James Bay's Song Let It Go

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““Let It Go” is a fairly new song that has gained popularity in the late 2015 and early 2016, but I am not talking about the song from “Frozen”. “Let It Go” was written by James Bay and Paul Barry but sung by James Bay alone. It was released on May 12, 2014, by Republic after being recorded in 2013-14 Nashville, Tennessee. The song was re-released on his March 2015 album “Chaos and Claim” after his previous success on the hit “Hold Back The River” around September 2014. “Let It Go” actually is Bay’s first song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 reaching to #38 and even a remix of the song was released by Jack Steadman in 2015. The main purpose of the song is to entertain because of its topic is on love and breakups which are the number one thing …show more content…

It did surprise me when I learned it was a song about love. Even then when you learn that it is a love song you can’t chalk it up as another cheesy breakup song like a majority of them because of the way the song sounds. I explained how this song is very heartbreaking but in a peaceful way and that’s exactly how the meaning of the song is represented. The deeper meaning of the song is sometimes it is better to let go of something than to hold on to it longer. In the song, it starts out happy to represent why you first became attached to something, “From walking home and talking loads, To seeing shows and evening clothes with you.”, “To staying up and waking up with you.” Then the song turns into the conflict of the situation, “From throwing clothes across the floor, To teeth and claws and slamming doors at you.” Lastly throughout the song the lyrics repeat in a different way that it would be better to simply move on because staying will not fix the problem, “When we’re becoming something else, I think it’s time to walk …show more content…

“Let It Go” by James Bay has lyrics of acceptance of their situation and deciding it’s probably best to go on separate paths, “When it’s too heavy to hold, think now’s the time to let it slide, so come on let it go.” Compared to most love songs like Taylor Swift’s older song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” where they talks about how she hates him and wouldn’t consider any other kind of relationship with him from the lyrics, “I say, ‘I hate you’, we break up, you call me, ‘I love you’. Also, Bay’s song seems to wish the other person good luck and to find themselves again just like they will after the ending relationship, unlike typical love songs that would ride off the other person as a heartless person or a

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