Song of the day: Imagine Dragons- Warriors
Ok, I really am digging this song. I love Imagine Dragons. I love the "new direction" they're taking. Sort of a darker side, and I love it! I remember hearing about Night Visions being released, and I checked it out. Boy, I couldn't get enough. I love the edginess and rasp of Dan Reynolds' voice. I was in love with Radioactive, of course, and I really liked On Top of the World, and Amsterdam. I think the flow of their peak popularity is really interesting. For one, they didn't become super popular until almost a year after Night Visions came out, and a lot of the songs that are popular were songs that were released before Night Visions, like It's Time. I also don't get what genre they are. Some songs sound alternative, some indie, but they're hardly indie anymore.
I just recently listened to Warriors in depth. I first listened to it because Imagine Dragons tweeted about the collab with League of Legends and linked the video to the music video, which was I guess was for the LoL 2014 World Championship. I didn't really listen in depth to it at that time, but I later ended up seeing a youtuber tweet about it again, so I decided to listen to it in more depth. I LOVED it!!! I think it matches the spirit of LoL, and the title really sums up the vibe. I can dig it. I can shamefully say that I've been wanting to start playing LoL for a while,but one of my favorite bands was probably the selling point. I'm seriously a noob kooking scrub (a compilation of slang for being terrible) at video games, I was always raised to "stay away from the device that will consume your life!". Making a connection between things I like is kind of easing me into it.
So, the actual song. I love the lyrics: "We are the warriors that built this town". It's a very bold and prideful statement, it context. The words are about: fighting hard, and getting what you want, and thriving, literally or metaphorically. Even though I don't really understand LoL, I get that to win the game with your team you have to be strategic and use intense concentration. It's hard work, but that's what it will take to win. Metaphorically, in another context it's saying "Be unique. Don't listen to anyone else but yourself." The first verse goes
"As a child, you would wait, and watch from far away,
But you always knew that you'd be the one
To work while they all play."
This is (literally) about working while everyone else is just playing, but I think it means that everyone else is doing the same thing (play) but you are the only one who can change yourself and be different (working). In other words, Imagine Dragons is telling people to be hipster... just kidding... that's just the way my brain works.
Later,
-Yummi
