Welcome!
I'm Clifford Stumme, and I use literary analysis and research to explain the deeper meanings of pop songs. Feel free to leave a comment or to email me at clifford@popsongprofessor.com with questions or ideas!
I'm Clifford Stumme, and I use literary analysis and research to explain the deeper meanings of pop songs. Feel free to leave a comment or to email me at clifford@popsongprofessor.com with questions or ideas!
Coldplay is back after 4 years with a very emotional and real song and music video; “Orphans” is not only about a young girl from Damascus and her father, it’s about much more.
Gomez has managed to find hope and happiness after a difficult time in her life.
Selena Gomez has just dropped a new song and a music video, and I was actually impressed; she’s being real and vulnerable; which could be a mark in a great change for her, and in the modern pop music history in general.
“Lose You To Love Me”; what does it mean? and who is she speaking about? well, let me explain.
“Telescope“ by Cavetown is a song that’s so deep and meaningful; he talks about this feeling of being isolated and alone; we all can relate to that sometimes, some more than others; no matter how many people there are, you can feel the loneliness creeping in; and this song is about that.
Taylor Swift did a great job at being woke in her music, talking about the political scene in America, without being obnoxious; she didn’t mention politics in the lyrics at all though, instead, she told us her high school story, with her heartbreak prince.
Puth dives into the story of a hypothetical relationship filled with arrogance, regret, and yearning.
Yungblud is hitting us in the feels with his new music video for his song “Hope For The Underrated Youth“. The song itself was emotional, but with this music video it got 100 times more emotional.
It’s about freedom of speech, being yourself, and trying to see a fix for the generations’ gap.
Underneath a little bit of interpretation, the writers of this song managed to hide a message. This song is an ode to the band’s past success and an omen for the same in the future.
Taylor Swift is in love, and she wants to show it; but what about marriage? you’ll need to read this explanation to know if we’ll ever know what she thinks about marrying her “lover”.
In this song, Martinez paints a critical picture of various peers and figureheads in her eccentric fictional world and explores themes like respect, authority, sexuality, and coming-of-age.
You’ll probably not guess what this song is actually about. I can tell you this; she HAS things to say; opening a topic and conversation; doing that with a cool interesting imagery; and then having a host of crazy lines throughout; and the music video compliments it all very well. Need I say more?
We’re talking about a deep bittersweet song from Billie Eilish; one that is her favourite, and one that has made us AND her emotional. It’s “I Love You”. There is a little secret that you might not know about this song too, so come on and read this blog post ;)
Dallon Weekes is not impressed by the famous LA scene; and he talks about it, and about social construct, social “guide”, and social climbers, and basically everything that’s social.
