At the end of the movie trailer for the new adaption The Fifty Shades of Grey, a snippet of the song Crazy In Love, sings by Beyonce, was played during the sex scene between the film protagonists Christian Grey and Ana Steele. I was drawn to the beat and the seductiveness of the song so I decided to Google the song and Youtubed it; lo and behold, the song was on YouTube like millions of other well-known and top of the chart music pieces; the song is a remixed version of the original Crazy In Love that was first played over a decade ago, in 2003 to be exact, and Jay-Z was the guest rapper, as most of us know Jay-Z is the the current husband of Queen B, aka Beyonce. I was in high school when the song was first played on the radio and since my English comprehension was limited, the song was indigestible and I find myself to drawn to the beat of music rather than the lyrics itself.
Eleven years later, I find myself to be drawn to older songs and this includes the song Crazy in Love. The lyrics of the song is very simple and easy to fathom but the new remixed version puts it at a different level; it changes the way I view love. My teen and early 20s self used to believe that in love, one must be there for the other person during the ups and downs of life and I still firmly stick to this belief. We must accept the other person no matter what stage he or she is in life; we must look pass the flaws and the imperfections since we are not perfect ourselves. Today, as I am entering my late 20s, I learned that the other important component is being able to be physically attracted to the other person. The song Crazy In Love reminds me that the physical chemistry between two lovers is just as significant in the equation of love just as other virtues. So what did I learn from this unexpected revelation? I learned that aging changes how we think about certain things in life, whether we expect it or not, it will come without us giving permission.
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfQ7ucGQdOM
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