Adagio Apassionato

I debated between writing about Potatoi’s (John Cha's) entire album or just this song which instantly became my favourite when I heard it and I settled on talking about just this one. I’ve never heard a song that completely describes every aspect of who I’ve become. This post might get a bit personal – I try to stick to analysing the music, but I can’t analyse this one without explaining clearly what it means to me. ‘Plain Life’ – it’s a song about discovering the beauty of the small, the trivial, the ‘plain.’ It’s striking how even though a song like this should sound romantic and beautiful, it conveys a distinct sense of sadness and is very pensive and reflective in its mood. ‘Plain Life.’ It simply means an ordinary life, but with the title, the song's sound and the chorus, I feel like there are two conflicting feelings when describing your life as plain.   There is a slight bitterness in describing a ‘plain life,’ one that conveys a wish for something better. It’s a feeling...