{"id":4505,"date":"2021-10-13T18:20:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T18:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/portfolios\/kiss-you-by-one-direction\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:20:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T18:20:30","slug":"kiss-you-by-one-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/portfolios\/kiss-you-by-one-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"“Kiss You” by One Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ninth song I will be looking at is “Kiss You” off of the\u00a0Take Me Home\u00a0<\/em>album. In this song, the guy is fawning over a girl and just wants to be with her.<\/p>\n

Evaluating Masculinity<\/strong><\/p>\n

The guy in this song is very passionate and assertive about moving this relationship with this girl forward. He’ll do anything for her just for her to be with him. Take a look at this lyric:<\/p>\n

“Oh, I just wanna take you anywhere that you would like
\nWe could go out any day, any night
\nBaby, I’ll take you there, take you there
\nBaby, I’ll take you there, there”<\/p>\n

This is the first set of lyrics in the song and right away we can tell this guy knows what he wants. He is confident that this is the girl he wants and will do anything to get her.<\/p>\n

“And if you, you want me to
\nLet’s make a move”<\/p>\n

I wanted to pull this little lyric out because I thought it really stood out in this song. He’s asking this girl if she wants to, they can move forward. Very cool! Unfortunately, I think this lyric gets overshadowed by all the other lyrics. For example:<\/p>\n

“Yeah, so tell me, girl, if every time we
\nTouch, you get this kind of rush
\nBaby, say “Yeah, yeah, yeah”, yeah, yeah, yeah
\nIf you don’t wanna take it slow
\nAnd you just wanna take me home
\nBaby, say “Yeah, yeah, yeah”, yeah, yeah
\nAnd let me kiss you”<\/p>\n

This chorus almost sounds like the guy trying to guide the girl into saying yes. Very not cool.<\/p>\n

Evaluating Femininity\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

While we don’t get a female perspective in this song, we do get a very interesting lyric about the girl here. Look at this lyric:<\/p>\n

“Oh, I just wanna show you off to all of my friends
\nMaking them drool down their chinny-chin-chins”<\/p>\n

Now there are a couple more lyrics in the song that describe what the guy thinks about her physical appearance, I think this lyric is very telling. The girl in this setting is just something to be shown off to other onlooking men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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