Thursday, December 31, 2015

I will be giving a review on an album by Alessia Cara titled Know It All. Alessia Cara is a female R&B artist new to the scene. She is most famous for her song ‘Here’, which reached top ten in the U.S. and top twenty in Canada. Before Alessia Cara could be heard over the radio she was heard on YouTube with her numerous song covers of artist ranging from Amy Winehouse to Justin Bieber. Her song’s lyrics have  particular rhythm that remind me of a poem. The songs on this album tell a story of some sort, with a beginning and an end. They are filled with metaphors and appealing rhymes. Her popular song ‘Here’ caught my attention the second it played on the radio not because of her vocalistic  abilities (although nice), nor because of the unique rhythm, but because of the story. With ‘Here’ Cara sings about a girl who is at a party that she is not too excited about attending. They is loud music that she “doesn’t listen to”,  “clouds of marijuana” kids drinking and and just being annoying. I personally can relate to this girl attending this party. If put in the same environment I think I would use the same words as Alessia Cara to describe it along with  my experience. As for her other songs on the album, they all tell a story with a common theme of be and love yourself, and enjoy the life in front of you. I love the positivity and the catchy lyrics in every song of hers and I hope Alessia Cara is more than one hit wonder.