Investigating Figurative Language in “Lose You to Love Me” Song Lyric

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Investigating Figurative Language in “Lose You to Love Me” Song Lyric

Erniyanti Nur Fatahhela Dewi 1, Didin Nuruddin Hidayat2*, Alek3 1,2,3 Department of English Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia Jl. Ir H. Juanda No.95, Cemp. Putih, Kec. Ciputat, Kota Tangerang Selatan, Banten

Article History: Abstract: Figurative language is part of the semantic aspect of Received: March 26, 2020 language that employs various figures in a language. The study Revised: June 17, 2020 discussed an analysis of the figurative languages in Selena Gomezs‘ Accepted: June 18, 2020 song. The study aimed at finding out the kind and the meaning of Published: June 30, 2020 figurative language in her song ―Lose You to Love Me‖. The source of the data was taken from the lyrics of Selena Gomez‘s song. Her Keywords: song was classified as a pop song released on 23th October 2019. In Figurative Language Analysis, Song this analysis, the descriptive qualitative model was used with a pure Lyrics, and Discourse Analysis structuralism approach, such as hyperbole, irony, paradox, *Corresponding Author: personification, repetition, and simile. Then, the types of figurative [email protected] language were classified and analyzed. The result showed that six kinds of figurative languages were found: hyperbole 33.3%, Irony 11.1%, paradox 22.3%, personification 11.1%, repetition 11.1%, and simile 11.1%. The figurative language dominant is hyperbole, since song lyrics are distorted by adding original meanings to exact words. Instead, song lyrics contain a comparative meaning between denotative interpretation and connotative meaning. Besides, this song provides the essence of the song on aesthetic principles and colors.

INTRODUCTION without saying its literal meaning. Language is one of the Alternatively, they choose some communication tools used by humans. As languages that require the interpretation a result, humans will never be able to of the addressee to understand what communicate with others without people mean. language. People need the language to In light of figurative languages are share, help, find and provide ideas and not only found in conversation. Defisyani, useful information for others. Bonvillain Hamzah, and Fitrawati (2016) stated that (2019) argues that people consider the use figurative language could be found not of language for granted in terms of daily only in written, but also in spoken conversation. Even with the ability to languages. Figurative language can be make daily conversations with others, found in written languages such as in some people still find some difficulties in books, novels, short stories, and expressing and understanding feelings, advertisements. Moreover, it can be found thoughts, ideas, and experiences in in oral languages in songs, speeches, and expressing a language. One of the TV programs. Miller (2018) argues that problems people have in a language is the figurative language is one of the literature use of figurative language (Saboe, 2018). study. While taking up and figuring out Since people sometimes say something the literature, people need to comprehend

