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| colspan="3" | <div style="text-align: right;">—Ally Brooke describing "Don't Say You Love Me" during an interview with ''Billboard''</div>
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[[File:Fifth Harmony (songwriting).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fifth Harmony writing the song along with other songs for the album.<ref name="billboardinterview" /><ref name="TMDaily" />]]

"Don't Say You Love Me" was written by Nate Cyphert, Henrick Barman Michaelsen, Edward Forre Erfiard, Lisa Scinta and its producer Ian Kinkpatrick. Fifth Harmony's vocals were recorded at the Windmark Recording Studios in Santa Monica, California (US). Phill Than mixed the record at the Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, with Michelle Mancini later mastering it at the Larrabe Studios in North Hollywood, California. In interview with Jason Lipshutz from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', [[Ally Brooke]] considered it a "special" record saying that the group was taken to a "very vulnerable place" during the recording sessions.<ref name="billboardinterview"/> 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,"<ref name="billboardinterview"/>
"Don't Say You Love Me" was written by Nate Cyphert, Henrick Barman Michaelsen, Edward Forre Erfiard, Lisa Scinta and its producer Ian Kinkpatrick. Fifth Harmony's vocals were recorded at the Windmark Recording Studios in Santa Monica, California (US). Phill Than mixed the record at the Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, with Michelle Mancini later mastering it at the Larrabe Studios in North Hollywood, California. In interview with Jason Lipshutz from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', [[Ally Brooke]] considered it a "special" record saying that the group was taken to a "very vulnerable place" during the recording sessions.<ref name="billboardinterview"/> 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,"<ref name="billboardinterview"/>


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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

[[File:Destiny's Child Tour (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|240px|[[Dinah Jane]] compared the song to [[Destiny's Child]] (pictured)<ref name="billboardinterview" />]]


''Entertainment Weekly'''s Marc Sneticker felt the song shows off their "vocal excellence when allowed some breathing room."<ref name="Eweekly">{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/music/2017/08/24/fifth-harmony-album-post-camila-cabello-review/|title=Fifth Harmony's first album without Camila Cabello: EW review|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last=Snetiker|first=Marc|date=August 24, 2017|accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref> Brittany Spanos of ''Rolling Stone'' cited "Don't Say Love Me" - along with "Make You Mad" - as one of the album's most "infectious jams" which they assert themselves in romantic relationships.<ref name="rsrev">{{cite web|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|title=Review: Fifth Harmony Bounces Back After Losing Its Leading Diva|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-fifth-harmonys-fifth-harmony-w499107|website=Rolling Stone|accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref> Mike Nied from [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] wrote that "Don't Say You Love" "sets the scene" for one of the group’s most "tender" vocal performances.<ref name="Idolator">{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7667973/fifth-harmony-album-review|title=Fifth Harmony's "Fifth Harmony" Album Review|publisher=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|last=Nied|first=Mike|date=August 25, 2017|accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref> [[MTV News]]'s Ross McNeilage named it a "brilliant song" further opining that "Don't Say You Love Me" helps the album to be their most "cohesive and fully realised body of work. 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>
''Entertainment Weekly'''s Marc Sneticker felt the song shows off their "vocal excellence when allowed some breathing room."<ref name="Eweekly">{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/music/2017/08/24/fifth-harmony-album-post-camila-cabello-review/|title=Fifth Harmony's first album without Camila Cabello: EW review|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last=Snetiker|first=Marc|date=August 24, 2017|accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref> Brittany Spanos of ''Rolling Stone'' cited "Don't Say Love Me" - along with "Make You Mad" - as one of the album's most "infectious jams" which they assert themselves in romantic relationships.<ref name="rsrev">{{cite web|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|title=Review: Fifth Harmony Bounces Back After Losing Its Leading Diva|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-fifth-harmonys-fifth-harmony-w499107|website=Rolling Stone|accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref> Mike Nied from [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] wrote that "Don't Say You Love" "sets the scene" for one of the group’s most "tender" vocal performances.<ref name="Idolator">{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7667973/fifth-harmony-album-review|title=Fifth Harmony's "Fifth Harmony" Album Review|publisher=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|last=Nied|first=Mike|date=August 25, 2017|accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref> [[MTV News]]'s Ross McNeilage named it a "brilliant song" further opining that "Don't Say You Love Me" helps the album to be their most "cohesive and fully realised body of work. 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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==Live performances==
==Live performances==

[[File:Fifth Harmony perform at the Los Angeles County Fair Sep. 15 (36867745050).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fifth Harmony performing the song on the [[PSA Tour]].<ref name="thenational" />]]

