about love grows

This song is heavily inspired by the music of the 60s. I used a catchy and groovy electronic piano as the foundation of the track. I was inspired by Stevie Wonder, and other jazzy pop 60s artists for this aspect of the song. And lyrically by the early work of The Beatles, and their nonsensical proclamations about love. “Love me do”, “all you need is love”, “Can’t buy me love” —these songs are eccentric, but also deeply optimistic in their acknowledgement of the power of love. I love the corniness of that.

The more the love grows,

Doo doo doo doo doo

The more the love grows

Doo doo doo doo doo

I love how silly yet, in some respects profound these lyrics are. I truly believe love will continue to grow, and become a more powerful force in this world, empowering compassion and acts of kindness.

The sun comes up

The sun goes down

We go around, around, around

Time goes on

And more the love grows

This line is supposed to ground us in reality and invoke almost cosmic imagery. The sun will continue to go up and down, we will continue to spin around it, and love will continue to grow. Almost as coexisting facts of nature. Dinosaurs probably loved less than we do, and certainly the first trees didn’t love as much as we do. Love has only grown, and will continue to grow, and this song is a celebration of that fact. The “doo doo’s” were inspired by “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”— nonsensical filler words like the ones used in this song are a staple of the mainstream genre of the 60s. It keeps it fun and lighthearted, groovy, and melodic. It’s fascinating to see how much mainstream music has shifted away from its political roots. In the past, songs about love carried a deeper, often political significance. Love was a tool for social change, a form of resistance, and a way to unite people in times of struggle. Now, many pop songs focus on more superficial or abstract topics, singing about "nothing" in particular. To me, this is actually a political statement in itself—a reflection of how detached we’ve become from the bigger, more transformative issues that music used to speak to. By singing about nothing, we’re actually singing about everything we’re avoiding, a silent commentary on our collective inability to confront the real complexities of life. In a way, it's more political now than ever.