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MICHELLE GREEN - BREAK THE DAWN Title: Break The Dawn Performed By: Michelle Green Length: 3:52 Genre: Dance/Pop Written By: M.Green, A.Johnston Produced By: Jarmel From The Album: Live To Tell The TrackBreak The Dawn is the lead single from Michelle Green's forthcoming third studio album 'Live To Tell'. The track takes a different direction from previous releases. It opens with a pulsating, jumpy synth which already has you questioning whether or not this is actually a Michelle Green track. Around 15 seconds into the song, Michelle starts to sing in a throaty, sexy voice in which an English accent can be detected. In the first verse, the jumping of the track fades ad she sings over a calm beat which sounds like a muffled version of the pulsing intro. The beat sounds as if it's bubbling and simmering up, ready to blow at any minute. During this verse, Michelle is getting ready for a night out and expresses her excited for the night ahead. Michelle is only focusing on tonight and doesn't seem to have a care about the consequences; (/Don't care about tomorrow, tonight's what it's all about/). She then ends the first verse with a command; /Keep the party jumping/. Ms Green has no desire on stopping the fun any time soon and these commands are given throughout the whole song with one at the end of each verse. Moving onto the second verse, things become a little more intense as a thumping synth sound returns and grabs your attention. Michelle's vocals and this sound actually go together quite well and don't clash or overpower one another. In this verse she is right in the middle of 'party time' and starting to down the fruit juice; (/Sipping until I'm empty, come and fill me up/Bottle after bottle, too much ain't enough/). Another command of 'Keep the shots coming' is given to end the verse. It transitions into the chorus rather nicely and easily as if sweeping into the heavy, ground stomping, hand raising beat which wouldn't sound out of place at a nightclub in Ibiza. Michelle sings in a powerful voice during the anthem like chorus however during the whole 'break the dawn' segments, he voice is calmer and sound laid back which creates an almost euphoric feel. The arrival of the third verse brings a darker side to the song with a heavier, 'clunkier' sound and sexual lyrics such as '/Two strangers in the corner getting a little too close/That's just the we do it, baby anything goes/'. Green then commands us to 'keep the bass pumping' as she continues partying on into the fourth verse which doesn't sound as dark but still has an urgency about it. Lines such as; '/Another sip of Jack and I'll be feeling all right/' and '/I'll do a dance for you, gonna pull you closer/' definitely show us that the good girl has left the building and the inner [party] animal has been let loose. The fourth and final command of 'keep the speakers pumping' is sung seductively to us in Michelle's husky, rich voice. The catchy chorus swooshes right in again and picks you right up and gets you lost in it. A busy dub-step breakdown catches listeners off guard as she sings the line 'break the dawn' over again in a chilled out yet stuttering (through the use of editing) voice, this goes on for quite some time before the track levels out into a smooth, quiet beat as she sings the middle 8. Michelle's vocals are breezy and light as air as she refers to her good girl persona; /I'm not usually one to do this/Something just got me caught up the music/I'm a really good girl at heart/. Forget the good girl though!; /But this beat makes me wanna party hard/. The chorus then returns in its usual manner. Once Michelle stops singing, the track continues for a few seconds with a stomp and clap sound repeating for a few seconds followed by a crashing sound which fades out, bringing the song to a close. Michelle's CommentMichelle Green wrote:Being away from the music scene for like a year really puts a lot of pressure on you for when you make a comeback. People expect something huge from you and you really have to deliver otherwise your new project just won't take off and you're back to square one and might not be lucky enough to get another chance. For me, I just had to do something exciting and different because I felt that my music was getting quite predictable and I played it quite safe in my career up until now. I'm not saying I dislike my older material, I love it and that's what got me to where I am now but I just wanted to try something new and throw people right off and really surprise them. Life's all about taking risks and over the past year I've learned to do that and it's really reflected on this new album.
