In the composition made from Britney Spear’s “Hit Me Baby One More Time”, I was intrigued by the way the chorus is composed. Placed quietly in small text on the bottom right of the page, the entire chorus is right aligned in a plain white text, while the word “baby” disrupts the pattern by being left aligned, pink, and italicized. This idea of repetitive behavior interrupted by something flamboyant or colorful in nature can act as its own metaphor in the song. Musically, this can adapt to a repetitive melody and rhythm which can be displaced with something drastically different. This drastic shift can mirror the way the text is aligned, starting off with something mundane and plain, then taking it off course with sounds aligning with the italicized and pink “baby’ something sultry, sexy, and bold. I also see this shape defining the pitches of sounds. The composition can be a collective of sounds that are pitched the same throughout but are given a higher, more flamboyant pitch once in the timeline.

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