Swellow Rants REWRITE - Dear Future Husband
SwellowDude98 (NOTICE - This is Swellow on a joint account. Any post I made that I didn't personally like will have a rewrite.)Meghan Trainor is an example of a music artist everyone would consider a "one-hit wonder" that has actually stayed in the industry. Her first song, All About That Bass, was the prime example of that. Personally, AATB was actually somewhat bearable; There was a decent beat that gave it a sixties vibe, and Meghan doesn't have an accent that's too bad. However, the lyrics are a different problem. They range from the stereotypical "have a big booty to show the guys" to the infamous "skinny glitches [obvious censorship]" line. She could have had a bit of potential if she had NOT went down that lane--- Oh wait, Nicki Minaj gave her a shoutout in Anaconda by using the infamous line in an even ruder way.
Sadly, when All About That Bass went, then came her second hit song, Lips are Movin', which is basically a remix of All About That Bass (come on, did you notice how similar the beats are?) with different lyrics. This time, it wasn't as popular, mainly because people thought it was her going from skinny women to saying "if you are a male you're a liar". Geez, Meghan, you have a small bit of potential but honestly... what way are you going?
Sadly, I can't say anything positive about her third hit; Dear Future Husband. Basically, it's a song that is the literal definition of a song that is about fifty years out of date.
Let's start on the production, which isn't too bad, but honestly, we've heard Runaround Sue being sampled way too much, especially in Dance With Me (Tonight). Meghan's vocals aren't too bad, but they still feel like they are virtually the same as AATB. However, what ruins the entire song is the lyrics, which are, once again, sexist and archaic to the common media. She basically says she wants the guy to do everything she wants without any charisma, but it gets worse as the song progresses. Especially the weak hook change, one of which is:
"Open doors for me and you might get some... kisses."
Wow, what a lousy line. Out of anything, and you can't think of a term for "getting it on"? However, after that, the sexism gets worse into the housewife thing. "We'll never see your family more than mine!" No! I'm seriously feeling bad for your future husband. How about we see the video...
Yup, she's enforcing the stereotypes of housewives, and since the guys don't match her criteria, she has to dump them. Let's see who decides to match her terrible criteria...
Yeah, Charlie Puth, the artist who also doesn't know the idea of getting it on, and then makes a terrible collaboration song. Overall I rate this garbage a -2/10, and that's generous.