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==Critical Reception==
==Critical Reception==
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The song gained positive [[Music criticism|criticism]] for the song, Jason Lipshutz from [[billboard]] interviewed Fifth Harmony where he talked to them about the song were [[Ally Brooke]] commented saying: <blockquote> With this record, it’s definitely our favorite. We remember talking to our A&R Chris, and we told him, "Oh, my gosh. This is special." … When I got into the booth, I went to a very, very vulnerable place, and you can really hear that in the record. What I really loved, which is a special memory for me, was my dad was able to be in [the studio] to listen as well, be there while I was recording and he was so proud and he was getting chills. He was getting touched. He was like, "This song is so beautiful." You don’t really get to see that side of us often. You really see us going onstage being fierce and confident and dancing upbeat, but this record, you really get a closer look at who we are.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|title= Inside Fifth Harmony's New Album: The Girls Go Track-By-Track|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7942029/fifth-harmony-new-album-song-meanings-interview|website=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>Amnplify said that it was there "absolute favourite", And that it's the kind of song that would be used in an emotional "movie".<ref name="amnplify">{{cite web|title= FIFTH HARMONY - Fifth Harmony (Album Review) - Amnplify |url=https://amnplify.com.au/portfolio-items/fifth-harmony-fifth-harmony-album-review/|website=Amnplify|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> Marc Snetiker from [[Entertainment Weekly]] said that the song definitely shows off the vocal excellence and how the song has "squandered bass drops or half-baked ideas".<ref name="entertainmentweekly" /> Sydney Hajduk from [[FanSided]] said that the lyrics are her favourite part and that she was so "Truly connected with the song that it made her cry".<ref name="fansided">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony’s self titled album review: The 5H we’ve been waiting for|url=https://fansided.com/2017/08/25/fifth-harmony-album-review/|website=[[FanSided]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> AXS claimed that they where "Lost for words" when they heard the song.<ref name="axs">{{cite web|title= Review: Fifth Harmony kills it as a quartet on self-titled album|url=https://www.axs.com/review-fifth-harmony-kills-it-as-a-quartet-on-self-titled-album-122383|website=AXS|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> Gerrick Kennedy from [[The Los Angelas Times]] called the song a "road trip song where you’re looking at mountains and lakes. It gets you in your feelings."<ref name="latimes">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony breaks down its 'passionate' new album track by track|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-fifth-harmony-album-breakdown-20170815-htmlstory.html|website=[[The Los Angelas Times]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>
The song gained positive [[Music criticism|criticism]] for the song, Jason Lipshutz from [[billboard]] interviewed Fifth Harmony where he talked to them about the song were [[Ally Brooke]] commented saying: <blockquote> With this record, it’s definitely our favorite. We remember talking to our A&R Chris, and we told him, "Oh, my gosh. This is special." … When I got into the booth, I went to a very, very vulnerable place, and you can really hear that in the record. What I really loved, which is a special memory for me, was my dad was able to be in [the studio] to listen as well, be there while I was recording and he was so proud and he was getting chills. He was getting touched. He was like, "This song is so beautiful." You don’t really get to see that side of us often. You really see us going onstage being fierce and confident and dancing upbeat, but this record, you really get a closer look at who we are.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|title= Inside Fifth Harmony's New Album: The Girls Go Track-By-Track|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7942029/fifth-harmony-new-album-song-meanings-interview|website=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>Amnplify said that it was there "absolute favourite", And that it's the kind of song that would be used in an emotional "movie".<ref name="amnplify">{{cite web|title= FIFTH HARMONY - Fifth Harmony (Album Review) - Amnplify |url=https://amnplify.com.au/portfolio-items/fifth-harmony-fifth-harmony-album-review/|website=Amnplify|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> Marc Snetiker from [[Entertainment Weekly]] said that the song definitely shows off the vocal excellence and how the song has "squandered bass drops or half-baked ideas".<ref name="entertainmentweekly" /> Sydney Hajduk from [[FanSided]] said that the lyrics are her favourite part and that she was so "Truly connected with the song that it made her cry".<ref name="fansided">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony’s self titled album review: The 5H we’ve been waiting for|url=https://fansided.com/2017/08/25/fifth-harmony-album-review/|website=[[FanSided]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> AXS claimed that they where "Lost for words" when they heard the song.<ref name="axs">{{cite web|title= Review: Fifth Harmony kills it as a quartet on self-titled album|url=https://www.axs.com/review-fifth-harmony-kills-it-as-a-quartet-on-self-titled-album-122383|website=AXS|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> Gerrick Kennedy from [[The Los Angelas Times]] called the song a "road trip song where you’re looking at mountains and lakes. It gets you in your feelings."<ref name="latimes">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony breaks down its 'passionate' new album track by track|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-fifth-harmony-album-breakdown-20170815-htmlstory.html|website=[[The Los Angelas Times]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>
