Using the Kelly chapter as a model, find a song that you believe makes a political statement. The song can be from the U.S. or from anywhere in the world. Provide a link to the song and analyze and/or critique its message. should be 400-600words.For the second half, Respond to this answer. Do you agree or disagree with the analysis? How is the song choice chose differently from or similar to your example? Should be 250 words”After reading the Kelly chapter, I was very interested to see what other songs had strong political statements that may not be completely understood right away. The song that I will be analyzing is Katy Perry’s”Chained To The Rhythm.” Growing up, I always thought of Katy Perry as being a successful singer and song writer. I’ve listened to a good amount of her songs and even played a few on repeat for a few days, this song included. It never occurred to me, however, that some of these upbeat pop songs could have a deeper meaning. So, when I started reviewing the lyrics, I was very amused at how Katy Perry addressed the society we live in.Katy Perry’s stance is very apparent right off the bat with the song title “Chained To The Rhythm.” In this statement, she is alluding to the fact that our society is stuck where it is at. We have gotten comfortable with how things are and seem to be completely unaware of any slip ups in the “rhythm.” Her argument is further supported with the phrase “Are we tone deaf? Keep sweeping it under the mat. I thought we could do better than that, I hope we can.” These lyrics are addressing the fact that we as Americans seem to be completely oblivious to the bad things happening around us. And if we do see the flaws in society, our government finds it easier to act as if they do not exist instead of making improvements. Her words “I thought we could do better than that, I hope we can” are very condescending but also provide hope that action can be taken.Another interesting take away from this song is directly related to our first topic of discussion, which was global issues. This is addressed in the lyrics “So comfortable we’re living in a bubble, bubble. So comfortable we cannot see the trouble, trouble.” Although this does relate to the argument stated above, I think it is a great indicator that the American government and people try to act as if we live in our own little world and nothing outside of it matters. We seem to try and avoid issues that do not directly relate to us, as though to say that we are all living in a perfect world. This idea can be seen when Katy Perry states, “Aren’t you lonely? Living in Utopia.” This, again, just comes to show that we view the political and societal conditions as being perfect and in order for real change to happen, someone will need to step up and do something about the corrupt world we are living in.”
