Released by: Universal Music Indonesia
Maroon 5 melanjutkan teritori pop catchy-nya untuk album V dengan single terbaru mereka, Animals. Tentu saja dengan hadirnya Benny Blanco dan Shellback berada di belakangnya, tidak usah diragukan lagi kekuatan Animals dalam mengejar semangat catchy dengan killer hook.
Animals memang tampaknya bertujuan menciptakan pop anthem terbaru dari Maroon 5. Like it or not, dan kemungkinan besar misi tersebut akan sukses dilaksanakan. Gelagat itu sudah ditunjukkan semenjak lagu dibuka dengan Adam Levine menerjang dalam nada tinggi, sementara notasi bermain-main dalam intonasi yang fluktuatif, tapi catchy tadi.
Secara keseluruhan Animals memang catchy. Dalam sekali dengar saja, akan gampang menyerap nada-nadanya. Terlepas apakah menyukainya atau tidak Animals segera meninggalkan jejak dalam benak. Jika tujuan Maroon 5 membuat lagu ini memorable, maka ia berhasil. Bohong saja jika saat Levine menyanyikan lirik "Baby, I'm preying on you tonight / Hunt you down eat you alive / Just like animals," kita setidaknya ikut untuk menggumamkannya.
Mungkin keluhan terbesar adalah bagaimana lagu ini dengan tanpa tedeng aling-aling bertujuan sebagai pop-anthem, namun terlupa memberi wajah Maroon 5 itu sendiri ke dalamnya. Tentu saja ini memang disengaja, karena bukankah misi Maroon 5 memang untuk menciptakan pop anthem? Toh, untuk itu ia menjalankan tugasnya dengan baik. Sekarang tugas bagi Animals adalah, apakah ia akan berhasil melewati tes perjalanan waktu? Kita tunggu saja.
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LYRIC
Baby, I'm preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Maybe you think that you can hide
I can smell your scent from miles
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Baby, I'm
So what you trying to do to me
It's like we can't stop we're enemies
But we get along when I'm inside you
You're like a drug that's killing me
I cut you out entirely
But I get so high when I'm inside you
Yeah you can start over you can run free
You can find other fish in the sea
You can pretend it's meant to be
But you can't stay away from me
I can still hear you making that sound
Taking me down rolling on the ground
You can pretend that it was me
But no
Baby, I'm preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Maybe you think that you can hide
I can smell your scent from miles
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Baby, I'm
So if I run it's not enough
You're still in my head forever stuck
So you can do what you wanna do
I love your lies I'll eat 'em up
But don't deny the animal
That comes alive when I'm inside you
Yeah you can start over you can run free
You can find other fish in the sea
You can pretend it's meant to be
But you can't stay away from me
I can still hear you making that sound
Taking me down rolling on the ground
You can pretend that it was me
But no
Baby, I'm preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Maybe you think that you can hide
I can smell your scent from miles
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Baby, I'm
Don't tell no lie, lie lie lie
You can't deny, ny ny ny
That beast inside, side side side
Yeah yeah yeah
No girl don't lie, lie lie lie
You can't deny, ny ny ny
The beast inside, side side side
Yeah yeah yeah
Yo...
Whoa...
Whoa...
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Just like animals (yeah...)
Animals (yeah...)
Like animals (yeah...)
Ow
Baby, I'm preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Maybe you think that you can hide
I can smell your scent from miles
Just like animals
Animals
Like animals
Baby, I'm
Don't tell no lie, lie lie lie
You can't deny, ny ny ny
That beast inside, side side side
Yeah yeah yeah
No girl don't lie, lie lie lie
You can't deny, ny ny ny
That beast inside, side side side
Yeah yeah yeah