The reason VG has the best lyrics imo is because they are completely different to the other songs.Yes the other songs all have good lyrics but VG deals with stuff beyond love.Full of self doubts and it sounds like bits ripped out of a dialogue which makes them so good because you never know if it's FKA twigs doubting herself or people trying to bring her down and tell her she's not good enough.Probably a mix of both.Really personal and bold in my opinion.
Yeah, true. Don't get me wrong, I love "Video Girl" to death, but to its lyrics I can barely relate to, and that's why it's probably not one of my favourites, lyrically. Besides that, yes, the songwriting is still incredible.
The reason VG has the best lyrics imo is because they are completely different to the other songs.Yes the other songs all have good lyrics but VG deals with stuff beyond love.Full of self doubts and it sounds like bits ripped out of a dialogue which makes them so good because you never know if it's FKA twigs doubting herself or people trying to bring her down and tell her she's not good enough.Probably a mix of both.Really personal and bold in my opinion.
You lie and you lie and you lie
I think Video Girl is the most personal song on the album.
Yeah, true. Don't get me wrong, I love "Video Girl" to death, but to its lyrics I can barely relate to, and that's why it's probably not one of my favourites, lyrically. Besides that, yes, the songwriting is still incredible.
I see why some people might have trouble relating it. I don't really know why I love it so much but when she says 'Got something to say?/I don't want to hear about it' it just sounds so cruel and honest.
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Originally posted by MillDollarBoy.
I think Video Girl is the most personal song on the album.
That's hard to say whether her carreer is more personal to her than her loves but I will say that there are many songs about love but a song about the struggles of going from a backup dancer to an artist is definitely unique and very personal.I'd agree that to me it sounds the most personal of all the songs.
Video girl is so underrated
It has the best lyrics on the album,the production of the bridge is brilliant and her vocals are really different in the verse from the rest of the record
Totally. It's the most radio-friendly song by the way!
OT but I was listening to Kiss Fm this morning and they were talking about Robert Pattison being in a relationship with her and they said FKA was a rapper