Track 7: Gnash "i hate u, i love u"
Song: i hate u, i love u
Artist: Gnash feat. Olivia O'Brien
Album: us
Released: 2016
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHAN8hDVbog
Artist: Gnash feat. Olivia O'Brien
Album: us
Released: 2016
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHAN8hDVbog
The song, “i hate u, i love u” by Gnash, featuring Olivia O’Brien, is a duet in which the two singers trade off talking about a relationship that they had that ended. Both still love each other, but think that the other has moved on. The girl thinks that the guy is into another girl, and the guy is hurt by her rebuff. Sound familiar?
I selected this song to read along with chapter 46 and onward as this is when Elizabeth finally realizes her feelings for Mr. Darcy, but fears that now it is too late. Elizabeth has just learned that her youngest sister, Lydia, has run off with Mr. Whickham in scandal. She tells Mr. Darcy this, and then realizes, “never had she so honestly felt that she could have loved him, as now, when all love must be vain,” (185). She thinks it is impossible now that Mr. Darcy would marry her with such a scandal in their family. Not only is she too poor for him, her mother is an embarrassment, and now her sister has run off with Mr. Darcy’s sworn enemy, Mr. Whickham. Her prospects are looking pretty dim and she spends much of the remainder of the novel believing that Mr. Darcy will now marry his cousin, Miss de Bourgh. In the song, O’Brien sings, “You want her, you need her, And I'll never be her.” This very much reflects Elizabeth’s feelings about Mr. Darcy marrying Miss. de Bourgh, who is very rich. Elizabeth can never be as good of a match (financially) as Miss de Bourgh and she all but gives up on marrying Mr. Darcy.
In the song, Gnash sings, “It hurts me every time I see you, Realize how much I need you.” Indeed, Elizabeth begins to feel this way on subsequent run-ins with Mr. Darcy later in the novel. After Mr. Darcy makes an unexpected visit to Longbourn, Elizabeth laments, “If he fears me, why come hither? If he no longer cares for me, why silent? Teasing Teasing man!” (227). Thus, Elizabeth feels this same uneasy feeling each time she sees Darcy after making this realization about her love for him.
I selected this song to read along with chapter 46 and onward as this is when Elizabeth finally realizes her feelings for Mr. Darcy, but fears that now it is too late. Elizabeth has just learned that her youngest sister, Lydia, has run off with Mr. Whickham in scandal. She tells Mr. Darcy this, and then realizes, “never had she so honestly felt that she could have loved him, as now, when all love must be vain,” (185). She thinks it is impossible now that Mr. Darcy would marry her with such a scandal in their family. Not only is she too poor for him, her mother is an embarrassment, and now her sister has run off with Mr. Darcy’s sworn enemy, Mr. Whickham. Her prospects are looking pretty dim and she spends much of the remainder of the novel believing that Mr. Darcy will now marry his cousin, Miss de Bourgh. In the song, O’Brien sings, “You want her, you need her, And I'll never be her.” This very much reflects Elizabeth’s feelings about Mr. Darcy marrying Miss. de Bourgh, who is very rich. Elizabeth can never be as good of a match (financially) as Miss de Bourgh and she all but gives up on marrying Mr. Darcy.
In the song, Gnash sings, “It hurts me every time I see you, Realize how much I need you.” Indeed, Elizabeth begins to feel this way on subsequent run-ins with Mr. Darcy later in the novel. After Mr. Darcy makes an unexpected visit to Longbourn, Elizabeth laments, “If he fears me, why come hither? If he no longer cares for me, why silent? Teasing Teasing man!” (227). Thus, Elizabeth feels this same uneasy feeling each time she sees Darcy after making this realization about her love for him.