I have to start by saying how much I love that songs like this are still being written. We've been inundated with so many hookup songs over the past couple of years. So many songs about how hot a guy thinks a girl is, as if that's the only thing about her that matters. Society no doubt plays a part in this. You look at Hollywood where marriage is little more than a punchline more often than not. Or at all the people out there who would rather end a relationship instead of trying to repair it. People who bail on the person they claimed to love as soon as something bad happens. Who settle for shallow and meaningless relationships because they don't want to put forth the effort to create something real that lasts.
"From The Ground Up" was written by Dan (Smyers) and Shay (Mooney), along with Chris DeStefano. They used their grandparents' marriages as inspiration for the song and I'd say that it's a beautiful tribute. Both to their grandparents and to that kind of everlasting love that seems so rare these days. The kind that you fight for instead of throwing away. The kind that can withstand all the hard times that inevitably come. I imagine there are those who will dismiss the words as sappy which I take as a sad commentary on the mindset so many people have. The love that "From The Ground Up" describes is the only kind of love that truly matters.
Check out the video.
"From The Ground Up" was written by Dan (Smyers) and Shay (Mooney), along with Chris DeStefano. They used their grandparents' marriages as inspiration for the song and I'd say that it's a beautiful tribute. Both to their grandparents and to that kind of everlasting love that seems so rare these days. The kind that you fight for instead of throwing away. The kind that can withstand all the hard times that inevitably come. I imagine there are those who will dismiss the words as sappy which I take as a sad commentary on the mindset so many people have. The love that "From The Ground Up" describes is the only kind of love that truly matters.
Check out the video.
This video is exactly what it needed to be. It goes with both the song lyrics and the inspiration behind them. The song is about building a love from the ground up, so why not open with a young man giving his love the blueprints to the house he plans to build. Leading up to the proposal that was obviously coming. Then to the current day where a wedding is about to take place in the house that they built. The way you see pieces of the grandparents' relationship, highlighting both good and not so good times, was perfect. As was the way that all of the flashbacks had a kind of grainy look to them while the shots from the current day were more vivid.
This is such a beautiful video which goes along with the lyrics nicely. I love the colors, It's a nice treat for the eyes. This is one of those music videos that's kind of like a mini movie and I usually really like those. Honestly, this could be the storyline of a full-length movie is someone wanted to do it. It actually reminded me a bit of The Notebook movie, visually speaking. Great lead vocal by Shay on this. It feels genuine, which is one of the reasons why this song works. This is obviously a special song for Dan + Shay and the vocal reflects that. Nice harmony by Dan too. Just a lovely track all the way around and the video complements it perfectly.
"From The Ground Up" is the first single from their upcoming album, Obsessed, which comes out in June. It's available for preorder now on both iTunes and GooglePlay. You can get that information on their website, linked below.
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