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==Composition and lyrics==
==Composition and lyrics==
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"Don't Say You Love Me" is a [[torch song]] with a [[Tropical music|tropical]]-[[Pop music|pop]] influence.<ref name="entertainmentweekly">{{cite web|title=Fifth Harmony's first album without Camila Cabello: EW review |url=http://ew.com/music/2017/08/24/fifth-harmony-album-post-camila-cabello-review/|website=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony: Fifth Harmony Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/fifth-harmony-fifth-harmony/|website=[[Pitchfork]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> That runs for three minutes and thirteen seconds.<ref name="itunes">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony by Fifth Harmony on Apple Music - iTunes |url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/fifth-harmony/1268845546|website=[[ITunes]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>It is also been named as a [[power ballad]].<ref name="artmagazine">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmont ‘Don't Say You Love Me’ (Single Review) |url=https://www.puremzine.com/fifth-harmony-dont-say-you-love-me-single-review/|website=Art n Magazine|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> It has other [[musical]] influences of [[Soul music|soul]], [[Merengue music|merengue]] and [[tropical house]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title= AllMusic Review by Matt Collar |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fifth-harmony-mw0003095877|website=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> It features an [[acoustic guitar]] riff and some [[Tropical house|tropical]] rhythms, Along with an emotional and melodic backbone.<ref name="abc">{{cite web|title= Reviews: Fifth Harmony, Queens of the Stone Age, EMA and more |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/reviews-harmony-queens-stone-age-ema/story?id=49476873|website=[[ABC News]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="DailyCali">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2017/08/28/fifth-harmony-ally-brooke-hernandez-lauren-jauregui-dinah-jane-hansen/|title= Fifth Harmony progresses backward, forward on self-titled album|publisher= [[The Daily Californian]]|access-date= September 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name="TMDaily">{{cite web|url=http://thedmonline.com/fifth-harmony-self-titled-album-brings-noise-little-depth/|title= Review: Fifth Harmony’s self-titled album brings more noise, little depth|publisher= ''[[The Daily Mississippian]]''|access-date= September 10, 2017}}</ref> The song's rhythm is influenced by the sounds of "island" [[tropical music]]. The song has a quick [[tempo]] of 148 [[beats per minute]] and is composed in the key of [[F-sharp minor|F#]].<ref name="chordify">{{cite web|title= Don't Say You Love Me - Fifth Harmony - Piano Tutorial - Synthesia |url=https://chordify.net/chords/don-t-say-you-love-me-fifth-harmony-piano-tutorial-synthesia-maga-pascansky|website=Chordify|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>
"Don't Say You Love Me" is a [[torch song]] with a [[Tropical music|tropical]]-[[Pop music|pop]] influence.<ref name="entertainmentweekly">{{cite web|title=Fifth Harmony's first album without Camila Cabello: EW review |url=http://ew.com/music/2017/08/24/fifth-harmony-album-post-camila-cabello-review/|website=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony: Fifth Harmony Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/fifth-harmony-fifth-harmony/|website=[[Pitchfork]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> That runs for three minutes and thirteen seconds.<ref name="itunes">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony by Fifth Harmony on Apple Music - iTunes |url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/fifth-harmony/1268845546|website=[[ITunes]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>It is also been named as a [[power ballad]].<ref name="artmagazine">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmont ‘Don't Say You Love Me’ (Single Review) |url=https://www.puremzine.com/fifth-harmony-dont-say-you-love-me-single-review/|website=Art n Magazine|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> It has other [[musical]] influences of [[Soul music|soul]], [[Merengue music|merengue]] and [[tropical house]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title= AllMusic Review by Matt Collar |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fifth-harmony-mw0003095877|website=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> It features an [[acoustic guitar]] riff and some [[Tropical house|tropical]] rhythms, Along with an emotional and melodic backbone.<ref name="abc">{{cite web|title= Reviews: Fifth Harmony, Queens of the Stone Age, EMA and more |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/reviews-harmony-queens-stone-age-ema/story?id=49476873|website=[[ABC News]]|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="DailyCali">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2017/08/28/fifth-harmony-ally-brooke-hernandez-lauren-jauregui-dinah-jane-hansen/|title= Fifth Harmony progresses backward, forward on self-titled album|publisher= [[The Daily Californian]]|access-date= September 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name="TMDaily">{{cite web|url=http://thedmonline.com/fifth-harmony-self-titled-album-brings-noise-little-depth/|title= Review: Fifth Harmony’s self-titled album brings more noise, little depth|publisher= ''[[The Daily Mississippian]]''|access-date= September 10, 2017}}</ref> The song's rhythm is influenced by the sounds of "island" [[tropical music]]. The song has a quick [[tempo]] of 148 [[beats per minute]] and is composed in the key of [[F-sharp minor|F#]].<ref name="chordify">{{cite web|title= Don't Say You Love Me - Fifth Harmony - Piano Tutorial - Synthesia |url=https://chordify.net/chords/don-t-say-you-love-me-fifth-harmony-piano-tutorial-synthesia-maga-pascansky|website=Chordify|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>

