Come per l'intero album e il singolo precedente anche in questo caso West continua l'uso dell'auto tune, strumento che riesce a modificare e distorcere la voce rendendo il tutto decisamente metallico non privo di un certo fascino.
"Heartless" (ascolta) è formata da elementi decisamente semplici, voce, qualche percussione, una sorta di zuffolo che scandisce le battute e un piano che ogni tanto fa capolino tra le sonorità più elettroniche. Ancora una volta Kanye prosegue la via della sperimentazione musicale più estrema, con sonorità che si discostano da quelle del resto della musica hip-hop, anni luce distante da quello che abbiamo sentito nel suo precedente album "Graduation". Un passo avanti per questo genere musicale che si avvicina a sonorità elettroniche senza comunque smentire le proprie radici.
Un ottimo disco, correlato da un video decisamente originale, che si avvale della tecnica chiamata rotoscope (o rotoscopio) che permette di creare cartoni animati ricalcando però riprese con persone reali, realizzando così immagini decisamente realistiche.
Scendendo nei particolari curiosi anche la copertina del brano è degna di nota. Riprende infatti lo stesso stile (tranne per i colori) del primo singolo, "Love lockdown", ma essendo il titolo di questa canzone "Heartless" ("Senza cuore", ndr) manca il cuore che figurava nella precedente copertina.
Altri canzoni di Kanye West di cui ho parlato:
"Love lockdown"
"Flashing lights" | Video ufficiali
"Stronger"
"Touch the sky"
"Champion"
Testo | Lyrics
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless.
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You know need to watch the way you talkin' to me, yo
I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so Dr. Evil, you bringin' out a side of me that I dont know..
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
Why we up 3 A.M. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me fo'
Homie I dont know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, I won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless.
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk
Baby let's just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night...
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless.
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You know need to watch the way you talkin' to me, yo
I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so Dr. Evil, you bringin' out a side of me that I dont know..
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
Why we up 3 A.M. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me fo'
Homie I dont know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, I won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless.
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk
Baby let's just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night...
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless..
How could you be so heartless?
Oh.. How could you be so heartless?
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