![13 Ear Catching Songs About Plastic 🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Willfried Wende from Pixabay]](https://themusicalhype.com/wp-content/plugins/accelerated-mobile-pages/images/SD-default-image.png)
![13 Ear Catching Songs About Plastic 🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Willfried Wende from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/13-ear-catching-songs-about-plastic.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1)
13 Ear Catching Songs About Plastic features Chris Malinchak, Future, Miley Cyrus, Radiohead, Sampha & Sia.
![13 Ear Catching Songs About Plastic 🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Willfried Wende from Pixabay]](https://themusicalhype.com/wp-content/plugins/accelerated-mobile-pages/images/SD-default-image.png)
![13 Ear Catching Songs About Plastic 🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Willfried Wende from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/13-ear-catching-songs-about-plastic.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1)
Cutting straight to the chase, it’s all about PLASTIC on 🎧 13 Ear Catching Songs About Plastic. Well, being fair, sometimes it’s about CELLOPHANE. This compendium has been planned for a while but found itself buried in the depths of that place known as the backlog. Honestly, it was releasing the miniature-list 🎧 Cellophane: 3BOPS No. 34 (2021) (June 2021) that renewed interest in completing this list, months after releasing 🎧 Plastic: 5ive Songs No. 67 (2020) (December 2020).
13 Ear Catching Songs About Plastic features music from 🎙 Chris Malinchak, 🎙 Future, 🎙 Miley Cyrus, 🎙 Radiohead, 🎙 Sampha, and 🎙 Sia among others. As the listed featured artists suggest, this list features music from a variety of styles. So, won’t you grab a snack, grab some headphones, and check out these plastic (or cellophane) gems!
1. Future & Lil Uzi Vert, “Plastic”
💿 Pluto x Baby Pluto • 🏷 Atlantic / Epic • 📅 2020
“Yeah, Cartier / Yeah, purple tint / … Yeah, I’m too lit / Yeah, got your bitch…” Yes, Future and Lil Uzi Vert give us mad flows. What they eschew is substance, focusing mostly on drip 💧 and sex 👉👌. Besides being greedy, Future asserts, “Yeah, Coupe dirty / Yeah, the drank dirty / Gotta buy the case,” which also classifies as gluttony (read up on your seven deadly sins, peeps) Later, when he brags, “I got two Glocks on me, K-Ci, JoJo,” a prime example of violence. As for Lil Uzi, he’s not only greedy (“Gettin’ them racks / Yeah, spendin’ them racks”) but lustful, bragging, “I got a bitch for every week and all my bitches freak / I got a bitch for every day of the week.” Dante Alighieri (The Divine Comedy) wouldn’t approve of Lil Uzi Vert and his multiple bitches in any way, shape, or form… at least, we believe he wouldn’t.
Appears in 🔻:
2. Chris Malinchak, “Cellophane”
🎵 “Cellophane” • 🏷 Ultra • 📅 2021
So, where does the plastic – that cellophane come into play? That would be on the centerpiece of this certified bop – the chorus:
“Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Black shadow bullets over you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Cellophane kisses, now you’re through.”
The final chorus features a bit more variance, adding the line, “White scars, there’s nothing you can do.” Regardless, all this 2021 song screams H-I-T, NO CAP!
Appears in 🔻:
3. FKA twigs, “Cellophane”
💿 MAGDALENE • 🏷 Young Turks • 📅 2019
Clearly, FKA twigs simply can’t put her feelings for someone she cared about behind her. It’s easy to hang on to every colorful note that she sings. FKA twigs does a little bit of everything from a vocal standpoint, sliding into notes, singing breathily, while fully supporting and belting at other times. It’s a truly complete, haunting, and artistic performance to say the least. What is clear is that the performance is drenched in vulnerability, representing her desire and hope about what appears to be a relationship that didn’t end up working out. She seems to question her own adequacy, though she shouldn’t.
“And I just want to feel you’re there
And I don’t want to share our love
I try, but I get overwhelmed
All wrapped in cellophane, the feelings that we had.”
Appears in 🔻:
- 51 Best Songs of 2019
- Day 27: FKA twigs, Cellophane | 30-Day Song Challenge 🎶
- 30-Day Song Challenge 🎶: The Complete Playlist
- Cellophane: 3BOPS No. 34 (2021)
4. Miley Cyrus, “Plastic Hearts”
💿 Plastic Hearts • 🏷 RCA • 📅 2020
On “Plastic Hearts,” everything seems to be superficial – plastic – as opposed to real. The pre-chorus and the chorus (aforementioned) highlight a temporary high, only to ultimately be disappointed. Like so many other musicians, California gets a negative connotation for being a letdown despite having big dreams when going in. Damn you, plasticity!
Appears in 🔻:
5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, “Cellophane”
💿 I’m Your Mind Fuzz • 🏷 Flightless • 📅 2014
“Cellophane” features a driving, electrifying groove and ample rhythm. Part of the reason King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are so ‘turned up’ is the quick tempo – it’ll have that effect every time! The lead vocals (🎙 Stu Mackenzie) feature effects, which play directly into the psychedelic vibes of “Cellophane” and the band’s music itself. As you might expect, the titular lyric is repeated, well, a lot. Between that and the “dos,” that’s the bulk of the lyrics. It bodes well for the band. Furthermore, “Cellophane” features some killer guitar riffs. Rock on!