6 Investigating Figurative Language in ―Lose You to Love Me‖ Song Lyric | Erniyanti Nur Fatahhela Dewi not only the form of language or speech, songs using figurative languages but also the sense behind each sentence. It (Ibrahim, Akib, & Hasyim, 2019). seems to indicate that writers or speakers Therefore, it seems to indicate that also desire to obtain the reader or listeners important to learn figurative languages in feel sensate the sense behind each terms of understanding the songs. The sentence. present study is expected to inform Moreover, a song is one of the readers, in particular language learners, of greatest literature forms. Another critical figurative language analysis in song thing to remember, a song is a short lyrics. The study is aimed at finding out rhymes music with songwriter‘s the types and meanings of the figurative imagination, feelings, ideas, illusions, and languages in song lyrics ―Lose You to messages to others throughout the words Love Me‖ by Selena Gomez. In this or song lyrics. Song lyrics convey the regard, a qualitative-descriptive study was messages to the listeners. It consists of a conducted in the study. In analyzing the series of words written and performed by figurative languages, the researchers used a chosen singer. A songwriter would pure structuralism. typically have a target for who will be his The study is expected to give a or her listeners (Tikkanen, 2018). contribution in the academic field, Therefore, a song can be viral because of especially on figurative language the singer, lyrics, or both. Also, listeners discourse analysis in song lyrics, since sometimes used song as accompanied songs are learned at each level, from them to enjoy their activities. Songs are junior to high schools. In addition, the used to express the feeling of the listeners study is also expected could give to convey messages to someone else since additional information for the furtherer some people experience difficulties in research on the same topic. Many have expressing their feelings or willing to do conducted figurative language analysis in directly. song lyrics, such as ―Endless Love‖ In accordance, Selena Gomez has (Ibrahim et al., 2019), ―Don‘t You just released her new song on 23rd Remember‖ by Adele (Sari, Dartini, & October 2019 entitled ―Lose You to Love Mulyani, 2019), ―One OK Rock‖ (Rahim, Me‖. The song was one of the viral song 2019). Similarly, the findings showed that in 2019. Moreover, the song‘s official all songs they investigated have figurative video clip even became the number one languages. However, those studies did not trending on YouTube on 26th October specifically discuss how figurative 2019. Selena Gomez said that she made language analysis of the ―Lose You to the official video clip only using a mobile Love Me‖ song lyric by Selena Gomez. phone. This song is a song about a Therefore, different from those previous woman‘s feelings who parted with her studies, this current study would be lover. The woman feels lost when focusing on figurative language analysis establishing a relationship. After her in ―Lose You to Love Me‖ song lyric by romance ended, the woman has just Selena Gomez. Those previous studies realized that she had to trust herself. To also presented some methods and theories trust herself, she needs to lose and to hate that can be used to analyze the figurative the lover who becomes an ex-boyfriend. languages in literary works. However, the Moreover, it seems interesting to current study would use pure analyze figurative language in the song structuralism analysis. Furthermore, lyric ―Lose You to Love Me‖ by Selena present study is aimed to find out the Gomez. Since the figurative languages contextual meaning and the type of were not only found in daily conversation, figurative in song lyrics ―Lose you to love but also these figurative languages found me‖ by Selena Gomez. in song lyrics. Many songs especially love

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Figurative Languages (2018) add that statements or situations Figurative language is the intended that appear to contain contradictory or implications of the words, sentences, and incompatible elements, but maybe true for expressions utilized do not concur with closer examination. Moreover, the their literal meaning. In other words, paradox is a clear contradiction, which is figurative languages refer to words and somehow valid. This can be a condition or word groups that sensationalize or change statement. the common meaning of those words Personification element. Traditionally, figurative Personification consists of assigning language has been viewed as deviant from the characteristic of a human being to an literal language. On the other hand, it is entity, to an object or a concept. It is the now well known that figurative language attribution of human characteristics and/or is a common part of daily language and emotions to non-human beings, inanimate social interaction. In accordance, objects, or abstract ideas (Tairako, 2018). Kalandadze et al. (2018) argued that Repetition figurative language could enhance the Repetition is a kind of figurative social communication ability so that language that repeats a word or a group of figurative language master may alter words in a sentence to accentuate and listeners‘ or readers‘ understanding of a create a poetic or rhythmic effect. It can word or a concept by contrasting it to be used to show humor or even threaten, something else. or emphasize, inter alia, intensity, mood, Hyperbole and image (Liontas, 2018). Hyperbole affects overreaction by Simile drawing something through words. In Simile is a kind of figurative other words, Hyperbole is a kind of figure language, which is a comparison between of speech that exaggerates and two different things. In other words, It is emphasizes arguments more than facts easy to find a comparison of speech (Burgers, Konijn, & Steen, 2019). This figures in the same way, as simile is one could be absurd or funny. In addition, of the ways to equate one item with hyperbole can be added to stories to add another by combining words or using color and depth to characterization in comparators of terms: ―as if, as if, like,‖ song lyrics. etc. (Hidayati, 2017). Irony Song Irony is a kind of figurative Songs are musical works for sound, language which described something with whether accompanied or not, or acts of the opposite meaning by giving a little singing, songs that can be performed by satire. This type of figurative language one or more people. It is also the most usually draws something by reversing the liked and very loyal to the people in the meaning of the intention that happened society. Since the songs will not only (Burgers et al., 2019). It could also be have fun, they will have a great, personal said that the figurative language conceals and fresh relationship with life. or hides the purpose of reality. The Nevertheless, songs are also used to meaning intended in irony is contrary to convey perspectives, to talk about culture, what is said or said; its nature is subtle, about society, or about someone‘s life. but it can also state rough meaning. This Songs are also used to encourage people form is categorized as satire or to listen to them or change their minds contradictory. (Harper, 2018; Wilson, 2019). The song Paradox seems to be arranged in a language that is Paradox is an apparent self- clear enough to be understood at first contradiction or deliberate inconsistency. hearing. Furthermore, it seems reasonable Also, Sudarsono, Samola, and Maru to say, and a song is one of poetry

