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For Whitney Houston disciples “Higher Love” will give you chills
When Whitney’s cover of “Higher Love” dropped last June it felt like a gift from beyond. In this case Ariana Grande & Gaga are still very much alive and serving similarly out-of-nowhere pop-beat realness with “Rain on Me“.
The jam is unmistakable and relentless/driving beat will infect your eardrums. “I’d rather be drunk but at least I’m alive” might seem like a throwaway lyric but “Rain on Me” can be interpreted as “prayers up” for Americans and the world suffering from COVID19 and general authoritarian exhaustion.
- See, I don’t want to hold my pillow late at night no more
I’m tossin’ and turnin’ and thinkin’ ’bout burnin’ down these walls
I-I don’t wanna fuel this fire no more, no more, no more
See, I made up my mind ’cause I’ve wasted my time
Ain’t nothin’ here to keep me warm
Written by Burt Bacharach and Ashanti, among others, “Rain on Me” is a homage to survivors everywhere. As COVID ravages the world survivors are mourning passing of loved ones and trying to find strength to go on. That’s what this tune does.
“Rain on Me” is second track on Gaga’s forthcoming record, “Chromatica“—which drops on May 29th, my birthday. 🔵
Will Pollock
is a perpetually crabby New York City escapee based in Midtown Atlanta. He’s a freelance multimedia journalist, media analyst and author of two books (the award-wining Pizza for Good & Leaving Triscuit), with more on the way.
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