Seven Songs a Week: 05/01/21

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Today's request is something that is was very happy to see, the revival of pop rock. Along with Machine Gun Kelly, Willow is bring back the 1990s or 2000s with her new song "Transparent Soul." I've always been interested in Willow since "Whip My Hair" because that was one of my favorite song growing up, along with "21st Century Girl" and "Fireball." I always thought that Willow was talented, she got a Nicki Minaj feature at the age of eleven and was one of the first people to collab with SZA. Most of her juvenilia has been deleted for in favor of her new, edgy and mysterious image.

Single Cover for "Transparent Soul (feat. Travis Barker)

"Transparent Soul" is Willow arguing with a lover because she knows of the lies she's been told. Willow begins with "I don't...know if’s a lie or it's a fact." to whatever she's been told by her lover. Willow knows about the lies through her lover's friends after bribing them. Willow describes how her lover makes her feel and warns her lover to "...[run] like The Flash." once she sees her lover. Willow then calls her lover, fake, untrustworthy and a "snake" which reminds her of someone she's met before. Willow knew something was going on with her lover as he has a "transparent soul" and she lets him know "I can see right through." Willow is still questioning her relationship once again saying "I don't...know if it's paradise or it's a trap." The relationship is going too well and Willow wonders "they're treating me like royalty, but is it kissin' a--?" Willow knows that her lover did something wrong and so does she so she wonders why her lover treats her this way. Willow then calls her lover "...vain..." and "...a pain..." like another girl she once knew and everyone can see her lover's ways. Willow once again knew something was going on with her lover as she has a "transparent soul" and she lets him know "I can see right through." By the bridge, Willow realizes what is happening in the relationship and why she's treated the way she is, her lover is scared of her.

I really loved this song and I am very glad that this sound is coming back. Apparently, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree as Jada Pinkett-Smith created rock and metal music back in the 1990s with her metal band Wicked Wisdom. This songs reminds me alot of Knockout by Lil Wayne and early Paramore. I really hope that pop rock comeback and be led by people of color and by the looks of it, that is indeed the case. "Transparent Soul" doesn't have a music video but it does have a "performance video" which I will link below alone with some of my other favorite pop rock songs by people of color.

I give "Transparent" 4.7 Red Table Talks out of 5

I hope you enjoyed my review. How do you feel about "Transparent"? Leave a comment and a request for Saturday down below.

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Take Care,

Jonathan