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.<ref name="billboard2">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony Takes Over 'TRL' With 'He Like That' & 'Don't Say You Love Me'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8005707/fifth-harmony-trl-he-like-that-dont-say-you-love-me-interview-video|website=Billboard|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> While live on MTV [[Normani]], explained her view on the group saying <blockquote>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.”<ref name="billboard2" /><ref name="billboard3">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony Tease Soaring 'Can You See' From 'The Star Movie' Soundtrack|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8005646/fifth-harmony-ballad-can-you-see-the-star-movie-soundtrack|website=Billboard|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>
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.<ref name="billboard2">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony Takes Over 'TRL' With 'He Like That' & 'Don't Say You Love Me'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8005707/fifth-harmony-trl-he-like-that-dont-say-you-love-me-interview-video|website=Billboard|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> While live on MTV [[Normani]], explained her view on the group saying <blockquote>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.”<ref name="billboard2" /><ref name="billboard3">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony Tease Soaring 'Can You See' From 'The Star Movie' Soundtrack|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8005646/fifth-harmony-ballad-can-you-see-the-star-movie-soundtrack|website=Billboard|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>


On tour the song is performed in a stripped-down setting in a similar vein to the music video, different to the majority of the other performed songs on the PSA Tour which include dedicated choreography.<ref name="stereoboard">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony Share Don't Say You Love Me Video|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/217301/9|website=Stereo Board|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>
On tour the song is performed in a stripped-down setting in a similar vein to the music video, different to the majority of the other performed songs on the PSA Tour which include dedicated choreography.<ref name="stereoboard">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony Share Don't Say You Love Me Video|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/217301/9|website=Stereo Board|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> For their last performance as a group and the last show, they sang the song last out of all the songs on the album. Along with all the other hits such as [[Work from Home]], [[All in My Head (Flex)]] and [[Down (Fifth Harmony song)|Down]].<ref name="thenational">{{cite web|title= Everything you need to know about Fifth Harmony|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/everything-you-need-to-know-about-fifth-harmony-1.713284|website=The National|accessdate=June 17, 2018}}</ref> They cancelled there tour in [[Australia]] due to scheduling, [[Music critics|critics]] blame this happened because of their choices going solo.<ref name="billboard5">{{cite web|title= Fifth Harmony Scraps 2017 Australia Tour Due to 'Change in Scheduling'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8006732/fifth-harmony-scraps-2017-australia-tour-change-in-scheduling|website=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=June 17, 2018}}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==

Revision as of 02:14, 17 June 2018

"Don't Say You Love Me"
Song
Music video
"Don't Say You Love Me" on YouTube

"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, and the song's 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 announced on their Instagram account, though on March 29, 2018 the group posted an image showing them in the shadows without a caption, that was later revealed to be from the set of the music video. .

Writing

"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]"
—Ally Brooke describing "Don't Say You Love Me" during an interview with Billboard
File:Fifth Harmony (songwriting).jpg
Fifth Harmony writing the song along with other songs for the album.[1][2]

"Don't Say You Love Me" was written by Nate Cyphert, Henrick Barman Michaelsen, Edward Forre Erfiard, Lisa Scinta and its producer Ian Kinkpatrick. Fifth Harmony's vocals were recorded at the Windmark Recording Studios in Santa Monica, California (US). Phill Than mixed the record at the Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, with Michelle Mancini later mastering it at the Larrabe Studios in North Hollywood, California. In interview with Jason Lipshutz from Billboard, Ally Brooke considered it a "special" record saying that the group was taken to a "very vulnerable place" during the recording sessions.[1] 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]

Composition and lyrics

"Don't Say You Love Me" is a torch song with a tropical-pop influence.[3][4] That runs for three minutes and thirteen seconds.[6]It is also been named as a power ballad.[7] It has other musical influences of soul, merengue and tropical house.[5] It features an acoustic guitar riff and some tropical rhythms, Along with an emotional and melodic backbone.[8][9][2] 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#.[10]

Lyrically, The song is about a rocky relationship and how you can tell that there is something wrong.[11] 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."[12] Dannii Ceniceros from Buzzfeed called the song a "steady-tempo empowerment reached song."[13]

Critical reception

Dinah Jane compared the song to Destiny's Child (pictured)[1]

Entertainment Weekly's Marc Sneticker felt the song shows off their "vocal excellence when allowed some breathing room."[14] Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone cited "Don't Say Love Me" - along with "Make You Mad" - as one of the album's most "infectious jams" which they assert themselves in romantic relationships.[15] Mike Nied from Idolator wrote that "Don't Say You Love" "sets the scene" for one of the group’s most "tender" vocal performances.[16] MTV News's Ross McNeilage named it a "brilliant song" further opining that "Don't Say You Love Me" helps the album to be their most "cohesive and fully realised body of work. 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."[17]

For The Daily Nebraskan website, Sabrina Boderick acclaimed "Don't Say You Love Me" and "Messy" for "focusing less on a catchy beat" and "having deeper lyrics than the rest of the album."[18] Daily Californian's Caroline Smith appreciated the song writing that its lyrical content demonstrate a level of "romantic maturity and emotional depth" missing in their prior love ballads, calling it a "logical inconsistency when past-standout songs are overwhelmingly (much-needed) girl power anthems."[19]

