Say So

RCA, under Sony. The request is simple. The rest is the body, offered as the whole conversation.

RCA released it. Sony owns RCA. The song's best feature is that she will not make him guess. Its limit is that the guess was the only serious thing in the room.

A house with teenagers will meet this one. Say that speaking plainly is good, and that a body is not the whole of what you offer a person.

The eight

Industry
7/10
Disco, done with care. The pocket is the craft.
Household
3/10
A date that has not happened. No vow in sight.
Piety
2/10
Nothing above the want.
Courage
5/10
She says what she wants. That is clearer than a hint.
Republic
3/10
Two people. No town.
Temperance
3/10
Appetite is the lyric, dressed as manners.
Truth
5/10
The ask is plain. The stakes are not.
Stewardship
3/10
A summer. Not a pattern.

Live historicallyWhen it plays, praise the plain ask. Then name one thing a person is, besides the shape in the chorus.

Song · Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, and YouTube Music · 2019

Interscope · Universal Music Group

bad guy

Interscope, under Universal. The menace is a costume, and the costume is the point.

Interscope put this on the shelf. Universal owns the imprint. The record is a teenager trying on cruelty the way you try on a coat, and finding that the coat gets applause.

The craft is not the problem. The lesson is. A house can hear it once and say what the costume is asking the listener to enjoy.

The eight

Industry
7/10
The production is careful. Someone did the job.
Household
3/10
Intimacy is a pose. No vow, no child, no table.
Piety
2/10
Nothing is revered. The joke is that nothing should be.
Courage
5/10
She walks toward the scare. It is still a game.
Republic
3/10
Other people are the audience for the act.
Temperance
3/10
The appetite is winked at. No bill arrives.
Truth
5/10
She knows it is a character. The song still wants you to like the character.
Stewardship
3/10
A sound, not a life.

Live historicallyPlay it with a teenager only if you are willing to say, out loud, what the costume is for.