JAKARTA – “Popular” menjadi bukti bahwa Ariana Grande tidak pernah berhenti bereksperimen dengan musik. Dalam lagu terbarunya ini, ia menggabungkan elemen pop, R&B, dan sentuhan elektronik yang unik. Produksi yang apik dan aransemen yang kaya membuat “Popular” terdengar segar dan berbeda dari karya-karyanya sebelumnya.
Suara khas Ariana semakin bersinar dalam lagu ini. Kemampuannya dalam mengolah vokal dengan berbagai teknik membuat “Popular” menjadi pengalaman mendengarkan yang sangat menyenangkan.
[Intro] C G F
[Verse I]
C G
You were the popular one, the
popular chick
F C
It is what it is, now I’m
popular-ish
C G
Standing on the field with your
pretty pompoms
F
Now you’re working at the movies
C
selling popular corn
C G
I could have been a mess but I never
went wrong
F C
Cause I’m putting down my story in a
popular song
[Pre-Chorus]
C G F
Ahh, I said I’m putting down
C
my story in a popular song
[Chorus]
C G F C
My problem, I never was a model,
C G
I never was a scholar, but you
F C
were always popular
C G
You were singing all the songs I
F C
don’t know
C G
Now you’re in the front row
F C
Cause my song is popular
C G F C
Popular, I know about popular
C G
It’s not about who you are or your
fancy car
F C
You’re only ever who you were
C G F C
Popular, I know about popular
C G
And all that you have to do, is be
true to you
F C
That’s all you ever need to know
C G
So catch up, cause you got an
F C
awful long way to go
C G
So catch up, cause you got an awful long
F C
way to go
[Verse II]
C G
Always on the lookout for someone to hate,
F C
Picking on me like a dinner plate
C G
You hid during classes and in between them
F C
Dunk me in the toilets now it’s you that
cleans them
C G
You tried to make me feel bad with the
things you do
F C
It aint so funny when the jokes on you
C G
Ooh, the jokes on you
F C
Got everyone laughing, got everyone
clapping, asking
C G
How do you look so cool?
F C
Cause that’s the only thing that I learned
at school, boy
C G F
Uh huh,I said that’s the only thing
C
that I learned at school
[Chorus]
C G F C
My problem, I never was a model,
C G
I never was a scholar, but you were
F C
always popular
C G F
You were singing all the songs I don’t
C
know
C G
Now you’re in the front row
F C
Cause my song is popular
C G F C
Popular, I know about popular
C G
It’s not about who you are or your fancy
car
F C
You’re only ever who you were
C G F C
Popular, I know about popular
C G
And all that you have to do, is be true to
you
F C
That’s all you ever need to know
C G
So catch up, cause you got an awful long
F C
way to go
C G
So catch up, cause you got an awful long
F C
way to go
[Bridge]
C G
All you ever need to know
F C
You’re only ever who you were
C G
All you ever need to know
F C
You’re only ever who you were
All you ever need to know
C G F C
Popular, I know about popular
C G
It’s not about who you are or your fancy
car
F C
You’re only ever who you were
C G F C
Popular, I know about popular
C G
It’s not about who you are or your fancy
car
F C
You’re only ever who you were
C G F C
Popular, I know about popular
C G
And all that you have to do, is be true to
you
F C
That’s all you ever need to know
C
That’s all you ever need to know
