Buddy, upon hearing the intro and entering on the first lyrics, I honestly continue with the lyrics of the beginning of Perfect song, One Direction. LOL !!! The difference between Perfect intro longer than Friends which is only short in a matter of 3 seconds.
Music from Friends does sound more pop and there are elements of dance. In my opinion, Bieber still can not rise from the rhythm of DJ Snake music so that at the end of chorus on the lyrics ... Can we be friends .... still feel the typical rhythm of DJ Snake. The music is very contemporary. But my friend in this song I feel there is a little aura "Baby" Justin. I feel a sweet but adult Bieber is on this song. Apart from the rather mellow pop acoustic songs like Love Yourself, but almost all the songs released by Bieber since 2015 carry the EDM music genre, a little pop, and more tropical houses. Songs like Where Are You, Sorry, What Do You Mean, and Let Me Love You are so strong with the dance element. Well understood for that age, Justin Bieber was in early adulthood so there is still a teenage soul. But we all know that Bieber is a success that evenly distributed in all songs. For myself, Friends will certainly experience something similar to previous rhythmic songs. Although Friends are dominated by pop, Bieber and his procedures are very smart to keep pop with dance-pop and a little electro elements that make fans and music lovers not feel bored listening to this song.
In this song Bieber is still under the auspices of Def Jam, but there are also some labels that support this single. The Friends song producer is BloodPop who is also the featured artist, probably more like a background vocal because it's not part (part) sung by BloodPop. Bloodpop here also plays a role to set the bass of the song. In addition BloodPop also set the synthesizer of the song Friends that control, play, and bring together some sound or rhythm to be combined.
Who is BloodPop? Buddy, BloodPop is the name of the alias, while the original name is Michael Tucker who plays also as a song writer in his song Justin Bieber. In writing the song Sorry, BloodPop gets a part to write his music or create a melody for the song. Incredibly, BloodPop is still young. He is only 27 years old. For me, writing music for a great musician Justin Bieber's class is an achievement especially if achievement is achieved from the explosion of the song on the market to win a caravan.
Buddy, Bieber as always remains a lyricist on his songs, including Friends. For this song, Bieber assisted by Julia Michael and Justin Tranter who incidentally also wrote the song Sorry. As a BloodPop leak is someone who has many names, in addition to the name of Michael Tucker, BloodPop also known as Michael Diamonds which is also one song song writer Friends. So what ?????
Lyrics
There are some online news, especially external sites, writing that the Friends song is addressed to Selena Gomez. The news gives an interpretation that Bieber intentionally expressed his desire to befriend someone who ended up not good with him, and that person is his ex-Selena Gomez. Uhhhmm ???
[Verse 1]
I was wonderin '' bout your mama
Did she get that job she wanted?
Sold that car that gave her problems?
I'm just curious' bout her, honest
Bieber and the team of songwriters started the lyrics of Friends by talking about the mother of someone who was (ever) close to her. If a man thinks about a mother from someone close to her, in general the person is her lover. Verse 1 Friends expresses a very deep concern for a person. The singer intends to convey his relationship very closely with the person. Imagine he knows what the mother of that person has experienced.
[Pre-Chorus]
Girl, you wonderin 'why I've been callin'?
Like I've got ulterior motives
No, we did not end this so good
But you know we have something so good
Then in this section the singer greets the person with the call Girl "Nona" which confirms that this song is addressed to a woman or the opposite sex ever close to the singer. The singer then conveyed that their relationship did not end with a good look but he reminded again that they still have something good. It means that the relationship is good and memorable for them. It's just that maybe a youth full of many challenges to make this couple's relationship must end.
[Chorus]
So I'm wondering, can we still be friends? (ah-ah)
Can we still be friends? (ah-ah)
Does not have to end (ah-ah)
And if it ends, can we be friends?
Can we be friends?
Can we be friends?
In order for Chorus to be easy to understand, on Pre-chorus, the singer asks the girl why the girl is asking the singer's reason for calling. Then on the chorus presented that the singer just wanted to be friends with the girl. The singer is a typical adult. He thinks their relationship should not end in total. Of all that ever happened between them, he then acknowledged that there was a lot going on between them and there was still a good impression that I did not end up completely. Next he asks the girl, if this is over, can we be friends? This wondering buddy is not in the sense of worry. When viewed from the full meaning then wondering here is curious and acts as a verb in the sentence. From this question it is clear that the previous relationship exists more than a friend so that when the relationship ends, the singer intends to ask the girl to be friends.
[Verse 2]
Wonderin 'if you got a body
To hold you tight since I left (since I left)
Wonderin 'if you think about me
Actually, do not answer that
The singer later said that she wanted to know if the girl or her ex had a new partner or not since the singer left her. Well, it seems that this part explains that their separation is the mistake of the man (singer) who abandoned the girl and the likelihood of the girl being disappointed and angry that she did not want to get in touch with the singer again. I interpret this passage as an awareness of the man that he has been wrong because he has the power of whether the girl thinks about it (after all that he does). But he goes on .... actually, do not answer that ... This means he knows the answer, between the girl will not answer it or the girl will bring "Yes, I do not ever think about yo at all".