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One of my favourite songs

You Da One - Rihanna

written by Ester Dean, Henry Walter, John Hill, Lukasz Gottwald and Rihanna.

[Lyrics]

You da one that I dream about all day. You da one that I think about always. You are the one, so I make sure I'll behave. ~My love is your love, your love is my love

Baby, I love you I need you here with me all the time. Baby, we meant to be You got me smiling all the time.

'Cause you know how to give me that.
You know how to pull me back when I go runnin', runnin' Tryna get away from loving yea. You know how to love me hard I won't lie, I'm falling hard Yep, I'm falling for ya, but there's nothin' wrong with that.

Baby come, take me now Hold me now, make me come alive. You got the sweetest touch I'm so happy you came in my life.

And yes, I'm kinda crazy That's what happens, baby. When you put it down. You shouldn't give it to me good like that. Shouldn't hit it like that. Had me yellin' like that. Didn't know you would've had me coming back. You the one that I'm feeling You the one that I'm loving. Ain't no other niggas like you. No, there's just one, one, one, one, one, one. No, baby, just one, one, one, one. I bet you wanna know.

~My love is your love, your love is my love

^While perhaps unintentional, these lines echo the lyrics to Whitney Houston’s 1998 “My Love is Your Love” and Cheryl Lynn’s 1978 “Got To Be Real.”

After Whitney Houston’s death in 2012, Rihanna told UK Press that she would “give her entire life” to play Whitney in her biopic:

“ My first song that I remember falling in love with was a Whitney Houston song: “I Will Always Love You.” It was really inspiring, and it made me develop a passion for music, so really, she’s partly responsible for me being here in this industry.

You will find a playlist of (some) songs written by Ester Dean on Spotify here

^credit @genius contributors

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Lord - Homemade Dynamite

Lorde’s friend recommends that his friend drive, but Lorde knows he’s intoxicated and can hardly see, meaning he’s in no state to drive and would likely crash.

She imagines this crash in these lines, with the “red and chrome” being their blood and the metal of the car, respectively.

She also compares the broken glass of the window of a crashed car to the broken glasses that are normally at parties. Even when crashing cars, she’s still partying, which fits in with her stated concept of Melodrama.

As the album’s concept revolves around a single house party, this verse also connects to the opening track, “Green Light", in which she is being driven to this same party she now sings about leaving.

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SZA, The Weekend, Travis Scott - Power is Power (For The Throne)

Alludes to the most famous line from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2:

“ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

The line is commonly misquoted as “Heavy is the crown,” or “Heavy is the head that wears the crown,” so much so that the misquote has become its own idiom.

While Shakespeare’s protagonist is reflecting on the psychic toll that power is taking on him, The Weeknd’s and SZA’s variations suggest that their strength makes them immune to such concerns.

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SZA - Love Galore

“Crying over spilled milk” is an idiom that means getting upset over something that has already happened and can no longer be changed.

After SZA’s breakup, she decides not to regret the wasted time. The solution for cleaning up spilled milk is to wipe it up with a paper towel, and the solution for easing SZA’s pain is to take a Valium, an anti-anxiety medication.

“Paper towel / Valium” could be a reference to Gilmore Girls: in the ninth episode of the fifth season, “Emily Says Hello,” Lorelai says:

“ I need a paper towel and a valium, please.