ I let you get too attached,” he sings in the chorus.
DDG told Audiomack in a recent interview that his past as a YouTube content creator has positively impacted his subsequent career as a rapper.
“It just made me more creative. It made me look at all aspects of music visually and how it should come out. That’s why music videos are so much more impactful,” he said. “I get a lot of views because people are used to seeing me, and it makes the songs blow up.”
Watch the “Let You In” music video below.
Have you ever put on a play for your parents when you were a kid? AJR is encompassing those innocent, happy memories in their new song, “My Play.”
The accompanying animated video, released on Sunday (Dec. 27), acts out imaginative scenes of childhood, featuring adventures on dinosaurs, in outer space, under the sea and more before a moving box-filled depiction of divorce triggers confusion and anger.
“I just really, really, really, really wanna show you my play / And I don’t wanna do it for Dad at Dad’s new place / I worked really, really, really, really hard, lemme show you my play / And I don’t wanna do it twice, ’cause it’s not the same,” brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan Metzger plead in the chorus.
“My Play” is featured on the group’s recent three-song EP of the same name, which also includes previously released singles “Bummerland” and “Bang!”
Watch the new video below.