Machine Gun Kelly A Little More Language Analysis

What We All Need
Music is an incredibly popular form of art. There are a variety of music genres that people listen to. Everyone has their favorite genre, yet sometimes they hear a song from a different genre that they may not usually listen to but as soon as they listen to it they can relate. Music can bring people together in a way that nothing else can. There is not a person alive who does not listen to music. Music is a way for artists to get their message out to the world, whatever that message may be. The song “A Little More” by Machine Gun Kelly is a powerful song from a fearless artist that brings awareness to largely ignored issues in society with meaningful lyrics over a beautiful instrumental.
This song’s meaningful lyrics and careful word choice are what make it so powerful.
This song not only has meaningful lyrics, but it is also the beautiful instrumental in the background that ties the song together. Machine Gun Kelly is a rapper, but for this song he takes his rap and rhythm talent and combines with the talents of not only another artist (Victoria Monet) but that of a stunning instrumental. This song would not be as meaningful if it had a different beat or different instruments, such as, say, a saxophone. It simply would not sound right, the timbre (the term for what distinguishes one instrument from another, as well as an instrument from a voice, and so on) of the saxophone would not mesh with the timbres of MGK and Victoria Monet’s voices as well as the violins and cellos do. The string instruments add a strong backing for the words that MGK uses to project his message. It is similar to a painting. Every little thing needs to come together for it to look right, and without this specific instrumental the song would not be as convincing. For Machine Gun Kelly to spread his message on the issues in the world through this song, he had to add this