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 TITLE: Blah Blah Blah ARTIST: Sara Daniels WRITERS: Sara Daniels LENGTH: 3:38 GENRE: Pop, pop rock, pop punk PRODUCER: Reza Vranitzky LABEL: Titanic Records RELEASED: September 7th, 2014
Sara takes her fifth - and final - single before her debut album to poke fun at not only some men on dates, but - on a deep level - also some women in the way that they approach dating. The song has a much more pop-influenced than the other singles have been, causing many people to scratch their heads in wonder at what Sara Daniels is trying to present now. The song so far has confused many of Sara's avid fans, but she has a reason for this...
What has probably confused fans the most is that the attitude of the song is much different from the attitude that Sara normally displays to her fans through her social media interactions with them, and also through her previous songs. Many people could take this as a sign that Sara Daniels is selling out and becoming more mainstream - giving into the idea that the quickest way to become popular is to have an aggressive, antagonistic response to people, causing bad publicity. Like the old saying goes, any publicity is good publicity, and several stars seem to live by this code nowadays. But for Sara Daniels, that wasn't the point of this song.
"This is me making fun of the whole dating world in general," Sara says about the song. "I was single for a long time before I started dating the person I'm dating now. Most dates were nice, of course, but a lot of my dates went usually the same way: The guys just wanted to talk about themselves all the time, bragging about their cars and their summer houses... I'm sure to some women, that's really impressive, but it takes a lot more than just money to impress somebody like me. In fact, I think it takes a lot more than just money to impress anybody with substance." Sara Daniels recently started dating lead singer of alternative rock band Penetralia, Koda Espinosa, who has saved her from what she refers to as the 'nine circles of dating hell.' "This doesn't just apply to men, of course. This song could easily be a man singing this to a woman. The problem is that we're so caught up in the idea that we're judged by how much we make, or how much that we can contribute, that people forget that they have other things to offer. That's probably the biggest mistake that you can make in a relationship. It's not fair for you, and it's definitely not fair to the person you're dating." But that's not the only thing Sara decided to comment on in the song. She could easily have written a song with her normal - more alternative rock - type of music if she only wanted the focus to be on the emphasis put on money in relationships. She had a reason for giving it such a pop vibe.
"I wanted to make a point that the problem is on both sides. When our dates act rude, our immediately reaction is to act rude as well. I get it, I've done it so many times before. But two wrongs don't make a right. There's a real lack of sensitivity in the dating world now, and I think anybody who is single could agree with me on that. That's why first dates are always so nerve-wracking and difficult: You don't know if the person you're going to be on a date with is going to be nice or not. They might accept everything that you present to them and have a good time; or they might completely reject you and be rude. I think the people who listen to this song are going to be really divided on whose side they take in the song, and it will all depend on their own experiences in dating: Will they take the side of the person singing the song, who has been on too many bad dates to handle another one, and is choosing to end the date early to avoid another boring night - or will they take the side of the person that the song is being sung to, who is presenting their personality and is getting rejected for it? Both people are at fault in the song, but I think it says a lot about somebody's dating history on what they take out of this track."
The song dances around the pop rock feeling that Sara has brought to the table with most of her songs, but tends to stay more in the pop realm, which helps display the lyrics that seem almost whiny and demeaning - depending on how you take the song. Sara seems to take on a completely different personality in the song, like she's playing a character - which technically she is. In a way, this song could really hurt her career for the people who don't understand the comments she's trying to make - or it could really help her career, seeing that she's smart enough and capable of using her craft to comment on the world around her, and confident enough in her abilities and fans that this won't hurt her too much if it does flop. In the radio edit of the song, "fuck" is edited out in all of the choruses, and in the bridge. The curse word is replaced by an "ah!" from Sara, at the same pitch as the word would be in the album version of the song. She chose to keep a sound in that section rather than just leaving a moment of vocal silence, feeling that the character that she's trying to portray in the song wouldn't censor herself with silence if she had to, but would rather use an emotional noise to express what she's trying to let her boring date know.
Producer Reza Vranitzky - is mostly known working with alternative, indie, and experimental artists - had most recently worked with Austin Nimmo on his debut album Fearless, and brought some of what she learned from working on that pop album to producing this song. "This was the best kind of song for me to work on," Reza said, "because not only did I get to use some of my experimental genre expertise, but I got to bring some of the experience I had from Austin Nimmo's album into this song to almost satirize the genre. Both projects were great to work with, but songs like 'Blah, Blah, Blah' are the types of songs that I love working on."
What?
You call me by the wrong name
What? What?
You think this is just some game
See your mouth moving
But you won't let me do the same
Just please stop talking
I want to leave, and you're to blame (uh huh)
But all you say is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
I couldn't give a fuck
All I hear is just some sound
Like you are everything that I hate
And I can't wait
To end this damn date
Ending this, ending this date, and before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, and before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, I just can't wait
What
Did you ask me out for (huh?)
I can't believe someone could be such a bore
You're such a bore!
What now?
I can't believe this is really how you behave
I'm right here
But you keep talking and you're driving me insane
*laughs*
But all you say is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
I couldn't give a fuck
All I hear is just some sound
Like you are everything that I hate
And I can't wait
To end this damn date
Ending this, ending this date, and before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, and before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date
But all you say is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
I couldn't give a fuck
All I hear is just some sound
Like you are everything that I hate
And I can't wait
To end this damn date
All your opinions? Keep them to yourself
This date has effected my mental health
Wouldn't it be easier to just stay single? Take the night off?
You'd be alright if you would shut the hell up, back the fuck off
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
I couldn't give a fuck
You tell me one more time about your car
I swear, I'll bite your head off
I know I'm sounding mean, but you're like no one else
You have so much left to say, you can't keep it to yourself! (Ah!)
Ending this, ending this date, and before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, and before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date
But all you say is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
I couldn't give a fuck
All I hear is just some sound
Like you are everything that I hate
And I can't wait
To end this damn date
Ending this, ending this date, and before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date, and before it's too late
Ending this, ending this date
But all you say is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
I couldn't give a fuck
All I hear is just some sound
Like you are everything that I hate
And I can't wait
To end this damn dateSOUNDS LIKE:
Ashlee Simpson - Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)
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