Live performances

Fifth Harmony performing the song on the PSA Tour.[20]

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.[21] 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.”[21][22]

On tour the song is performed in a stripped-down setting in a similar vein to the music video, different to the majority of the other performed songs on the PSA Tour which include dedicated choreography.[23] For their last performance as a group and the last show, they sang the song last out of all the songs on the album. Along with all the other hits such as Work from Home, All in My Head (Flex) and Down.[20] They cancelled there tour in Australia due to scheduling, critics blame this happened because of their choices going solo.[24]

Music video

Background and reception

File:Don't Say You Love Me (video screenshot).png
The music video shows the groups "love" and "relationship" of how far they have all come together as a group.[25][26][27]

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.[28] The video contains blue-lights, And a simple white room. The video gained comparisons to the set-up of there other video Sledgehammer.[29] 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.[27][30][26] Kevin Apaza from Direct Lyrics said that it was not "EVIDENTLY the most high-budgeted music video in Fifth Harmony history".[31]

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 their light-coloured or black gowns and dresses.[27] 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.[26][32] 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.[28] 3/4 of the way into the video has all the Fifth Harmony members in the same location at the same time, each showing their own "soft choreography" and "emotions.[33] 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.[30][31][34]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fifth Harmony:[35] and Tidal[36]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Inside Fifth Harmony's New Album: The Girls Go Track-By-Track". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "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)
  3. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony's first album without Camila Cabello: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony: Fifth Harmony Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "AllMusic Review by Matt Collar". Allmusic. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  6. ^ "Fifth Harmony by Fifth Harmony on Apple Music - iTunes". ITunes. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "Fifth Harmont 'Don't Say You Love Me' (Single Review)". Art n Magazine. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  8. ^ "Reviews: Fifth Harmony, Queens of the Stone Age, EMA and more". ABC News. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "Fifth Harmony progresses backward, forward on self-titled album". The Daily Californian. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  10. ^ "Don't Say You Love Me - Fifth Harmony - Piano Tutorial - Synthesia". Chordify. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  11. ^ "FIFTH HARMONY - Fifth Harmony (Album Review) - Amnplify". Amnplify. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  12. ^ "Fifth Harmony switches genres while maintaining mediocrity". Echo. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  13. ^ "Album Review: Fifth Harmony's 'Fifth Harmony': "Thorough, decisive pop"". Buzzfeed. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  14. ^ Snetiker, Marc (August 24, 2017). "Fifth Harmony's first album without Camila Cabello: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  15. ^ Spanos, Brittany. "Review: Fifth Harmony Bounces Back After Losing Its Leading Diva". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  16. ^ Nied, Mike (August 25, 2017). "Fifth Harmony's "Fifth Harmony" Album Review". Idolator. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  17. ^ "Fifth Harmony breaks down its 'passionate' new album track by track". The Los Angelas Times. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  18. ^ Sabrina Boderick (September 2, 2017). "Review: Fifth Harmony's new album". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved June 15, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ Carolina Smith. "Fifth Harmony progresses backward, forward on self-titled album". The Daily Californian. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  20. ^ a b "Everything you need to know about Fifth Harmony". The National. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony Takes Over 'TRL' With 'He Like That' & 'Don't Say You Love Me'". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  22. ^ "Fifth Harmony Tease Soaring 'Can You See' From 'The Star Movie' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  23. ^ "Fifth Harmony Share Don't Say You Love Me Video". Stereo Board. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  24. ^ "Fifth Harmony Scraps 2017 Australia Tour Due to 'Change in Scheduling'". Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  25. ^ "Fifth Harmony Surprise Dropped a Music Video for "Don't Say You Love Me"". Teen Vogue. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  26. ^ a b c "Fifth Harmony release 'Don't Say You Love Me' music video". Celeb Mix. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  27. ^ a b c "Fifth Harmony Say Final Goodbyes In "Don't Say You Love Me" Video". NYLON. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  28. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony release final goodbye music video for 'Don't Say You Love Me'". Independent. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  29. ^ "WATCH: Fifth Harmony Drops Farewell Music Video 'Don't Say You Love Me'". Music Times. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  30. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony Bid Farewell In 'Don't Say You Love Me' Music Video". iHeartRadio. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  31. ^ a b "Fifth Harmony Say "See You Later" With "Don't Say You Love Me" Music Video: Watch". Direct Lyrics. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  32. ^ "Fifth Harmony Hints They'll Reunite Someday in "Don't Say You Love Me" Video". E news. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  33. ^ "Fifth Harmony Bid Farewell In 'Don't Say You Love Me' Music Video". G 105. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  34. ^ "Fifth Harmony's Surprise Music Video Has Fans Hopeful For a Reunion Thanks to 1 Scene". Pop Sugar. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  35. ^ Fifth Harmony (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)
  36. ^ "Don't Say You Love Me By Fifth Harmony". Tidal. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
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