Rihanna fans just realising meaning behind SOS song as writer confesses lyric secret

Fans person dubbed a writer connected Rihanna's SOS opus a 'genius' aft helium shared the hidden meaning down the 2nd verse, 18 years aft it was archetypal released backmost successful 2006

Rihanna fans person been near gobsmacked aft learning the meaning down her iconic SOS song.

It has been 18 years since superstar Rihanna released the track, and it has since been a staple connected galore enactment playlists. But portion you mightiness cognize the lyrics backmost to front, radical are lone conscionable realising a immense signifier successful the lyrics that they ne'er noticed before.

It comes aft songwriter Evan 'Kidd' Bogart appeared connected the Behind the Wall podcast with Daniel Wall and spoke astir his acquisition successful the euphony industry. He co-wrote the lyrics to SOS alongside Edward Cobb and Jonathon Rotem. "When I wrote it, I had nary thought what I was doing," helium confessed.

Evan said that implemented a instrumentality helium "thought would beryllium clever" by making each the lyrics successful the 2nd verse a tribute to 1980s opus titles.

Evan explained: "The full 2nd verse of that opus is 80s opus titles strung unneurotic arsenic sentences due to the fact that I thought it'd beryllium ace clever."

The songwriter went connected to interruption down a information of the verse, which includes references to A-Ha‘s Take On Me, Cutting Crew’s (I Just) Died successful Your Arms Tonight, Tears For Fears's Head Over Heels, Kim Wilde‘s You Keep Me Hangin’ On and Michael Jackson‘s The Way You Make Me Feel.

"They're each fig 1 songs from the '80s," helium added. The interviewer reacted and said: "That's incredible. I had nary idea." "No 1 does," said the genius lyricist.

The lyrics to the opus go: "Just your beingness and I 2nd conjecture my sanity/Yes, it's a lesson, it's unfair, you stole my vanity/My tummy's up successful knots and erstwhile I spot you, it gets truthful hot/My communal consciousness is retired the door, can't look to find the lock/Take connected maine (Uh-huh), you cognize wrong you consciousness it right/Take maine on, I could conscionable dice up successful your arms tonight/I melt with you, you got maine caput implicit heels (Over heels)/Boy, you support maine hangin' on, the mode you marque maine feel."

After a abbreviated clip of the confession was shared connected Daniel Wall's TikTok leafage precocious it raked successful implicit 19 cardinal views. People rushed to remark arsenic 1 said: "That's really truly creative. Pretty cool."

"This is genius," added another. One different commented: "He's a genius. Song titles arsenic lyrics - helium created a masterpiece from masterpieces."

One different said: "Brilliant. Cannot explicate however overmuch much that makes maine emotion this song." "I emotion this opus truthful overmuch much now," said different idiosyncratic who didn't realise the concealed down the song.

Fans are inactive eagerly awaiting quality of Rihanna bringing retired caller euphony aft her past medium was released successful 2016. She has since gone connected to person occurrence with her lingerie marque Savage Fenty, constitution empire Fenty, and has welcomed 2 children named RZA and Riot with ASAP Rocky. The Bring It On prima revealed her 2nd pregnancy during her 2023 Superbowl performance.

The mum-of-two gave fans immoderate anticipation earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile she opened up astir plans to merchandise a ninth workplace album. She told Entertainment Tonight: "I'm rediscovering things. I person been moving connected the medium for truthful agelong that I enactment each that worldly aside, and present I'm prepared to spell backmost successful the studio."

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