Is “You’re Beautiful” actually a love song? The answer is still “yes”, but there is no question of a romantic relationship between two lovers. The music video itself suggests that the song should have a rather pejorative connotation. Let’s analyze it quickly. The figure facing the abyss turns around and the audience sees a young man with raindrops flowing down his face. Then, for another three minutes, he gets rid of his clothes, placing all the items found in his pockets in front of him. Finally, he walks to the edge and then jumps off the cliff. So the plot of the music video sounds more dramatic than romantic, right?
James Blunt himself came to a similar conclusion during a conversation on “The John Bishop Show.” “It’s always been portrayed as romantic, but it’s actually kind of creepy,” the singer explained. During his last appearance on “Sunday Brunch”, the artist said that each of his songs was created for a specific occasion: “‘Goodbye, My Lover’ is obviously a song for separation, but I have a song for divorce called ‘I’ll Take Everything ‘”.
What is the story behind the song “You’re Beautiful”?
James Blunt recently talked about the history of the hit “You’re Beautiful” in an interview on “The John Bishop Show”. It turns out that one of the artist’s greatest hits was created after a chance meeting with his former partner. “One day I was on the subway in London and I met an ex-girlfriend with her new boyfriend. Our eyes met but we just passed each other and I went home and in two minutes I wrote the lyrics to ‘You’re Beautiful’. I went to Los Angeles, to meet my friend, songwriter, Sacha Skarbek, and together with Amanda Ghost we finished working on the song,” the singer revealed.
James Blunt emphasizes that although in his opinion the song has little to do with romanticism, he is even happy that lovers dance to it at weddings. “The thing is, I watch another guy’s girlfriend on the subway when I’m high… but people play it at their weddings, which is kind of nice.”
Source: Gazeta
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