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"Don't Say You Love Me"
Song

"Don't Say You Love Me" is a song recorded by American group Fifth Harmony for their self-titled third studio album. It was written by Nate Cyphert, Ian Kirkpatrick, Henrik Barman Michaelsen, Edvard Forre Erfjord, Lisa Scinta. It is a mid-tempo tropical song with a acoustic guitar riff and tropical house synthesizers and percussions, And some snare drums. The lyrics are structured in verse–pre-chorus–chorus form, The songs many meanings have been described as "versatile". The music video was released on May 18, 2018. The video was never known to fans until it was released on there instagram account.

Critical Reception

Dinah Jane and critics compared the song to Destiny's Child.[1][2]

The song gained positive criticism for the song, Jason Lipshutz from billboard interviewed Fifth Harmony where he talked to them about the song were Ally Brooke commented saying:

With this record, it’s definitely our favorite. We remember talking to our A&R Chris, and we told him, "Oh, my gosh. This is special." … When I got into the booth, I went to a very, very vulnerable place, and you can really hear that in the record. What I really loved, which is a special memory for me, was my dad was able to be in [the studio] to listen as well, be there while I was recording and he was so proud and he was getting chills. He was getting touched. He was like, "This song is so beautiful." You don’t really get to see that side of us often. You really see us going onstage being fierce and confident and dancing upbeat, but this record, you really get a closer look at who we are.[1]

Amnplify said that it was there "absolute favourite", And that it's the kind of song that would be used in an emotional "movie".[3] Marc Snetiker from Entertainment Weekly said that the song definitely shows off the vocal excellence and how the song has "squandered bass drops or half-baked ideas".[4] Sydney Hajduk from FanSided said that the lyrics are her favourite part and that she was so "Truly connected with the song that it made her cry".[5] AXS claimed that they where "Lost for words" when they heard the song.[6] Gerrick Kennedy from The Los Angelas Times called the song a "road trip song where you’re looking at mountains and lakes. It gets you in your feelings."[7]

Composition and lyrics

"Don't Say You Love Me" is a torch song with a tropical-pop influence.[4][2] That runs for three minutes and thirteen seconds.[8]It is also been named as a power ballad.[9] It has other musical influences of soul, merengue and tropical house.[10] It features an acoustic guitar riff and some tropical rhythms, Along with an emotional and melodic backbone.[11][12][13] The song's rhythm is influenced by the sounds of "island" tropical music. The song has a quick tempo of 148 beats per minute and is composed in the key of F#.[14]

Lyrically, The song is about a rocky relationship and how you can tell that there is something wrong.[3] When talking about the song during a track-by-track review Dinah Jane explained saying that she was "sick during the recording". She went on saying: "Well, I was actually sick that day. Thanks to me being cold because I wouldn’t have done that pre-chorus. I was like, "I sound like a toad right now. Like, I don’t even know how or why you guys want me to sing this part because I feel like I’m dying," and then somehow I was able to come through. But we were sick. A lot of us were coming down with something around that time,"[1]

Isaac Wert from Echo said that "Don't Say You Love Me is by far the most best track on the album" entered around a "chilled-out guitar beat."[15] Dannii Ceniceros from Buzzfeed called the song a "steady-tempo empowerment reached song."[16]

Live Performances

The song is part of the setlist for the group's PSA Tour. The group also performed the song on MTV's reboot of Total Request Live alongside He Like That and was also performed in February 2018 on Hollywood Boulevard to a small crowd of fans.[17] While live on MTV Normani, explained her view on the group saying

We just really try to encourage everybody that there is beauty in everybody, and we’re all here with purpose, We have our bad days. We have our insecurities. But we really do a good job of lifting each other up.”[17][18]

They have a difference to all the other songs the perform except for "Don't Say You Love Me". Instead of having choreography they all sit down as if the set up is calm.[19]

