frank ocean sang im gonna swing from the chandelier.
frank ocean sang im gonna swing from the chandelier.
who sings im gonna swing from the chandelier?
frank ocean
lyrically, "chandelier" has a sad theme talking about "the glitter and fatigue of a party girl's life". john walker from mtv buzzworthy opined that the song has a dark theme, "toeing the line between celebration and self-destruction as it becomes increasingly more blurred". the song's opening lyrics, "party girls don't get hurt, can't feel anything ... i push it down", are sung over a reggae-influenced background. walker noted that during the chorus, sia sings, "i'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier/ i'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist, like it doesn't exist". a few critics compared the song's musical style to works done by rihanna, including jeremy gordon from pitchfork media, and melinda newman of hitfix.
chandelier (song)
the packaging is an elaborate fold-out design, encased by a slide-off black external slipcase. there are three large photos of band members preening in front of bathroom mirrors; there is also "bye plexi & pals (adios, amigos)" written on one of the mirrors with lipstick in guitarist michael barragan's handwriting. though "star star" shares a title with a 1973 rolling stones song (the uncensored title of the stones' song is actually "starfucker"), it is not a cover. "peel" and "magnet" are re-recorded versions of songs from prior plexi eps. "peel" was given a radically different 2nd half with lyrics, instead of the instrumental noise coda called "he" with which it had previously ended. after a few minutes of reverb-heavy, hypnotic droning about how "she can't stand her hair, she can't stand her face," "peel" now had a chorus of, "she was gonna swing/ she was gonna swing from her neckbone..." "bunny" is a 2-minute ambient segue apparently based on a sampled loop of an orchestra, with sounds of explosions in the distance; it concludes with a muffled, echoing scream of "we're gonna die..." barragan handled the vocals on "56", a song said to be inspired by his love of numerology; the album's sleeve also had cryptic "23" artwork on it.
cheer up (plexi album)