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On YG and Tyga’s “Brand New,” the second track for their latest project Hit Me When U Leave The Klub: The Playlist (September 29), Lil Wayne delivered his typical, fiery lyricism on the song’s second verse. Full of acronyms and celebrity couple allusions, the verse stood out as one of the most impressive on the entire LP.
Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has spoken about his band’s new single ‘R U Mine?’ and has revealed that he was inspired by Drake and Lil Wayne when it came to the track’s lyrics.
Speaking to NME about the track’s lyrics, Turner said: “There’s a few references for people to pick up on in there – ‘Some Velvet Morning’, Tracy Island. Those references are just me being a smartarse. The song, not to get too heavy, is about that uncertainty that comes with love sometimes. Wondering where you are with it all. That’s the undertone for the tune, but I threw in a Thunderbirds reference too. Just because.”
Turner added that he’d been listening to both Drake and Lil Wayne recently and had tried to incorporate some of their lyrical techniques into ‘R U Mine?’.
He added: “That particular bit is like the thing Lil Wayne and Drake do. We’ve been listening to a lot of their stuff recently. I like that thing they do where they talk about something backwards, so they talk about it but then say what it actually is on the next line. It’s hard to explain but I guess it’s a little nod to that idea. So I say, ‘I’m a puppet on a string’, just before mentioning Tracy Island. That’s what it’s about – uncertainty.”
Compare this with Billions - how knowing are those references?
Dua Lipa starts on an island…perhaps she’s isolated…and she ends…still alone but not as lonely because she’s made a choice….she’s ended the relationship positively.
How about Dua Lipa
HOw does all of this fit with Tone…with your What, How and Why?