The Shining Star of “Counting Stars”, by Vivien Kwon

 

        “Counting Stars” is an American pop song by rock band OneRepublic. The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. This song was released on June 14th, 2013. There are six members of this band, Ryan Tedder who is lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Zach Filkins who plays guitar, Drew Brown who plays bass, Brent Kutzle, the cellist,  Eddie Fisher the drummer, and Brian Willett who plays the keyboard (similar to piano). I like this pop song, so I sometimes listen to this music.

The lyrics are about what we are going to do in the future. I think the lyrics are very beautiful. I personally loved the vocals because they matched well with the melody of the song. I think the instrumentals sound great, especially the guitar. The guitar was a nice instrument to play in this song. This song had a similar melody with other songs. Even if this song had a similar melody with other music, I think this song is unique. I really liked this song because I loved the melody. I like the lyrics and melody, but I didn’t like the music video because the music video was not my type. The music video just had singing and playing instruments in it. Even though I didn't like the music video, I really love this song!

I think “Counting Stars” is a great song. I loved this song because of its melody and the instrumentals. My favorite part of this song is “Lately I been I been losing sleep. Dreaming about the things that we could be. But baby I been I been prayin' hard. Said no more counting dollars. We'll be counting stars.” I love this part because the lyrics make me think about what I will do in future. I would give this song 4 out of 5 stars. I recommend this song to someone who likes to sing and listen, not watch music videos a lot.


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