Song Movie Ghost
Oliver Parkes
"Ghost" is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was sent to French radio stations through Universal Music Group on September 10, 2021, as the sixth and final single from his sixth studio album, Justice.[1][2] Jon Bellion wrote the song with Bieber and produced it with the Monsters & Strangerz (Jordan K. Johnson and Stefan Johnson), alongside Michael Pollack.[3] Commercially, "Ghost" reached number one in Malaysia and Singapore and charted within the top ten in Canada, Indonesia, Ireland, Lebanon, the Philippines, and the United States.
Bieber explained that his objective with the creation of "Ghost" was to "make people feel like there is hope and that the trauma and the hurt that you feel isn't gonna last forever".[4] In a Zoom playback of Justice, he acknowledged that 2020 "has been a really challenging year where we've lost loved ones and relationships" during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bieber went on to say that the song's hook "works for this quarantine situation" since "we're not relating and connecting in the same way", which in turn "has allowed us to only really have these memories".[5] On February 20, 2022, American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion, who was involved in the songwriting and production of "Ghost", also explained through a tweet that he wrote the song about his late grandmother.[6]
"Ghost" is an uptempo grime influenced[7] pop rock and synth-pop ballad.[8][9][10][11] The song is set in the key of D major with a tempo of 77 beats per minute.[12] It meshes electronic dance music (EDM) with drum and bass and makes use of a folky acoustic guitar, busy programmed drums, and shimmering EDM synthesizers.[13][14][15][16] Uproxx's Bianca Gracie described the track as leaning into the adult contemporary genre "with its radio-friendly acoustic guitar riffs".[17] The song's chattering beats give way to an acoustic guitar strum before the two sounds are brought together on the chorus.[13][18] Lyrically, "Ghost" deals with grief caused by the absence of a loved one, with Bieber singing: "I'll settle for the ghost of you / I miss you more than life."[13][14][19] Catherine Walthall of American Songwriter remarked that the song does not "exclusively serve in an elegiac fashion", in that while it is likely about losing a loved one to death, it can also act "as a comfort for those battling the woes of long-distance or separation".[3]
To promote "Ghost", Bieber teamed up with Dolby Laboratories to create a long-form commercial for Dolby Atmos including the song.[20] A day later, Billboard chart director Gary Trust announced that the song started being officially promoted to US pop radio.[21] Bieber performed the song at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, where he sported a hoodie covering most of his face and was accompanied on set by large ice blocks.[22][23]
The song received critical acclaim by music critics. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post saw "Ghost" as the best song on Justice, writing that the "rafter-rattling ballad" is "perfectly suited to the unique concerns of quarantine".[11] Similarly, Los Angeles Times pop music critic Mikael Wood considered it one of the album's highlights, noting that the song's drums "punches up a vaguely creepy emo sentiment".[15] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard listed it ninth in his ranking of the best songs on Justice, believing that "Bieber drops one of the best vocal performances on the album here and carries the concept through".[18] The Evening Standard's David Smyth felt the song's synths were one of the many musically enjoyable aspects on Justice.[16] NME's Will Lavin wrote that the track "hits hard but imparts a healing guitar riff to cushion the blow".[8] Anna Clara Ribeiro from PopMatters found it to be the most intriguing song on Justice in terms of production, specifying "not so much for any of the sounds that prevail in it", but rather "for where each of them is placed". Ribeiro also called it a good lyrical moment of the album.[13] Baby A. Gil of The Philippine Star thought the song "effortlessly juggles grief and hope while depicting forever love".[24] Consequence of Sound's Valerie Magan was less positive about the track, feeling its "impact remains as barren as the imagery".[25]
