Sometimes song lyrics can be confusing. So we called up psychologist and beauty expert Jordan Peterson and asked him to explain some of the most popular pop song lyrics. Here's what he said:
"Genie In a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera: "Ms. Aguilera has hit on something very profound here: the genie in the bottle is the id, the part of our being that longs for the satisfaction of our basest instinctual desires but is held in check by the bottle, unless you rub it the 'right way.' Of course, is that really the right way? Well, that's the 'rub' so to speak."
"Who Let the Dogs Out" by Baha Men: "'Who let the dogs out?' Well, that's the real question, isn't it? There's a sense in which we've all let the dogs out — those rascally mongrels, those agents of chaos that sow discord in our lives to our own peril should we fail to take action and make sense of our fleeting existence. We've got to start taking responsibility for being the ones to have let the dogs out and stop blaming the rampant dog problem on external forces outside our control."
"Candy Shop" by 50 Cent: "Well, we have to start with the obvious question: what is the candy shop? It's the dark cave the hero enters into before his moment of transformation. It is only by emerging from the candy shop that he can find that which is truly sweet in life, the 'lollipop' that the hero seizes as his prize for overcoming the darkness and chaos within."
"My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas: "To 'move her hump' is an expression of the desire to remove that which has anchored the heroine down, to cast off the limitations of femininity, or as she says, her 'lovely lady lumps.'"
"Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan: "This so-called 'Pink Pony Club' is the belly of the whale, the place of prodigal rebellion where we must conquer not only the monster without but also the monster within. I think it's also about a strip club."
"Oops!...I Did It Again" by Britney Spears: "What we have here is a profound exploration of the destructive feedback loops we create when we respond to bad circumstances with poor choices - we 'did it again,' and again, and again, only making our own lives worse until we feel trapped and 'not that innocent' due to our own lack of action. Oops, indeed, Ms. Spears! Only by breaking these cycles with small, incremental steps to take back control of our lives will we finally be able to sing along with another Spears tune that we're 'stronger than yesterday.'"
"Milkshake" by Kelis: "'My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard!'' is actually a complex allegory of dominance hierarchies and mating rituals. Millions of years ago, our lovely ancestor female lobsters brought all the lobster 'boys to the yard' by molting their shells so the males would duke it out and see who emerged victorious to claim his prize of depositing sperm packets into her sperm receptacles for fertilization. No wonder the strongest of the lobster boys would shout with glee, 'D*mn right, it's better than yours!'"
"Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba: "He gets knocked down, but he gets up again - what a powerful portrayal of the hero's journey! Despite drinking a whiskey drink, a vodka drink, a lager drink, and a cider drink, he continues to fan the flame of hope in the midst of despair by singing the songs that remind him of the good times. Oh, Danny Boy!"
"Cocaine" by Eric Clapton: "Well, I think this one's just about cocaine."
Look for more deep, hard-hitting analysis from Dr. Peterson on other songs, including "MMMBop" by Hanson, "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran, and "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen. What other songs do you want him to analyze? List them in the comments.
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