Music Reviews

Here’s some music to cheer you up

‘Positivity’- this 10-lettered word embodies an immense power in itself that has got no counts, whether it be the power of happiness, love, determination or of perseverance. This list is perpetual for those who wear positivity as their crown and sit on the throne of success despite the prickly thorns that the world has adorned for everyone. However, those who get trapped into the whirlpool of negative emotions like hatred, jealousy, etc., have got no time to taste the adroitness of positivity. And it’s tragic to mark that people belonging to the former group are negligible as compared to the ones present in the latter, and this is why the ambience around us smells ‘negative’, vanquishing the fragrance of ‘positivity’. ‘Music’ is one of the wires directly connected to positivity. The only thing that you need to do is just click on your favourite playlist, increase the volume of your music, and sing your heart out giving yourself completely to the music world and a natural high.

What Do I Know- Ed Sheeran

If you are a minimalist, ‘What Do I Know’ is just the song for you. This folk song with mediocre beats, plucks of guitar here and there, and the mellifluous harmonies of Ed Sheeran, is all about love and positivity. Ed Sheeran uses a very easy-going pattern in his song for anyone to sway with the beats and find themselves smiling at the very appealing lyrics he used in this folk music. Ed Sheeran uses the very basic idea to be happy with what you have. ‘You’ should be your first priority. Loving yourself is very imperative. And as we know how our Ed is, he makes sure that he conveys his thoughts in the song in an emanate manner. He says in his song that life is not about fitting in. It is all about love and positivity. He thinks love can change the world, and if we think about it, there is no ounce of doubt about that. The song is very ambient and is a must on your playlist when you are travelling through the country road.

The Lazy Song- Bruno Mars

Do you ever feel like waking up, and not doing anything? Just snugging yourself in your bed, swiping through your feed on your phone. Well, Bruno Mars tells us about his lazy day in his happy, pop song, ‘The Lazy Song’. Mars uses a nice blend of harmonies and an upbeat rhythm that goes hand-in-hand with the sweet, not-so-mind-boggling lyrics. We, as humans (if you consider yourself one!), need a break from our daily redundant lives. Some might travel, some might hangout with their friends. For the lazy ones like me, and obviously Bruno Mars, we just like binge-watching a series or go on a movie marathon, with hands buried deep in a bowl of popcorn. ‘The Lazy Song’ describes that feeling of ecstasy when we do nothing but ‘Eat Sleep Repeat’ throughout the day! And there is no harm in not doing anything for a whole day, it is just a way of spending ‘me-time’ everyone craves for! So, let ‘The Lazy Song’ blast through your speakers as you lay on your bed doing absolutelynothing!

Living in the Moment!- Jason Mraz

The main ideology B of life is B to stay happy in the present. I read somewhere that living in the past makes you sad, living in the future makes you anxious, but living in the moment is what makes you happy. Jason Mraz sets up this emotion very vividly in his song ‘Living in the Moment’. We should live our lives ‘easy and breezy’, with peace in our mind, heart, and soul! Jason Mraz starts the song on a piece of very minimal music with steady beats and wonderful strums of the guitar. Mraz always excels in his acoustic domain, and ‘Living in the Moment’ is another piece to prove that. Jason, in a rather sunny mood, says he let has let go of his past and he is living in the moment, living his life! And this idea, though very cliché, is not wrong at all. In my opinion, you cannot live in two timelines at the same moment!

WRITTEN BY ISHAAN KUMAR & AISHWARYA MOHAPATRA