6. Lady Gaga, “Plastic Doll”
💿 Chromatica • 🏷 Interscope • 📅 2020
On “Plastic Doll,” Lady Gaga seems to be seeking love – she’s “spent too long dancing all alone.” That said, she also has a set of expectations for “a real boy” – no Pinocchio! Those rules, which she details on the chorus? She just wants to be treated right – “Don’t play with me / … No, no, no, I’m not your plastic doll.” “Plastic Doll” is not only a catchy song – a real bop – but also, quite clever. Stitching up the track for the Lady? 🎛 Bloodpop and 🎛 Skrillex. Right on!
Appears in 🔻:
7. BabyJake, “Blue Cellophane”
💿 Don’t give me problems, give me wine • 🏷 SRV LabelCo • 📅 2020
“When I come down / I can’t feel a thing inside except my bones…” Those are some pretty honest lyrics right there. Later, on the second verse, it begins similarly: “When I come down / I don’t ever feel okay, I feel afraid.” Damn. With the production and vocals serving as major pros of “Blue Cellophane,” the songwriting certainly can’t be ignored. Herring clearly experiences legit pain. On the chorus, the centerpiece, he fully unleashes the extent of emotions, searching for an escape, while ‘blue cellophane’ providing temporary relief:
“If I’ll ever be painless
If I lessen my dose
Man, I wanna go places
That most people don’t go
Blue cellophane, my own escape, I’ll be fine till it’s gone
Will I ever be painless?
Or will I go on?”
Also appears on 🔽:
8. Joji, “Plastic Taste”
💿 In Tongues [Deluxe] • 🏷 88rising / EMPIRE • 📅 2018
The majority of the In Tongues [Deluxe] is comprised of remixes. Prior to the eight remixes, there are two additional songs. 🎵 “Plastic Taste,” the song of most interest on this list, follows 🎵 “worldstar money (interlude).” A mere two minutes in length, the vibes are ‘alternative’ and moody. After dragging initially, “Plastic Taste” picks up a steady groove, albeit temporarily. Following stability, the left-of-center track goes lethargic and somewhat out of sync, only to reinstate the groove later. “Plastic Taste” fits the vibe of In Tongues. The key lyric, “Excuse me for my plastic taste,” references love through technology as opposed to in-person interactions.
9. Sia, “Cellophane”
💿 1000 Forms of Fear • 🏷 Monkey Puzzle / RCA • 📅 2015
Kurstin’s production is picturesque; distinct and incredibly colorful. It gives Sia both an enigmatic and soaring backdrop to paint on. Sia sings clever, emotional, and poetic lyrics from the jump. One of my favorite lines on this four-and-a-half-minute ballad arrives on the second verse:
“Look at me, I’m such a basket case
While I fall apart, you hide all my pills again
And all the thing I need to hear you say
You’ll watch as all my thoughts get right back on the train.”
Despite the pain she’s experiencing, and the fact she is ‘all over the place’ her lover helps to assuage the pain and get to a healthier place. She’s exposed in that cellophane but has someone who cares and helps her to conquer her issues.
10. John C. Reilly, “Mister Cellophane”
💿 Chicago (Music from the Miramax Motion Picture) • 🏷 Sony • 📅 2002
The song is all about feeling invisible. Throughout, Amos cites examples of how everyone else is noticed:
“If someone in the move show yelled
‘Fire in the second row!’
‘This whole place is a powder keg!’
You’d notice him.”
He, of course, is ignored are far too often disregarded in the musical. Interestingly, on this jazzy, cabaret-style soundtrack cut at the end, he essentially apologizes for even sharing his feelings. “I hope I haven’t taken up too much of your time.”
11. Sampha, “Plastic 100˚C”
💿 Process • 🏷 Young Turks • 📅 2017
Lyrically, he relies on outer space references to share his ow emotional rollercoaster. The best instance of this occurs throughout the choruses as he sings, “You touched down in the base of my fears / Houston, can-can-can you hear me now?” His voice is pained, clearly wearing his emotions on his sleeves. A prime example of the emotional toll occurs on the first verse, where he asserts:
“Usually, I’d run home and tuck the issue under
Oh, sleeping with my worries, yeah
I didn’t really know what that lump was, my luck.”
He does a phenomenal job of depicting his vulnerability musically.
Appears in 🔻:
12. Drake & Future, “Plastic Bag”
💿 What a Time to Be Alive! • 🏷 Cash Money / Epic • 📅 2015
On 🎵 “Plastic Bag,” the sixth track, both artists aim to those ‘dancers’ get paid. Apparently, on Future’s end of things, he “Ordered 60,000 ones, told the owner ‘bout to break a record.’” As 🎙 Juicy J once asserted, 🎵 “Bandz a Make Her Dance”.
Appears in 🔻:
13. Radiohead, “Fake Plastic Trees”
💿 The Bends • 🏷 XL Recordings • 📅 1995
Focusing on “Fake Plastic Trees,” 🎙 Thom Yorke continues to show himself to be an elite front man. He delivers a mix of tender and grittier vocals. His falsetto is sweet, while his edgier moments perfectly represent the post-grunge movement. Lyrically, as with most Radiohead songs, Yorke and company compel with their clever and descriptive pen. The way that they weave plastic and plasticity in is brilliant: “She lives with a broken man / A cracked, polystyrene man.” All these things Yorke mentions, with a gorgeous melody over a marvelous backdrop, well, “It wears me out.”
13 Ear Catching Songs About Plastic (2021) [📷: 88rising, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Cash Money, EMPIRE, Epic, Flightless, Interscope, Monkey Puzzle, The Musical Hype, RCA, Sony, SRV LabelCo, Ultra, Willfried Wende from Pixabay,Young Turks, XL Recordings]
Leave a Comment