Investigating Figurative Language in ―Lose You to Love Me‖ Song Lyric | Erniyanti Nur Fatahhela Dewi literature which is shown by singing and step was discussing the data from each accompanied by musical instruments. category. The last was drawing a Lyric conclusion based on the analysis. The lyrics come from the Greek This study seeks to address the word lyricos, which means harp (Arifah, following questions: 1) what are the types 2016; Ratna, 2017). Lyrical words are of figurative language found in ―Lose used for song lyrics. Lyrics are a You to Love Me‖ song lyric? 2) what is collection of words that make up a song. the meaning of figurative language found The meaning of the lyrics can be explicit in ―Lose You to Love Me‖ song lyric? or implicit. Some of the lyrics are The figurative languages would be abstract, almost incomprehensible, and in counted by using the frequency of such cases, the interpretation emphasizes cumulative formula, as cited in Ibrahim, form, articulation, meter, and symmetry Akib, and Hasyim (2019). It could be of expression. Lyrics can be written in seen as follows: almost any size and on almost any subject, although the most commonly expressed emotions are love and sadness. In other contexts, lyrics to popular songs or other musical compositions are words that contradict music, which may not always be lyrical in a poetic sense. RESULT AND DISCUSSION Furthermore, Moore (2018) states that Figurative languages in lyric songs certain lyrics create poetry for observers were analyzed, which consist of with genuine feelings from individual hyperbole, irony, paradox, subjects, even through conventional personification, repetitions, and simile. language. Here are the figurative languages in song lyrics by Selene Gomez: METHOD The study used a descriptive Table 1. Kinds of Figurative Languages found in qualitative research method. The data “Lose You to Love Me” song lyrics were from the lyric of Selena Gomez‘s song, which contained figurative No Figurative Lyri Number of Percent languages entitled ―Lose You to Love Language cs Occurrences age % 1 Hyperbole You 3 33.3% Me‖. In this regard, the data collection promis method was library research. The process ed the started with reading the lyrics. Second, world, and I the researchers attempted to find the fell for word, phrase, and sentence which Set contained the figurative language and fires to my grasping the meaning of each figurative forest language. Third, the researchers made a and note, which was one of the used figurative you let it burn language. Last, the researchers classified I need and rechecked the data and analyzed to lose them. The data were analyzed by using a you to find pure structuralism approach, which me focused on the kinds and the meaning of the figurative language to identify types 2 Irony Sang 1 11.1% off key of figurative language such as simile, in my idiom, hyperbole, metaphor, chorus, personification and repetition. The next cause it wasn‘t

