Battle of the teen idols: JoBros vs T.Swift
The Jonas Brothers have a new song out and reportedly it’s taking a dig at country music star Taylor Swift.
Oh noes!
According to Starpulse, the JoBros new single Paranoid talks about how he’s like, so, totally, done with his ex.
One of my favourite songs by Swift (and yes, this blog is a little bias) is titled Forever and Alwaysand was written about her heartbreak over Joe Jonas dumping her via an under-30-second phone call. Really, Joe? I mean, I know you’re famous and all, but any guy who cheaps out and dumps a girl so quickly (and over the phone?) deserves to have a song written about them. And for the record, Swift’s song was neither nasty nor malicious – which is more than I can say about the Jonas’ song.
A sample of lyrics from Forever and Always:
“You looked me in the eye and told me you loved me, Were you just kidding ’cause it seems to me this thing is breaking down, we almost never speak, I don’t feel welcome anymore… You feel so low you can’t feel nothing at all, and you flashback to when he said Forever and Always.”
I think the worst she does is refer to the boy she’s referring to as a “scared little boy”.
The Jonas song, on the other hand? Ouch!
“Can’t hear the thoughts inside my head, I’m still freaking out – that’s why my ex is still my ex, I never trust a word she says, I’m running all the background checks, and she’s freaking out… Caught in a nightmare and I can’t wake up”
Sigh. I’m all for letting it out through your songs – but to write something so nasty, and so long AFTER the incident? Swift wrote Forever and Always almost immediately after the October 2008 break up, and it was on her album that came out at the end of November.
Someone should perhaps point out to Joe Jonas that it’s been, um, 7 months since the break up – and since he initiated it – he should be well over it by now, not writing songs slamming his ex girlfriend – really classy, right?
I’m sure he’ll regret it in a few years anyways – when he’s just a faded memory of a boy band (anyone remember the Hanson brothers?) and Swift is still rocking country stages.
Tagged as: break up, jonas brothers, song lyrics, taylor swift
