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From Katy Perry's second album, One of the Boys, Hot N' Cold was released in 2008. The song was the third single from the album, following the singles Your So Gay and I Kissed a Girl. Hot N' Cold reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. After two very controversial singles Perry's third single came as a relieve to many. The lyrics of the song have been speculated to be about Katy Perry's relationship with the a group member from Gym Class Heroes Travis McCoy. It speaks of how the man of her life is bipolar as he is regularly getting mood swings and changing his mind.
One of the rhetorical devices that seems to be the most prominent in the lyrics of the song is the use of antithesis. Some of the antithesis she uses is, "You're hot then you're cold," and also "It's black and it's white." Perry uses the antithesis in over 75% of the song to describe to the listeners the actions of the person she is speaking about. The use of anthithesis makes the song a lot more intersting because it doesn't allow the song to be dull. Without the use of antithesis she would be trying to describe the person by sayin things like, "You don't have stable emotions," or "You're always changing your mind." Not very interesting.
A second rhetorical device used in the song is the use of anaphora. Many of the antithesis used in the song are also part of a larger structure that froms the anaphora. In the chorus of the song the use of "You're" before every action is what forms the anaphora. Another anaphora in the song's lyrics is where Perry says, "We fight, we break up, we kiss, we make up." The use of several we's is what forms the anaphora. The use of anaphora in the song is used to show how it is not just one thing that is unstable in the relationship but many.
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Gary:
Hot n' Cold is a very "catchy" song. I just never saw it the way you described it. The anaphora are there, as well as antithesis. I see that the rhetorical strategies we have learned really do work in keeping people tuned into a message. Just like Katy Perry did in this song. The strategies you pointed out really did keep my attention, and it's also the part of the song that most people remember, because it's "catchy"
good work once again.
Hey Gary,
Like edwin says this song is catchy. I have heard this song so many times i still don't get that tired of it. Now since i don't want to get off topic, this song repeats and repeats what it is trying to say. I don't know if you have seen the video but everything that she is trying to say is basically summarized in her video.
I think she does good in summarizing what she is trying to say with the chorus that keeps on going through the song. I think to do such a thing is hard but the way she did it was very good. Good job gary, for choosing a song that shows a lot of anaphora. Repeating the same thing to get the message through is a really good thing. Good Job Gary
Dear Gary,
I think that this is one type of song that people like even i like it and it does uses a lot of anaphora to get her main point. By saying it over and over again we get what she is trying to say in a catchy way. There are many songs out there that tries to repeat themselves over and over again but sometimes they suck. This one is different from others though and has a meaning into it.
Anyways i think your blog is interesting and the fact that you are analyzing songs makes it better.
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