LYRIC ANALYSIS
Dear Lover - Little Mix
The song we have chosen is Dear Lover by Little Mix - the song sounds like a typical romantic song and the lyrics and music work together to also show this.
The song sounds romantic because the music has a slow tempo and uses soft sounding instruments which almost creates a delicate effect. The music makes the audience feel calm and relaxed. Depending on how you view the lyrics, the music can make you feel either sad, because it could be about a breakup of a relationship, or it could make you feel happy because the lyrics may be about her current relationship and how in love they are with each other. The fact that the music is quiet and calm makes us focus more on the lyrics and vocals of the song which also represents a romantic song because it makes the audience listen to the lyrics more and shows the singer's passion and real feelings about how she is feeling.
If we listen to the lyrics, they also represent a romantic song because it is clear that the artist is singing about a lover - we are just unsure about what is happening between them.
For example, the lyrics 'I'm incapable of saving your heart this time' makes us think that perhaps her boyfriend has just broken up with her or she has broken up with him because she is saying that perhaps she can't save his heart from being broken anymore and wants to end their relationship. However, the lyrics 'I'll pretend to be your hero for just tonight' suggest that he is still there with her and that they are still together, especially as it is in the present tense but only for one more night.
We could get a different idea from the lyrics 'all I need is your touch' - this suggests that she could be in a long distance relationship and she is singing about missing her boyfriend, like he has just left to go back home and she wants to be with him right now.
The lyrics 'baby, that's all I'm asking of you' could suggest either of the ideas above as this shows she is missing someone. She is only asking for one thing - either for them to get back together or that he stays with her. The lyrics and name of the song 'dear lover' tell us exactly that she is talking about a relationship.