carlyraejepsen: A little holiday gift coming your way… @/lenovo @/intel helped me produce a Broadway inspired video for Surrender My Heart, premiering on YouTube this Wednesday, December 14th at 9am PT 🩰❤️ #IntelEvo
Alright alright alright we've had TLT for a lil over a week now, let's analyze my favorite motif so far!
It pops up in Surrender My Heart ("I used to soldier through my hardest days") and Bad Thing Twice ("You were a king and I was your soldier, babe/I fought for your attention/for your lonely eyes"). Cutting to the feeling truly is Carly's calling, huh? 🗡️🗡️🗡️
Memes aside, it's cool to hear someone with such a lush and graceful sound position herself as a bloody, determined fighter. Caring deeply—about someone, about yourself, about anything at all—IS tough. I love how Carly legitimizes that struggle. I love that she's exploring themes beyond romance in this record (the tracks that deal with loss in particular—Bends, Western Wind ... phewwww) but she's also still here reminding us that romance isn't frivolous. It's work and it's (hopefully) worth fighting for.