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“Get out of one’s hair”: An idiom for “make him stop bothering me!”

Little Mix explores the phrase’s implications by linking the act of annoyance with actual hair. In order to kill this thought, some literal hairwork is in order.

Cue the barber’s chair!

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During the iHeartMedia Summit, Interscope Records announced that Selena’s next official single of her second solo album Revival is called “Same Old Love.” It was released on September 9 alongside the preorder.

To snaps, piano, and a reggae guitar, Selena Gomez breaks it off with a wearying lover. Charli XCX provides chorus vocals.

Teaser #1 and Teaser #2 were released in anticipation of the song’s release.

The music video premiered on Apple Music on the 23rd September 2015 and was later released on YouTube on October 7.

Selena posted a “show and tell” version to her official Youtube account on the 9th November 2015 where she talks us through the music video.

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At the album’s opening, Halsey’s a victim to fame. Haters gossip about her personal and professional life, which simply comes out as noise to her due to its nonconstructive nature.

Meanwhile, she’s tired of everyone taking pictures of her: not only the paparazzi, but even fans. Being the center of constant attention requires her to keep up a “poised” and respectable image, rather than letting herself act normally.

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“Save My Soul” is a song from JoJo’s 2015 tringle, a three-track release.

“Save My Soul” portrays addiction in its many forms; as JoJo herself states regarding the song, “It speaks to me about addiction, and can be about love or any other drug and what it means to me.”

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“Say Love” is a song from JoJo’s 2015 tringle, a three-track release.

JoJo explores how difficult it is to jump from the first flirting, to a full-blown romance.

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To “dodge a bullet” is to barely avoid a major problem. For this couple, it’s plural. In the bedroom, a central romantic space, they drag in their arguments and get awfully close to not sharing the bed together.

Both of them hate acting as if their romance is at constant risk, but stubbornness keeps begetting lack of communication.

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Nick compares their love to a skyscraper. Both are beautiful, carefully constructed, and complex. While skyscrapers extend to great heights, their relationship can give a stronger and stronger emotional high.

Like how a building’s level contains many bustling rooms, there’s a lot more for both lovebirds to learn about each other–even in the bedroom.

Instead of simply taking the elevator, Nick “climbs” up. He doesn’t want to explore this romance the easy way. Instead, he’s scaling it like an urban climber, enjoying the thrill.

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Justin first announced “What Do You Mean?” a month ahead of its release on Ryan Seacrest’s nationally-syndicated radio show. When asked about the song’s meaning, Justin referred to the indecision and veiled sentiments he often heard when talking to women:

Girls are often flip-floppy. They say something, and then they mean something else. “What do you mean?“ … I don’t really know, that’s why I’m asking.

To build anticipation, Justin enlisted a series of celebrities to help count down and preview the song on Twitter. Nine days before the official release, Justin leaked the lyrics in “the coolest way ever” (according to MTV) by sending them in parts to his loyal fans (the Beliebers) via direct messages on Twitter.

The unique marketing worked. “What Do You Mean?” become the fastest song to reach number one on iTunes after its release, and debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the 23rd song ever to accomplish the feat.

Surprisingly, this was Justin’s first number one hit.

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She defined herself as his girlfriend, so when it ended, she felt confused as to who she was. Without her other man, it’s as if he took her identity from her. It’s lost in multiple ways. Alcohol can also change someone drastically.

When Lana hears her ex’s tunes, possibly those of her ex-boyfriend musician Barrie O'Neill, she loses control, and drink into a stupor as she’s reminded of what once was.

Lana says this track is jazzy and associates the music genre with the emotion/color blue, along with its other definitions. Blues is also a music genre, which makes an interesting contrast when you juxtapose it with jazz.

This line could also be a reference to David Bowie and his half-brother’s suicide. Terry (“Terrence”) Burns was responsible for introducing David to jazz. When David lost his half-brother, he had the “blues”, but the jazz that Terry introduced him to remains in his music.

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Arguments can spiral into miscommunication. When arguers are more interested in winning the fight than listening to the other party, it doesn’t matter want language they’re speaking; comprehension is out the window.

JoJo and her lover construct two sides of the problem, as opposed to them working to one mutual understanding. She feels betrayed, set up, by this irrational anger, even though she knows it’s her fault too.

But at least they feel for each other.

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