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yours exists in the world. The lyrics are also songwriters‘ very impressive first touch. 3 Paradox Rose- 2 22.3% colored The songwriter tries to express the hidden glasses impression that she has drowned with the all sweet promises of her lover in the past. distorte d The songwriter can also be said that she Set fire has already deified her lover to forget to my everything. purpos e, and I In the third line, the sentence ―set let it fires to my forest, and you let it burn‖ is burn included hyperbole. Since the sentence is 4 Personifica This 1 11.1% exaggerated. The word "fires" seems to be tion dancin meaned as passionate love. Songwriter g was seems to express that she already has a killing me very deep love. The love is actually softly damaging her and blooming herself. she also analogized her feelings as a forest. 5 Reputation To 1 11.1% The forest is left to burn by a feeling of love, love, disappointment at the lover‘s attitude. The yeah. forth line, the sentence ―sang off key in To my chorus, cause it wasn‘t yours‖ seems love, love, to be classified as irony. Since irony is yeah. one of figurative language in which the To speaker‘s intention differs from the love, yeah. meaning that sentence seem to express (Hamdi & Ali, 2018). In this lyric, the 6 Simile In two 1 11.1% songwriter seems to intend to insinuate months you her ex-boyfriend who has hurt her replace feelings. The word "my chorus" here is d us, interpreted as love that is damaged by her like it was ex-boyfriend. Besides, her ex-boyfriend easy feels fair because it was not his love anymore. Total 9 100% Stanza 2 Line 1 ―I saw the signs, and I ignored it‖ Line 2 ―Rose-colored glasses all Stanza 1 distorted‖ Line 1 ―you promised the world, and I Line 3 ―set fire to my purpose, and I let it fell for‖ burn‖ Line 2 ―I put you first, and you adored it‖ Line 4 ―you got off on the hurtin‘, when Line 3 ―set fires to my forest and you let it was not yours, yeah‖ it burn‖ In the second stanza, it was found Line 4 ―sang off-key in my chorus, cause some figurative languages which are it wasn‘t yours‖ paradox. Since the paradox means a In the first stanza, the lyrics variety of images that contrast with the belong to three figurative languages fact. In line two, The word ―distorted‖ consisting of two hyperbole and one here seems to be replaced by ―clear‖ or irony. Hyperbole can be found in line 1 ―illustrate‖ because the songwriter has and line 3, since the lyrics are mentioned the attribute which colored the exaggerated. In the first line, the sentence glasses. Moreover, the songwriter seems ―you promised me the world‖ seems that to indicate has another meaning to express who promised can give anything that

Investigating Figurative Language in ―Lose You to Love Me‖ Song Lyric | Erniyanti Nur Fatahhela Dewi the word ―all distorted‖. She seems to However, in line four, it was found express that she was the abstract. She hyperbole as the second line mentioned. analogizes a rose-colored glass was herself. She is beautiful but abstract Stanza 4 because she has been hurt. In line three, Line 1 ―To love, love yeah. To love, love, the word ―my purpose‖ here was yeah. To love, yeah.‖ reasonable to be said inappropriate to be Line 2 ―I needed to lose you to love me, fired. Since the purpose is the simple yeah‖ understanding that is working for Line 3 ―To love, love yeah. To love, love, something larger than themself, and it can yeah. To love, yeah.‖ be burn. Furthermore, the songwriter Line 4 ―I needed to lose you to love me, seems to express another meaning from yeah‖ this figurative speech. The word In the fourth stanza, the song ―purpose‖ seems to indicate the writer used two figurative languages songwriter‘s ―future‖. She felt that she which are repetition and hyperbole. had let her future be burnt or be destroyed Repetition can be found in the line one by her broken heart towards his ex- and three. Selena Gomez repeated the boyfriend. phrase ―to love‖. She repeated the words because she wants to emphasize that she Stanza 3 should find out herself by losing her ex- Line 1 ―we‘d always go into it blindly‖ boyfriend from her mind. Furthermore, by Line 2 ―I need to lose you to find me‖ repetition, the word ―to love‖ seems to Line 3 ―This dancing was killing me beautify the lyrics. softly‖ For the hyperbole explanation has Line 4 ―I need to hate you to love me, already been mentioned in the previous yeah‖ stanza. Selena seems to express that she In the third stanza, it found three has already realized to lose her ex- figurative languages, which are two boyfriend, to hate him. Therefore, she can hyperboles and one personification. find out her identity and to love herself. Hyperbole was found in line two and line four, while personification is in line four. In line two, the sentence implies an Stanza 5 exaggeration idea due to the emphasis. In Line 1 ―I gave my all, and they all know ―I need to lose you to find me‖ means the it‖ songwriter needs to forget her ex-lover, Line 2 ―You tore me down, and now it‘s who has made her crazy and become a showing‖ slave to love. So she can return to love Line 3 ―In two months you replaced us, herself or find herself. like it was easy‖ In the third line, it found personification Line 4 ―made me think I deserved it, In since the personification means an the thick of healing, yeah.‖ animate abstraction given to human‘s In this stanza, Selena used two abilities. The lyric ―This dancing was figurative speeches, which are hyperbole killing me softly‖ put human‘s ability on and simile. The hyperbole can be found in an abstract idea. The word ―was killing‖ line one, while simile can be found in line is used to kill the speaker softly while three. In line one, Selena express she gave logically, a dancing never could kill her all. The word ―my all‖ implies an someone else. Dancing makes people exaggeration idea due to emphasis. She enjoy the instrumental music. However, also seems to express that all of her life the implicit meaning here is that the love has already been given to her ex- which feels by Selena Gomez was hurt boyfriend, and it is witnessed by other her. It makes her like was killing softly.