Music video

Background and reception

The music video for "Don't Say You Love Me" was directed by P.R. Brown. The video was recorded in a plain white note located in Los Angeles, California.[20] The video contains blue-lights, And a simple white room. The video gained comparisons to the set-up of there other video Sledgehammer.[21] Critics and fans have have noted that at the end of the video (as the door closes) is a sign that the group will most likely return, However no on exactly knows the meaning.[22][23][24] Kevin Apaza from Direct Lyrics said that it was not "EVIDENTLY the most high-budgeted music video in Fifth Harmony history".[25]

Synopsis

The video begins with member Lauren Jauregui singing to the song which seems to be a lightly lit white room, Along with transitions of all the girls in there light-coloured gowns and dresses.[22] As each of them sing the song from different camera angles. Each member has there own verse and chorus that have a spotlight focused on them,[24][26] Each member is lined against the wall at some point, Beside a big window that shines a rainbow lit kaleidoscope to the camera that breaks out into pure white.[20] 3/4 of the way into the video has all the Fifth Harmony members are all in the same location at the same time, Each showing there own "soft choreography" and "emotions.[27] In one particular camera shot it shows the girls holding hands in a diamond-shaped formation which is a sign for their "love" and "friendship" for each other. In the conclusion of the video each member one-by-one exits the room, (while Brooke is singing) First starting with Kordei, Then next is Dinah Jane, Jauregui, Then leaves Brooke who is the last person to leave the room, As the door shuts the wind blows it open again which, Critics claim to be a sign of a possibility of the group coming back again.[23][25][28]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fifth Harmony:[29] and Tidal[30]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Inside Fifth Harmony's New Album: The Girls Go Track-By-Track". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony: Fifth Harmony Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "FIFTH HARMONY - Fifth Harmony (Album Review) - Amnplify". Amnplify. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony's first album without Camila Cabello: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "Fifth Harmony's self titled album review: The 5H we've been waiting for". FanSided. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  6. ^ "Review: Fifth Harmony kills it as a quartet on self-titled album". AXS. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "Fifth Harmony breaks down its 'passionate' new album track by track". The Los Angelas Times. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  8. ^ "Fifth Harmony by Fifth Harmony on Apple Music - iTunes". ITunes. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "Fifth Harmont 'Don't Say You Love Me' (Single Review)". Art n Magazine. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  10. ^ "AllMusic Review by Matt Collar". Allmusic. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  11. ^ "Reviews: Fifth Harmony, Queens of the Stone Age, EMA and more". ABC News. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  12. ^ "Fifth Harmony progresses backward, forward on self-titled album". The Daily Californian. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  13. ^ "Review: Fifth Harmony's self-titled album brings more noise, little depth". The Daily Mississippian. Retrieved September 10, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "Don't Say You Love Me - Fifth Harmony - Piano Tutorial - Synthesia". Chordify. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  15. ^ "Fifth Harmony switches genres while maintaining mediocrity". Echo. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  16. ^ "Album Review: Fifth Harmony's 'Fifth Harmony': "Thorough, decisive pop"". Buzzfeed. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony Takes Over 'TRL' With 'He Like That' & 'Don't Say You Love Me'". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  18. ^ "Fifth Harmony Tease Soaring 'Can You See' From 'The Star Movie' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  19. ^ "Fifth Harmony Share Don't Say You Love Me Video". Stereo Board. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  20. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony release final goodbye music video for 'Don't Say You Love Me'". Independant. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  21. ^ "WATCH: Fifth Harmony Drops Farewell Music Video 'Don't Say You Love Me'". Music Times. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  22. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony Say Final Goodbyes In "Don't Say You Love Me" Video". NYLON. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony Bid Farewell In 'Don't Say You Love Me' Music Video". iHeartRadio. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  24. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony release 'Don't Say You Love Me' music video". Celeb Mix. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  25. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony Say "See You Later" With "Don't Say You Love Me" Music Video: Watch". Direct Lyrics. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  26. ^ "Fifth Harmony Hints They'll Reunite Someday in "Don't Say You Love Me" Video". E news. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  27. ^ "Fifth Harmony Bid Farewell In 'Don't Say You Love Me' Music Video". G 105. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  28. ^ "Fifth Harmony's Surprise Music Video Has Fans Hopeful For a Reunion Thanks to 1 Scene". Pop Sugar. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  29. ^ Fifth Harmony (album) (booklet). Fifth Harmony. Epic Records / Syco Music. 2016. {{cite AV media notes}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  30. ^ "Don't Say You Love Me By Fifth Harmony". Tidal. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
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