Okay, guys, so today I'd like to write about one of my favourite songs, it's titled as See You Again. Being sung by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, the song is a soundtrack of a 2015 action movie, Furious 7. The song, like the movie, is said to be a tribute for Paul Walker. He played the Furious series' main role, Brian O'Connor, until a car accident which caused his death in late 2013. Here I cite from Wikipedia about the song's writing background.
"Charlie Puth was approached by his publishing company, Artist Publishing Group, to come up with a melody that could pay tribute to the late Paul Walker in Furious 7 during his short stay in Los Angeles. Walking into the studio to see DJ Frank E for the first time—a session the president of Artist Publishing Group, Ben Maddahi, set up—Puth didn’t know what to expect."It just seemed to occur from out of nowhere. And basically 10 minutes later Justin and I wrote it, we sent it off, and I thought we'd never hear about it again." After receiving overwhelming positive reception from the filmmakers, Universal Pictures and the soundtrack label Atlantic Records, the unfinished song which was titled "See You Again" was further commissioned by Puth and Wiz Khalifa to include verses about family around Puth's vocals and piano. The song then went through an extensive note-giving and production process.
In writing the song, Puth said he was thinking of a friend who also died abruptly. Although reluctant to reveal too many details, he said that the tragedy also involved a car accident and that he felt his late friend's presence in the studio that day as he held the belief they could one day communicate again. Puth, who was skeptical about whether Atlantic Records would ask him to sing on the track, thought that they chose his voice because he wrote the song for a friend of his, so he brings a more genuine feel to its words. In the film, the song is played at the end of the film, during which Furious 7 characters, Brian O'Conner and Dominic Toretto drive their cars on a mountain road and eventually part ways when they reach a fork, giving Brian a poignant retirement send-off in which he'd be living with his wife and raising a family."
The song directly becomes a trend after its release. It tops many charts all over the world, including Billboard Hot 100 and iTunes all-genre single sales chart, with 168,000 digital copies sold the issue dated April 18, 2015 claiming the "Digital Gainer" award.
The reason of why I love this song is perhaps the theme, other than the fact that it has a really catchy melody. It describes friendship in such a lovely way. Quoting a rap part of the lyrics:
"First you both go out your way
And the vibe is feeling strong and what's
Small turn to a friendship a friendship
Turn into a bond and that bond will never
Be broke and the love will never get lost
And when brotherhood come first then the line
Will never be crossed established it on our own
When that line had to be drawn and that line is what
We reach so remember me when I'm gone"
I include the song's music video here. The video contains some clips from the movies, making it be like a series of flashback of the friendship between Paul Walker as Brian O'Connor and his team, especially Dominic Toretto (portrayed by Vin Diesel).