Investigating Figurative Language in ―Lose You to Love Me‖ Song Lyric | Erniyanti Nur Fatahhela Dewi people mentioned through, ―and they all & Amelia, 2018) assert that hyperbole is know it‖. the most figurative language type often However, in line three is found encountered in daily life, especially song simile. According to Setiawati and lyric. For example, in the first stanza Maryani (2018), finding a comparison found two hyperboles. The lyric ―You figurative language of simile is easy. Promise the World‖ is a promise that Since simile is one of the ways to actually can never be realized. The compare one thing with another thing by songwriter seems to indicate that it combining words such as if, as, like, and exaggerates the impossible to happen. such as. Moreover, the lyrics above used Moreover, Irony was found still in the word ―like‖. Therefore, the song lyric the first stanza. Lievois and Van (2017) belongs to the simile since it compares argue that irony is a form of sentence that two things between ―In two months you expresses subtle allusions. Figurative replaced us‖ and ―it was easy‖. language, in terms of Irony, usually states something by reversing the meaning of Stanza 6 the intention that happened (Green, 2017; Line 1 ―To love, love yeah. To love, love, Lievois, 2017; Van Hee, Lefever, & yeah. To love, yeah.‖ Hoste, 2018). It is subtle, yet it can also Line 2 ―And now the chapter is closed give a rude statement. This form is and done‖ categorized as satire or contention. In Line 3 ―To love, love yeah. To love, love, accordance, the lyric ―sang off-key in my yeah. To love, yeah.‖ chorus, cause it wasn‘t yours‖ has satire Line 4 ―And now it‘s goodbye for us‖ meaning. In this sense, Selena tries to In this stanza, Selena used one figurative explore her feeling that she was really language, which is repetition. As disappointed. She felt that her ex- mentioned in stanza four, Selena repeated boyfriend was very unfair in their the lyric ―to love‖. relationship. She felt like she had a Overall, the song tells the story of beautiful song proved by using the words someone who has been in an unhealthy "my chorus," which was destroyed by her relationship with her ex-boyfriend. The ex-lover. Hence, the Selena‘s expression ex-boyfriend is only concerned with through this lyric intend to insinuate her himself. He never cares about someone‘s ex-lover, who has hurt her feelings. feelings. Although her ex-boyfriend Then, paradox was found two treated like that, the person is still times in the second stanza. Paradox is a understanding. When they have ―broken kind of figurative speech, which means an up‖, within two months, the ex-boyfriend image variation that opposite to the fact. can get a new girlfriend. Someone is still Paradox can also be interpreted as a blaming herself and considering herself to statement that seems contrary to public be the cause of the failure of their opinion or truth (Hargrave & Van de Ven, relationship. In this song, the person 2017; Platt, 2016). It keeps the fact that finally decides that she should be able to the statement contains the truth. hate and forget her ex-boyfriend to be Therefore, the paradox is the able to love herself more. content that contradicts what is supposed Based on the findings above, the to happen. The lyric ―Rose-colored ―Lose You to Love Me‖ song lyric has six glasses all distorted‖ contains meaning figurative languages. They are hyperbole, that is not actually in term of ―distorted‖ irony, paradox, personification, repetition, word. It seems to be replaced by ―clear‖ and simile. The hyperbole type was found or ―illustrate‖. It is in line with the study in the first and third stanza with 3 number by Sudarsono et al. (2018), who found the of occurrences. Some studies (e.g., Abbas, paradox in their study. They found ―our 2019; Pratama, 2016; Wood, 2017; Yusuf health care is too costly‖ in Barrack H.

