Information:
'I am Woman' was written by Emily Catherine Lomeli. Performed by Emmy Meli same person. The song was released on November 18, 2021. The song falls into a couple different genre categories like Funk, Electro-Pop, Disco, Reggae, Dance Pop, East Coast Hip-Hop, Classical Rock and Punk. 'I am a Woman' became viral hit on TikTok after singer/songwriter posted the chorus on the app. It received over 22 million views and became a trend with the song for women all over the world to post with videos or photos them with this song playing as being an empowering woman. According to Film Feed Article, Emmy Meli says she wrote the song to, 'empower women' and called seeing the song resonate with listeners ‘the most amazing and beautiful thing’ she has experienced.
Lyrics
I am woman, I am fearlessI am sexy, I'm divineI'm unbeatable, I'm creativeHoney, you can get in lineI am feminine, I am masculineI am anything I wantI can teach you, I can love youIf you got it goin' on
- This song makes me feel powerful, makes me gain this confidence for being a woman and speaks volume for how powerful it makes me feel. This song was made for all different kinds of women that are feminine, masculine, that are sexy, creative that probably don't feel that way at all. I love how it's for a specific audience yet all different kinds of women can relate to this song which makes it a really great song. Emmy Meli has influential artist that she listen to like Amy Winehouse and I do think this song does match the same vibe that Amy Winehouse did explore in her musical genre.
-When I listen to this song, I can hear the Drums starting the Beat to the song and I could also hear the Guitar bass creating the melody to the song. I think this song is a very sexy yet powerful song that has a very good vocal aspect that really brings it together. I feel free, I feel powerful, I feel confident, I feel absolutely beautiful when I listen to this song as I am getting ready for anything it is a very great confidence booster. This song really brings out something in me that keeps me in a positive mood with myself. It does bring me joy that other women can listen to this song and feel their confidence boost or feel some sort of amusement to this song in themselves.
Elements:
- I think it's important to note that Emmy Meli wrote a few words to describe herself and then added a beat with a melody. I really like that she came up with really the chorus first and then contributed music afterwards to make the melody fit the words to the song. The Beat really brings into the mood of this song of it being slow but impactful. The Tempo I think also really adds to the speed of the song which makes the song not too fast for the lyrics and makes the song slow enough that you can hear the words to the song that's expressing a theme. The theme being all women can feel many different things that should make them feel powerful as a Woman. The song also has rhythm that just sways with the lyrics. When I listen to the rhythm of the song I sway my head front and back as the drums hit the cymbals. I think it does add to the mood of the music and the tone of it for how it gives off a hip-hop genre and also a mix of different types of genres. The Texture of the song relating to Rhythm, Melody and Harmony each of the musical element impacts the song by adding to an emphasis to the song. The drums hitting a cymbal does add emphasis to the next line of the lyric. I also think the guitar makes a big emphasis that you can hear the instrument playing. I also think it makes the song very distinctive that if someone plays the background music they would be able to state what song it is.
Video:
- The link below is the video, if you want to skip the introduction please skip to 1:09.
(Please watch the entire video just to get an inside look from the artist herself explaining her vision and getting feed back from the background dancers of what they like about the song and how the song impacted them)
Reference
Emmy Meli: Biography, age, height, facts, trivia, birthday, photos, family and more. FilmiFeed Stars. (2024, February 19). https://stars.filmifeed.com/bio/emmy-meli/
The song effectively conveys a message of female empowerment through emotive vocals and lyrics that encapsulate a commanding vocal presence. Such a strong voice! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI’ve never heard this song before, but I can definitely understand why it had such an impact. The lyrics are easy to understand and powerful, the beat is also very strong and supportive, making the whole thing catchy, and showing off her voice. It struck me, though, that while it’s supposed to be about empowering women, it’s focusing mostly on the physical side of being a woman, with only a few hints of something deeper.
ReplyDeleteBriefly, the opening phrases in the fifth verse/bridge focus outside the self/physical body (starting at “hear no evil,” referring to others talking trash about “you”) — but those lines feel angry and negative to me, reflecting a pushy and/or defensive defiance, which doesn’t work to balance the rest of the song in a positive direction. Aside from a very few lines, most can be interpreted physically — to be blunt, I can easily read/hear it all as talking about sex, and this makes it feel like she’s saying that, ultimately, the only way a woman has power is through physicality/sexuality, and that that is the best and/or most noteworthy thing about women. For example: “I am sexy, I'm divine,” “Honey, you can get in line” (in line for what?), “[I/you] got it goin’ on,” plus the references to sweet food (literally objectifying herself), and many other lines which use language that’s often euphemistic and which especially read that way in context. Maybe that’s actually her intention, but that doesn’t feel super empowering to me, as an individual — I guess I’m not the intended audience!
An “empowering-to-women” song that I appreciated, which had its moment over 10 years ago, was Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).” I was definitely singing along to that one. To me, it has a more wholesome and holistic sense of empowerment for women, while still being about relationship, and is very relatable. She talks about being “a fighter” and having personal resilience as a human being, which resonates with me more.
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ReplyDeleteI really liked your blog post and I thought that you did a good job explaining it. When I heard this song for the first time I had just had my second baby and my husband was deployed so I was taking care of 2 kids under two by myself and it was really hard. I felt so small and that what I was doing was so insignificant but after hearing this song I saw myself from a different outlook and that my body was something amazing and that raising my two little boys is beautiful. When listening to this song the tempo stayed the same throughout the song and the texture of her voice with the beat made for a great song.