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Glass Animals Release New Album with Love Songs
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This cover image released by Republic Records shows "I Love You So F***ing Much" by Glass Animals. (Republic Records via AP)

Glass Animals Release New Album with Love Songs

July 15th, 2024

The music group Glass Animals has made a new album about love called "I Love You So Much." They are from Britain and make music that sounds dreamy. They have made popular songs before, like "Gooey" and "Heat Waves." Glass Animals' new album has ten songs. They sing about love in different ways. Love can be beautiful, scary, hard, and confusing. The songs have music that is new and different. The first song, "Show Pony," is about a love that starts strong but then ends. Other songs have sounds like an orchestra and keyboard. Dave Bayley, the singer, uses big pictures like oceans and space to talk about love. He sings about feeling alone even when people love him. He also sings about not being able to make someone love you back. The music on this album has parts that repeat, but it sounds better when you listen more. The words of the songs tell a story about love. This album says that love is important and that it can be simple and also not simple.
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💭 Discussion Questions


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. What country is the music group Glass Animals from?
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. What is the title of the new album by Glass Animals?
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. What theme do the songs in the new album mostly talk about?

📖 Vocabulary


🌐 Cultural context


Glass Animals is a music band from Great Britain, where English pop and rock music is very famous. This British band is known for creating music with a unique, dreamy sound. Their new album is about love, a common theme in songs worldwide.

🧠 Further reading


K-pop
K-pop is popular music from South Korea. It is not just one kind of music. It has many styles like pop, hip hop, and rock. People started to call it K-pop in the 2000s. K-pop is not just music from Korea, but it's also about the singers and groups who perform on TV and concerts. A long time ago, in 1992, a group called Seo Taiji and Boys started to change Korean music. They tried new sounds and mixed different kinds of music together. This made K-pop grow and become more exciting. In the 1990s, music groups called "idol" groups became very popular with young people. Later, singers like TVXQ and BoA made K-pop famous in other countries, like Japan. Now, because of the internet and TV shows, many people from different countries like K-pop. By 2018, K-pop had become very big and important in the music world. It even became one of the top music markets in the world. Lots of people around the globe enjoy K-pop music and the shows K-pop stars are on.

Storytelling
Storytelling is when people tell stories. They sometimes add acting or change little parts to make it better. People from different places have their own stories. These stories can be for fun, for learning, for keeping culture, or for teaching good behavior. There are important parts of a story like the plot, the characters, and who is telling the story. Long ago, before people wrote things down, they told stories by talking and using their hands and faces to express themselves. Stories were important in old times, especially in religious events. Some think that old paintings on rocks were ways to tell stories. In Australia, the Aboriginal people made symbols on walls that helped them remember stories. They used talking, music, art, and dance to tell these stories. People also wrote stories on trees, in the sand, leaves, or even with tattoos to show their family stories or what group they belong to. Many stories from all over the world are similar, which might mean that all humans like certain kinds of stories. Some stories, like fairy tales, were so liked that they spread from one place to another. Over time, some stories that were told by mouth became big groups of stories, like the "Arabian Nights", or they were about great heroes.

Repetition (music)
In music, we hear the same sounds or parts more than once. This is called repetition, and it is very important for music. It helps to make the music sound nice and helps people remember the song. Sometimes, musicians tell us they will repeat parts by using special signs or words in their music. Repeating parts of music can help to make songs feel strong and easy to follow, like a drum that keeps a steady beat. But if musicians repeat too much, it can become boring. We need our memory to enjoy music because we like to remember tunes and think about them. When music repeats, it makes us happy and helps us not to forget the song. Some people think repetition is not good, but others believe it makes music that everyone can enjoy. Music has different amounts of repetition, so every song is unique.