Calvin Harris new single is about breaking out of a bad situation, interesting
As many of you mentioned in the previous Calvin Harris post, Calvin dropped his new single “My Way” today. I’m including the lyrics-video below. It’s not his best work, and I’m saying that as someone who actually likes some of the music he writes/produces. Like, there were many, many songs on his album, 18 Months, which deserved to be really big. “My Way” sounds like a throw-away, something he had an idea about but didn’t have the time to do a proper amount of follow-through. Here’s the song:
The main set of lyrics is this:
“Why wait to say, at least I did it my way? Lie awake two faced, but in my heart I understand”
“I made my move and it was all about you. I feel so far removed. You are the one thing in my way.”
So people obviously think he’s singing about Taylor Swift. Could be. The lyrics are cryptic enough where they could be about many different things, although I do think he’s talking about one person in particular. Calvin talked to iHeartRadio this morning about what inspired those lyrics:
“[The] song’s kind of about breaking out of a situation that you thought was a good thing. Then, you’re way more comfortable out of it. And it could be anything. It could be a job, or it could be a relationship. I had kind of the idea for the concept for a few years, but I didn’t know how to work out how it sounded.”
Hm… “a situation that you thought was a good thing.” My take: I think Calvin has somewhat successfully rebranded his split with Taylor Swift. In the immediate aftermath, when Tay-Tay went running full speed into Tom Hiddleston’s arms paper knickers, Calvin got butthurt and he whined about it (through “sources”) to TMZ. But at some point, he chilled out and perhaps realized that he was better off without the Snake Emoji. The re-branding is part of that – he seems to be saying that what he had with Taylor was real (unlike the Tiddlebanging), but it was time to end it and once he got out, he realized how much happier he could be.
Also: he told iHeartRadio that he’s not going to do an album, he’s just going to release singles. Which means he has more freedom to release new music as he completes it, which means Taylor should be on notice. She’s not the only one who can write blind-item songs.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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