Single of the Day: Echosmith - Cool Kids

Oleh: admincd - 20 Oct 2014

Released by: Warner Music Indonesia

Band yang terdiri atas kakak beradik Graham, Sydney, Noah, dan Jamie Sierota, Echosmith, berkisah tentang insekuritas dalam single Cool Kids. Tapi alih-alih murung, gelap atau sendu, mereka memilih untuk menghadirkan lagunya dalam balutan lagu yang cerah dan menghentak. Mendengarkan Cool Kids, kita bisa menyimak semangat pop 80-an yang dileburkan dalam Indie-pop yang mereka usung. Hasilnya ternyata cukup manis dan cantik serta sedap untuk didengar.

Lagu pop dengan muatan sosial mungkin bukan hal yang aneh, tapi kok rasanya jarang dikerjakan. Toh Echosmith bisa membuktikan kalau tema yang "berat" dan "serius" bisa dibawakan dengan tone yang lebih ringan dan santai tanpa mengurangi esensi lagunya. Kita bisa terbawa dengan melodi manis yang diusung Cool Kids, bentukan Synth-pop dan Indie-pop, sementara lirik yang diterangkan dengan lugas juga cukup berkesan untuk didengar dan diresapi liriknya.

Inilah kekuatan Echosmith, saat sesuatu yang getir seperti "I wish that I could be like the cool kids / 'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in," tetap terdengar positif, berkat aransemen yang penuh dengan intensitas. Meski demikian, sulit menafikan jika ada sesuatu yang pedih di vokal Sydney Sierota saat menyanyikan bait ini.

Cool Kids adalah lagu pop yang gemilang, bukan karena ia hanya memiliki chorus yang catchy dan hook yang kuat, tapi juga lirik yang menohok dan penuh pesan. Di tengah skena Pop yang cenderung berbicara tentang hal-hal artifisial ataupun percintaan klise, sungguh menyegarkan bisa mendengarkan lagu seperti ini. Dan untuk itu Echosmith sangat layak untuk dipuji.

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(Haris / CreativeDisc Contributor)

LYRIC

She sees them walking in a straight line, that's not really her style.

And they all got the same heartbeat, but hers is falling behind.

Nothing in this world could ever bring them down.

Yeah, they're invincible, and she's just in the background.

And she says,

"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,

'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."

He sees them talking with a big smile, but they haven't got a clue.

Yeah, they're living the good life, can't see what he is going through.

They're driving fast cars, but they don't know where they're going.

In the fast lane, living life without knowing.

And he says,

"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,

'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids,

'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to get it.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."

And they said,

"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,

'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids,

'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids,

'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to get it.

I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."

Whoa [3x]

Like the cool kids

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