My favourite part of the track is the spoken word outro: ‘Anyone can start again / Not through love but through revenge / Through the fire, we’re born again / Peace by vengeance brings the end’. The overall tone of the track is sensual and dreamy: from the hypnotic tone of Lana’s voice to the soft trap beat instrumentals. Lana croons ‘All I wanna do is get high by the beach’ over and over again, lusting to be transported to a place of tranquility and a state of bliss. The track explores being stuck in a hopeless romance, wishing to be anywhere else but in the relationship. I distinctly remember listening to ‘High By The Beach’, the lead single from her third album Honeymoon, for the first time in summer so it will always evoke summer memories. Of course, in classic Lana fashion, each track emotes the more melancholic side of a usually happy time. Lana Del Rey’s discography just screams summer: from the hit single ‘Summertime Sadness’ to the hip-hop laced ‘Summer Bummer’, summer is a recurring theme. It is so poetic, theatrical and truly connotes the beautiful destruction of a summer romance Lorcan Drury: ‘High By The Beach’ – Lana Del Rey ‘Folding Chair’ dispels the anxieties of living or looking a certain way, instead focusing on the small things and encouraging us to slow life down a bit, even if only temporarily. It convinces me that Spektor’s image of romance is really the perfect summer: ‘Come and open up your folding chair next to me’ suggests that summer is a time for chats on the beach in the sun and dreaming of the future. ĭespite the somewhat wistful lyrics, this song makes me happy. From the opening piano chords that seem almost childish in their simplicity, there is a nostalgic feeling to Spektor’s lyrics and music, which capture the myriad of feelings associated with th at seemingly endless freedom of the holidays. Spektor sings of sitting on a beach, feet buried in the warm sand, and her imaginings of a relationship that she’s envisaging – whether it is a dream, an early reality or something that is now in the past is unknown. The image s of a deck chair, the beach, the sand, blue skies and the dreaminess of the lyrics seem to capture sunny days. This outwardly upbeat song screams summer to me for many reasons – the fact that my friend introduced it to me on a summer road trip and the subsequent memories that I’ve attached to it.

Georgia Brooks: ‘Folding Chair’ – Regina Spektor The subliminal lyrics liken Styles’ crush to food such as ‘Green eyes, fried rice, I could cook an egg on you’ which figuratively refers to the hot outside temperature but instead the singer is referring to their crush’s ‘hot’ looks. The song mingles various different genres together, such as smooth jazz with the blaring horns and funky 7os pop with techno undertones. Whilst the song has a summery feel, Styles is no stranger for using food as inspiration for his songs, not forgetting the infamous single ‘Watermelon Sugar’ from his sophomore album Fine Line. He continues by saying “ And then I was like – that would be a really fun album title, but then as the song started being made I kind of just set on ‘ Music for a Sushi Restaurant ’.” The singer spoke of inspiration behind the track coincidentally being in a sushi restaurant itself: “ I was in a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles with my producer and one of our songs came on from the last album” he said, before revealing that he thought it was “really strange music for a sushi restaurant”. It is an easy track to get up and dance to with its carefree vibes and summery feel. The song is influenced by 70s music, particularly 70s pop, jazz and rock. ‘Music for a Sushi Restaurant’ tells the story of making sushi whilst also wanting a relationship with your significant other. It is an easy track to get up and dance to with its carefree vibes and summery feel Halima Ahad: ‘Music for a Sushi Restaurant’ – Harry Styles

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