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Obama‘s speech. They interpreted it as a figurative languages in song lyrics found tool to determine the cost of American the repetition form. For instance, health services is still not accessible to all Ibrahim, Akib, and Hasyim (2019) citizens. mentioned in their study that in ―Endless Moreover, the lyric ―set fire to my Love‖ song lyric found 36% of figurative purpose, and I let it burn‖ also contradicts language type is repetition. Surbakti the real situation. The word ―my purpose‖ (2019) also found 10 repetition forms in is not settled to be juxtaposed with Katy Perry‘s song lyric. Suka and Jeremia something that can be burned. It was (2019) also found two times of repetition impossible to set the fire in the purpose. forms in selected lyric of One Direction Therefore, Selena seems to indicate that song. That is to say, the lyric ―To love, she has another intention to express these love yeah. To love, love, yeah. To love, words. The word ―purpose‖ can be said as yeah‖ seems to beautify the song lyric her future, which have burnt by her itself. However, Selena repeated the broken heart. words ―love‖ since she wants to Furthermore, personification was found in emphasize that she has to find out herself the third stanza of line three. by losing her ex-boyfriend from her mind. Personification is one of figurative speech In addition, simile was found in the fifth that means an animate abstraction is given stanza in line three. human ability. Ko (2018) assert that Simile is a linkage language that personification is a language style in compares two things that are essentially literary works that give individual different, but are considered to contain properties to inanimate objects or living similar aspects; an explicit comparison on things that are not human, such as plants this form can be interpreted as giving and animals. Thus, they look like a human meaning to something that is compared (Ko, 2018; Padillah, Firmawan, & directly with words that are parables Purwaningsih, 2016). In accordance, the (Prasetyo, 2017; Rauuf, Nur, & Miranti, lyric ―This dancing was killing me softly‖ 2018). In accordance, the lyric ―In two put human‘s ability on an activity. months you replaced us, like it was easy,‖ Logically, a dance will never kill belongs to simile type. Since it compares someone. The dancing is an activity that two things between ―In two months you people usually do in enjoying musical replaced us‖ and ―it was easy‖. instruments. However, the meaning Hence, the use of figurative behind this lyric is the feeling she feels languages in the song titled ―lose you to that her love continues to hurt. So, it make love me‖ makes the song sound more to appear killing her slowly. It is in line beautiful and pleasant for listeners. By with a study by Ratna (2017), who using several types of figures of speech, analyzed the figurative language in Katy the songwriter can express what she wants Perry song lyric entitled ―firework‖. She to convey the messages (Ratna, 2017). found the lyric, which consists of The message looks short but has a personification. The lyric is ―after a profound meaning. So the listener can hurricane comes a rainbow‖. also enjoy the series of each word that has Also, repetition was found in the been composed by the songwriter. In this fourth stanza in lines one and three. case, Selena Gomez expresses her heart‘s Repetition is one of the figurative content through a series of words made by languages that use words repetition to her into song lyrics that can be enjoyed express the affirmation of the word or for everyone. Therefore, Selena Gomez sentence in meaning and to increase the used figurative language to beautify the impression of the sentence to the listener songs she made. (Harya, 2017; Surbakti, 2019). In accordance, many studies that analyzed

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