From The Weeknd to Harry Styles, the songs we didn’t know had hidden meanings

Hidden meanings, double meanings, absurd stories, have you ever thought about all this when you sing your favorite songs out loud in the shower?

Yes, because behind the words of a text there is a whole world. I, for example, am still recovering from knowing that I can’t feel my face of The Weeknd it’s not about the excitement you feel when you meet someone you like, but about the excitement you experience when you take drugs. A glimpse of life from when the ex’s Bella Hadid he used drugs.

But it doesn’t stop there. Here are other songs where nothing is as it seems (or as we’ve always understood):

HARRY STYLES – WATERMELON SUGAR –

Our Harry he gave us a great hand in understanding the meaning of the song thanks to his video. In the opening frame, an inscription appears which reads: «This video is dedicated to touching oneself». However, the text not only celebrates masturbation, but sex in general, especially oral sex. Now, I know you will never see watermelons the same way again.

LADY GAGA – POKER FACE –

Many of us will never have wondered what that meant Lady Gaga with this song: with that overwhelming rhythm, the words take a back seat. But even if we analyzed the text, it would not be so clear, but the singer herself came to the rescue: “It’s about a relationship with a man in which you keep fantasizing about a woman.” There poker face, the most enigmatic face of all, is exactly what he must keep in order not to make his true intentions understood.

MAROON 5 – HARDER TO BREATH –

I’ve always sung it, thinking that Adam Levine he was telling about his difficult love life and instead relationships have nothing to do with it. “We wrote it – explained the frontman – while we were working on the second album thinking about the record company that put pressure on us to produce more songs”. Difficult to breathe due to commitments, not for a woman.

SIA – CHANDELIER –

Indeed, the rather enigmatic video clip had to suggest that it was not a simple entertainment song. Many have even interpreted it as a party song, but it tells of the past of addictions, with alcohol and drugs, of Be. The intent of the interpreter was precisely to confuse the waters: to make one think that it was something else. What to say? Mission accomplished.

HAILEE STEINFELD – LOVE MYSELF –

At first it might seem like a song of female empowerment, which pushes you to love yourself and all your imperfections. But that’s not the case: the piece is entirely dedicated to masturbation and its beneficial effects. Now try to reread the text and it will all seem so clear: “I’m gonna touch the pain away, I know how to scream my own name”. Doubts? Not me.

OF MONSTER AND MAN – LITTLE TALKS –

A few years ago we listened to this song ad nauseam, also because it has that cheerful rhythm perfect to celebrate those days when everything seems to be fine. Too bad the lyrics of the song are anything but lighthearted. It tells how the pain of a partner’s death is leading a woman to mental illness. I know you are feeling guilty for putting it in the background for your parties.

ONE DIRECTION – NIGHT CHANGES –

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If you google this song you will find pages and pages of debates about the hidden meaning of the song. The most accredited thesis is that you tell the first time about a girl. For others, it is simply about those events that change your life, all of a sudden. Indeed, the two points of view can be absolutely complementary.