“I’m so happy cuz I’m over you.” Ah, so the listener gets that this is a song about finally being over a former love and feeling the freedom that comes along with getting rid of their hold on your brain and heart. It’s always such a relief to no longer feel tied to someone or something that is no longer a part of your..oh? We should keep listening and finish the sentence? Oh okay. “...is what I keep telling myself.” And, suddenly, the listener registers that we’re still in purgatory with this narrator. They’re not experiencing the freedom that comes along with “getting over” someone, they’re still very much so in the loophole, even half-way convincing themselves that they’re over this former love interest. And with this song’s carefree and fun air to it, you wouldn’t think it’s about learning how to navigate life through that very heartache that we, the listener, thought the narrator was celebrating being free of. Such is life.
On the first listen, I felt that the song was groovy, made me want to dance, and made me feel like everything will be okay. Narrator isn't sure that they're over their former flame but they'll have fun with this song explaining their situation. There's never a definite defining moment that you have when you’re over someone, it kinda just happens and one day you realize you're truly over the relationship and them. I applaud Gabe with being able to make people want to dance while in the midst of their suffering from heartache or, even, heart break. Pain isn’t always only felt by the person who was broken up with, it takes a lot to end a relationship wtih someone and it’s not always necessarily what the initiating party particularly wanted. Sometimes, relationships truly do just run their course. “I swear I’m not kidding myself.” Although the narrator is talking to themself, they’re still grappling with the truth of the matter which is that they are so not over this person. “I am absolutely and without a doubt, I’m almost sure. I am definitely and entirely it’s mostly true.” These statements seem to sum up the human brain’s thought processes quite well. There’s always an uncertainty to every single decision we make, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. Gabe taps into the not-so-good feeling of trying to get over someone who used to be your world. I don't think it's a coincidence that the definite statements of "I'm over you" are repetitions in the background after the proclamations of being unsure about their current feelings. At the end of the song, there seems to be a resolve to tell the truth “I lied”. Gabe is out of denial and, seemingly, into acceptance. Both are human things, to not be over someone is apart of the process just as much as getting over them. This is how the narrator has chosen to process their feelings and deal with this loss, to feel their feelings but also not take themselves too seriously and to joke about how they’re dealing with it. “This hoodie’s not cuz I’m stuck - it’s good luck,” and then, in the second verse “These shades are cuz the sunlight is too bright.” In a description for the song, it’s written ““Denial never sounded so good. Emmy-nominated Gabe Lopez returns with an end-of-summer queer pop bop. Let the happy sounds of totally kidding yourself wash away those tears from the “bright sunlight.”” The “na na’s” tap into more of the “everything will be okay” side of things that I felt at my first listen of the song. This is such a bop, for any season, really. Musically, it’s so fun, the composition is one of strategic brilliance and it just taps into that feel-good emotion somewhere in our brain, it also triggers the tapping of your feet and bobbing your head inhibitors that are in there as well. It still leaves the listener with the message of "Everything will be okay." And, it's true, dearest gentle reader/listener, everything will truly be okay. Somehow, someway. Gabe, you have yourself at least one new fan, I will be playing this song an ungodly amount of times for the rest of this year. I am absolutely and without a doubt I’m almost sure 😊.
Gabe Lopez is an Emmy-nominated singer, songwriter, and producer. Gabe scored his Emmy nomination for his 2023 work on Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Gabe has worked with big hitting musical names such as the late James Brown, New Kids on the Block, and Belinda Carlisle, to name a few. Lopez has thousands of followers across his various social media accounts and brings fans along on the ride in his musical endeavours as well as some videos that showcase his personality a glimpse into everyday life as a living working icon. Gabe relates to music on a fundamental level, noting that music has been impacting his world since he was a child and he’s come to understand that music is how he navigates life. I feel that, Gabe, I feel that. One thing that is definitely true is that Gabe Lopez has made his mark in the music/television scene and continues to do so and the only way is up from here. To stay in the loop with all things Gabe Lopez, follow him at all socials below!
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