The official music video for "Ghost", directed by Colin Tilley, premiered on October 8, 2021.[43] It coincided with the release of the complete edition of Justice and the Amazon Prime Video documentary, Justin Bieber: Our World.[44] Actress Diane Keaton stars as Bieber's grandmother in the video.[45] The video opens with Bieber playing the piano, celebrating his grandfather's birthday with him and Keaton.[46] The moment is interrupted in the next scene as Bieber and Keaton mourn the death of his grandfather at an ocean-side funeral.[46][47] Two years after the event,[48] Bieber sees Keaton is still struggling with her husband's death.[46] He decides to take Keaton for a night out on the town as they attempt to move past their grief.[46][49] Bieber buys a Gucci dress for Keaton to cheer her up,[50] and they partake in activities such as going on long walks along Ventura Beach and taking shots, toasting, and dancing at a bar.[45][49][51] Bieber later encourages Keaton to date again as she looks for eligible bachelors on a dating app called Slide.[47][49][52] Bieber then drives Keaton to the beach in a convertible, where she scatters her husband's ashes in the ocean while dolphins jump up to greet them.[47][53] At the end of the video, Bieber surprises Keaton by setting her up on a date with a new man who slightly resembles her departed husband.[47][52]
Bieber called Keaton and asked her to be in the video, to which she accepted the offer and expressed fondness for the song.[45] Keaton previously shared a brief interaction with Bieber in 2015 during her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and admitted having a slight crush on him after being shown his Calvin Klein campaign.[54] On October 6, 2021, Bieber and Keaton shared a teaser of the video on their respective Instagram accounts.[55] Speaking about her experience working with Bieber, Keaton said it was "friendly, open, loose and unique", adding that he "was kind to everyone and his team was perfection".[56] While Keaton had never been in a music video before, she directed two of them for Belinda Carlisle's singles, "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" and "I Get Weak".[53][56]
Immediately, I was hooked by the classic feel of the song, which reminded me of the likes of The Cars and Queen. But I also remember feeling deceived, in a good way. Judging from their ghostly image (yes, pun intended), I expected them to be a very rigid brand of heavy metal.
As death lurked in every corner, some held on to their religious faiths. Meanwhile, it is said that others found their spirituality in partying, as they wanted to live their last moments on Earth in fun.
Today, I want to talk about the lyrics to a song called Ghost of you by the Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer. This podcast was requested by Brian from Indonesia. This podcast should just about be OK for learners from pre-intermediate. Most of the language in the song is pre-intermediate. I am going to talk about the more advanced vocabulary so by the end of this podcast, you should be able to listen to the song again and understand it all.
Lipstick is a type of makeup that people, normally women, wear on their lips. Lipstick is a bit like oil paint and can leave marks. So if someone wears lipstick and then gives you a big kiss on your cheek, you might be left with a mark in the shape of their lips on your face.
To drown something out means to overwhelm something, usually with something else similar. I think that most commonly, we use it to talk about noise. You can drown out sounds by playing loud music. I have some roadworks outside my house at the moment so I am playing music to drown out the sound of the digger. Luke is feeling sad because he misses his partner so he drowns the feelings out by dancing through his house with the memory of his partner.
In the song, Luke sings about dancing through the house with the ghost of his partner. I think in this case, the ghost means the memory of the person. This is quite a common metaphor. There are films and videogames that use the word ghost to mean the memory of something.
There are two other common uses of shot. One is an injection. If you go to the doctor and they give you an injection the doctor is giving you a shot. I think we are all looking forward to getting a shot soon to inoculate against covid.
The other word chase normally means to follow someone quickly in order to catch them. Cats chase mice, dogs chase cats, sometimes the police have to chase criminals in their cars. There is another use of the verb that relates to drinking. If you chase a drink, you drink a second different drink immediately after a drink. So sometimes people in a bar order a beer with a whisky chaser. They then chase the beer with the whisky by drinking the whisky immediately afterwards.
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Hai jack, i would like you to do a podcast about one direction songs. You can pick the first song that you found. Hope you have a time for me thank you!! Actually i really love your podcast cause your voice is very calm!!?
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This is the thing, I have a public playlist. In my computer it says that I have 77 songs (the correct number), but in my phone a Ipad it says that I have 78 songs. Even after i removed all songs from the playlist it kept saying I have 1 song but when I enter it says that I got no songs.
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