This track, 'Break The Dawn' was chosen as the lead single because I think it really packs a punch and it's really one of the more standout tracks from the new record. Previous songs had been either mid tempo pop songs or ballads so a fun filled, heavy dance song was just the best way to show a different side to me. Lyrically, it's a bit risque and hints at a few things which good people certainly shouldn't do and I certainly don't behave like that *laughs*, it's just a wild song that fits a wild beat and it's all about having fun and I'm all for having fun just don't take those lyrics to heart. 'Break The Dawn' was written back in summer 2012 and on paper the track looked OK but I didn't have a melody or anything for it, I just wrote the track out of boredom with one of my friends and when I returned to the studio I sort of forgotten about the song. In October when I returned to the studio after a little break I met this producer, Jarmel who is just a darling and was so so sweet and easy to work with. We we're talking about taking a new direction with the album and when we started talking about the whole club/dance sound the lyrics I had written for 'Break The Dawn' suddenly popped into my head so I had to rummage through all my files and rediscover the song. Jarmel also had this beat for a while and I decided to try it out alongside my song and it just came together perfectly. Really the track came out of boredom and two old, forgotten about products but the result is amazing and I love the track and hope you all do too! Put two in the air if you're feeling like me Young, hyped up and a little freaky. Got the new shoes on and the lip gloss out Don't care about tomorrow, tonight's what it's all about. Keep the party jumping. It's getting late, about a quarter to three Still going strong, getting a lil' crazy. Sipping until I'm empty, come and fill me up Bottle after bottle, too much ain't enough. Keep the shots coming. Although the DJ's fast asleep and there's not a beat,
Baby we still live on, the night is young.
I still feel stone cold sober, the party's still not over
Early AM and I've just begun;
We're gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Palms to the sky, gonna live while I'm young
I'm gonna break, break, br-break break the dawn
The sun is rising up just like the contents of my cup
But I'm not stopping, my adrenaline's rushing
Wild like an animal, it feels so good it should be criminal
Come over here and lock me up
We're gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Palms to the sky, gonna live while I'm young
I'm gonna break, break, br-break break the dawnCelebrating just like it's my bday Gonna rock out tonight, own this party. Two strangers in the corner getting a little too close That's just the we do it, baby anything goes. Keep the bass thumping. Getting so confused by all these flashing lights Another sip of Jack and I'll be feeling all right. I'll do a dance for you, gonna pull you closer You ain't going nowhere until I say it's over. Keep the speakers pumping. Although the DJ's fast asleep and there's not a beat,
Baby we still live on, the night is young.
I still feel stone cold sober, the party's still not over
Early AM and I've just begun;
We're gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Palms to the sky, gonna live while I'm young
I'm gonna break, break, br-break break the dawn
The sun is rising up just like the contents of my cup
But I'm not stopping, my adrenaline's rushing
Wild like an animal, it feels so good it should be criminal
Come over here and lock me up
We're gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Palms to the sky, gonna live while I'm young
I'm gonna break, break, br-break break the dawnBreak, break Br-br-break, break Br-br-break, break the dawn, dawn Break, break Br-br-break, break Br-br-break, break the dawn, dawn I'm not usually one to do this Something just got me caught up the music I'm a really good girl at heart But this beat makes me wanna party hard (Party hard, hard, hard, ha-a-a-a-a-a-ard)Although the DJ's fast asleep and there's not a beat,
Baby we still live on, the night is young.
I still feel stone cold sober, the party's still not over
Early AM and I've just begun;
We're gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Palms to the sky, gonna live while I'm young
I'm gonna break, break, br-break break the dawn
The sun is rising up just like the contents of my cup
But I'm not stopping, my adrenaline's rushing
Wild like an animal, it feels so good it should be criminal
Come over here and lock me up
We're gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Gonna break, break, br-break, break the dawn
Palms to the sky, gonna live while I'm young
I'm gonna break, break, br-break break the dawn
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