He's being confident, he's voicing himself now. His vocals as powerful as ever, something we've never seen from him. The beat drops, becoming more powerful, layers of beautiful harmonies fulfilling the instrumental, the piano almost being drowned out but is still heard in the distance. He wants "her" but is also pushing her away at the same time, conflicting himself. The lyrics itself are becoming more clear on what he wants. He's slowly becoming more and more emotional throughout the song, and he's almost ready to burst. This is supposed to reflect the emotion of Joji. The instrumental is crescendoing in the bridge of the song, ready to burst at the chorus. "When I'm around slow dancing in the dark, This will later change in the song, which I'll be getting to soon. Joji says these lines in a monotone voice, almost as if he was emotionally drained. What I feel is special about this is that it wastes no time and goes directly into the subject matter immediately. These two lines are engrained into my brain at this point (including the rest of the song). "I don't want a friend, I want my life in twoĪ common trend in Joji's songs, speaking on relationships.
Each octave it goes up and down, the notes shift lower and lower, then the beat drops. The beat starts off with a beautiful piano arpeggio, slow and loud.
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Without further a do, I will now be doing a full analysis of the song. But I am, and it probably will never change. I don't know why I feel so attached to a song, and this one specifically. There was something I just completely related with, listening to this song as a coping method for some reason. There was something so powerful about it that I couldn't stop listening to. I ended up streaming this song thousands of times. SDITD completely opened my eyes to Joji, and sold me on him immediately. It completely reignited my interest in him, making me appreciate his older music so much more, and led me down this path to adore the music he puts out to this day. I loved his first project, "Chloe Burbank" but it seemed he was taking a new direction with his next project "In Tongues", which at the time was too much of a change of speed so I put it off for awhile. Coming from an EP that's widely regarded as mediocre, this must've shocked quite a few people, and it did the same for me.Ī few years ago, I wasn't really too involved with Joji's music. SDITD is a powerful ballad with a melancholic tone that fully displays Joji's raw talent and potential. Not to say he isn't growing or making anything better now, it's just because it's absolutely special for me. Joji's "SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK" is far and away the artist's greatest song, and most likely will be forever.
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