The song "All of the Lights" if the fourth single for the hip-hop singer Kanye West in his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy the song was released in January 18, 2011. The song was written by Kanye West, producer Jeff Bhasker, rapper Malik Yusef, and rapper Really Doe. After the song was released it took number 23 on US Billboard Hot 100.
The Lyrics:
The lyrics of the song talks about various stories and ideas. One of the main ideas that the song talks about is the road to fame, West talks about his experience and how he had to walk through all of the lights to reach fame, the lights that he starts talking about are the lights of the small gigs he did, and then when he finally became famous he was under the light of the camera's it’s as if his life has been put under a magnifying glass.
In this song West dedicates his album to Michael Jackson in honor of him, and this is when he says the lyrics MJ gone.
The incident that happened with Taylor Swift last year is mentioned in the song as well (When he stepped into the stage when Swift was saying her thank you speech for getting the award of having the best music video of the year). He refers to this incident in his lyrics I slapped my girl, she called the feds.
And then after this sentence he says
I did that time and spent that bread I'm heading home,
I'm almost there
I'm on my way, heading up the stairs
I'm on my way, heading up the stairs
He is saying here that after he took some time off after this incident it was like a vacation to him but when he came back he wasn't on top anymore
(his place was taken by other singers like Nikki Manaj and Drake) his fans turned their back on him and at the same time his girlfriend left him , so he had to do everything again, in order to get into the lights again.
Kanye West talks about how he need everyone to see him again, to notice him again, he wants to get back under all of the spot lights.
you know what I need, want you to see everything
want you to see all of the lights
want you to see all of the lights
So mainly the song is talking about the mistakes and experiences that Kanye West went through, and how everyone needs to work hard to get into the life that has all of the lights.
Music Video:
The music video for "All of the Lights" was filmed in January 2011 and the video premiered on February 19, 2011. The first video that was published had a lot of flashing bright lights in which caused seizures to a lot of its viewers so an alternate video was posted which starts with a warning that says that it might cause seizure and the neon colors at the introduction were cut out.
Resources:
Written By: Haya Haha, 10
With the help of: Marah Zada, 8
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