{"id":6390,"date":"2014-10-14T09:47:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T14:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2014-10-14T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T14:48:43","slug":"new-song-review-try-colbie-callait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/6390","title":{"rendered":"New Song Review: Try, Colbie Callait"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"colbie-caillat-gypsy-heart-side-a-ep-2014-billboard-650-ext\"<\/a>By \u00a0Katie Copple–\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

You don’t have to try so hard
\nYou don’t have to give it all away
\nYou just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
\nYou don’t have to change a single thing<\/p>\n

That is only part of the chorus of a new song by Colbie Caillat<\/a>. I came across this song while on a road trip with my friend and her sister a few weeks ago and I haven\u2019t been able to stop listening to it since. The meaning behind the lyrics, the message, is so powerful that you can\u2019t help but take notice.<\/p>\n

Put your make up on
\nGet your nails done
\nCurl your hair
\nRun the extra mile
\nKeep it slim
\nSo they like you. Do they like you?<\/p>\n

With all of the media attention being focused on the \u201cperfect figure\u201d and \u201cperfect make-up\u201d women today are spending way too much time and money on things that they think they need to have to look pretty when in reality, just being you is all you need.<\/p>\n

Wait a second,
\nWhy should you care, what they think of you
\nWhen you’re all alone, by yourself
\nDo you like you? Do you like you?<\/p>\n

Caillat was inspired to write the song when she was talking to fellow songwriters about the challenges she’s faced in the industry. What is her message within the lyrics? You don\u2019t have to try to be someone else; you just have to be YOU. I think that is pretty inspiring.<\/p>\n

Take a listen to the song. Take a close look at her video for \u201cTry\u201d which features women of all different walks of life, taking off their make-up and just being themselves.<\/p>\n

Take your make up off
\nLet your hair down
\nTake a breath
\nLook into the mirror, at yourself
\nDon’t you like you?
\nCause I like you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By \u00a0Katie Copple–\u00a0 You don’t have to try so hard You don’t have to give it all away You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up You don’t have to change a single thing That is only part of the chorus of a new song by Colbie Caillat. I came across…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":6392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6393,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions\/6393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}