Jealous

     Jealousy can take over your happiness if you let it by constantly being and feeling that way…

When i first heard this “Jealous” by Labrinth, i was at home with me sister (preet), we were at the table eating while we watched “ The X Factor” on tv.

The show was about to end and there was just one audition left for the judges to judge and decide whether they would make it to the next round or not.

The audition walked onto the stage, my sister and I were like, “Ohh i don't think he'll make it, he looks a little to nervous..”

   

   They judges were asking him about himself, what song he was going to sing and why he chose to sing that song. His name was Josh Daniel. He is 21, a car macanicand and was from Building-a-mente-side. And chose to sing Jealous by Labrinth. They asked him why he chose to sing that song and he replied with his sweet charming accent, “ummm.. I lost my best friend a couple of years ago… i kind of interpreted the lyrics kind of say ‘im jealous that you're happy with me’ ann I kind of see it in a sense that he now happy and moved on to a best place and that i can still be with him.” Then suddenly he began to sing his heart away, i was like ohhhhh gosh…

When he was singing I had just felt so many emotions at once and I could not stop replaying his audition. His voice, singing and song choice when perfectly with what he had gone thought which was really similar to what I had gone through, and I believe, his audition touched everyone in the heart. Which is a great thing for him because he MADE IT TO  THE NEXT ROUND!!!!

  

    Timothy Lee McKenzie is Labrinth’s real name this 27 year old pop  and R&B singer whose african american, whose voice is amazing and whos lyrics cooperate greatly with other. He goes by Labrinth and that is his stage name. Labrinth was born on January 4, 1989 he's from London, England and Hackney. Labrinth got famous from the songwriter Simon Cowell. Simon was a song  producer who worked with Labrinth, he helped him put his music together, get him known and helped him actually put him music out there. Simon cowell helped Labrinth put out “jealous” in 2008. He made it a single, because he was originally thinking of buttoning it in one of his mixtape but he though it didn't go right with the other songs. He thought it would also have a bigger meaning to it if he made it a single, so he did. He sang this song because of the lose of his father, when his father left him and his family as he was just a toddler. He sings this song and hides the real reason of why he wrote and sang this song by singing about a girl.

  In this song Labrinth sends a deep message that everyone leaves eventually but you shall always learn to make yourself happy, independently and love yourself do you. He does this by talking about the same issue in a different perspective. Also by considering and accepting the consequences and emotions that come with the situation.

However, as Labrinth sings this song and sends this deep that's tells his audience that others can't take away your happiness unless you let them and that self love is all you need.

I have a whole different interpretation of the song and every lyric, verse and the curious Labrinth sings speaks to me in a way I could never fully explain. When I listen to his music, all his songs tend to get me hooked and very emotional, especially “Jealous.”

When I listen to this song, it says “it's hard for me to say/ I'm jealous of the way you're happy without me,” every time I listen to that verse I tell get emotional for many reasons. Anyways my interpretation of this song and the way labrinth puts it into actual lyrics, is every loss is a strength gained, that you shall never be jealous of someone else's happiness because it's not going to do you any good.

This is my interpretation because as i said there are many reasons but I feel the biggest is being jealous of my fathers happiness without me, he seems as if he doesn't need me. My grandfather as well, he means the world to me even though i never met him but now that he's gone and in a better place it's hard on me because i wish he could be with me and i wish he were my father…

   Labrinth uses his tone to convey his message that not everyone is meant to stay, everyone leaves but you just have to leave to make yourself happy independently and learn to love yourself for you. When he says “I wished you the best of all this world could give” in verse # one in the chorus, his tone in the song changes. He first does from a low and soft tone to a hard and meaningful tone, as if he's angry or something. He also pauses before he sings the next verse. This tells me that Labrinth is trying to make that verse clear before he goes onto the next. I think he pauses and his voice changes because he connects it to the theme.

  One thing he also uses his personal perspective, to show the way he feels about the situation, he and to convey his theme that not everyone is meant to stay, everyone leaves but you just have to accept the loss and make yourself happy independently and love yourself for you. He conveys his theme when he says “It’s hard for me to say I’m jealous of the way you’re happy without me”. (In verse # 7 & 8) He doesn't say exactly how he feels about it all but he repeats himself many times with the same line. That shows that he really means the way he feels and it is hard for him to express his jealousy because that's not the same way she may feel about him if she were in his shoes.

  Labrinth includes a video to the song that is 4 minutes and 47 seconds and in that music video he includes nothing but himself playing the piano which weakens the song a bit because, he doesn't show or do anything to express the way he actually feels. He also doesn't do anything but play the pianoforte I said before, he plays it for a couple seconds in the video. This oh ink is the only thing that weakens the song since a piano can't explain the way you feel, you need actions that go with your lyrics to express your feelings and fuke the audience to both the music video and the song itself.

  However, Labrinth’s  lyrics he sings amazingly go great with each and every word he sings. He doesn't just wounded off and get off topic and strangely  starts singing about something random like food. He sticks to the one situation and he sticks to one theme, convincing his audience that it is completely okay to feel a certain way about something as long as your create happiness for yourself on your own and love yourself for you instead of depending on others to do that for you.

  In conclusion, “Jealous” by Labrinth, speaks to me and I'm sure it does to others as well. But not only others but the world because there are many people nowadays who are insecure, who don't think of the themselves but others instead, who are very unhappy with themselves because they don't have someone to be happy with or for… And Labrinth sends a message that it's okay to feel a certain way about something or someone as long as you create happiness on your own and learn to love yourself for you/ no one stays, everyone leaves eventually but when that time comes you shall learn to keep yourself happy independently and learn to love yourself for you. I recommend this song and artist to any and everyone who likes R&B and to those who just like music that will speak to you in a way not all music can.

A friendly reminder, everything will be okay as long as you continue to forgive and forget and constantly do what makes you happy no matter what it is… ❤️✨