MTV Push: Behind The Lyrics
artists break down the inspiration behind their biggest hits

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Behind The Lyrics of Chloe x Halle's "The Kids Are Alright"
07/01/2018

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Behind The Lyrics of Lauv's "Paris In The Rain"

Lauv discusses the creative challenges he faced while writing his song "Paris In The Rain"
10/01/2018
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Behind the Lyrics of Lauv's "The Other"

Lauv breaks down the inspo behind "The Other"
10/01/2018
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03:52

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Behind the Lyrics of Nick Grant's "Nicky Bomaye"

Nick Grant talks about how the movie "Ali" inspired him to write "Nicky Bomaye."
09/01/2018
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03:52

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Behind The Lyrics of Nick Grant's "Bleu Cheese"

Nick Grant discusses the creative challenges he faced while writing his song "Blue Cheese."
09/01/2018
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Behind The Lyrics of Bazzi's "Mine"

08/01/2018
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02:37

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Behind The Lyrics of Bazzi's "Dreams"

08/01/2018
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02:21

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Behind The Lyrics of Chloe x Halle's "The Kids Are Alright"

07/01/2018
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02:26

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Behind The Lyrics of Sigrid's "Raw"

06/01/2018
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02:51

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Behind The Lyrics of Lil Xan's "Betrayed"

Lil Xan talks about the inspo behind "Betrayed" for the MTV PUSH series
05/01/2018
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Behind The Lyrics of Lil Xan's "Deceived"

Lil Xan takes us thru the production and writing process behind his track, "Deceived"
05/01/2018
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02:50

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Behind The Lyrics of Lil Xan's "Color Blind"

Lil Xan talks about the inspo behind "Color Blind" for the MTV PUSH series
05/01/2018
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Behind The Lyrics of Hayley Kiyoko's "Let It Be"

Hayley breaks down the lyrics of her song, "Let It Be."
04/02/2018
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Behind The Lyrics of Hayley Kiyoko's "Curious"

Hayley breaks down the lyrics of her song, "Curious."
04/02/2018
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Behind The Lyrics of Jessie Reyez's "Cotton Candy"

Behind The Lyrics of Jessie Reyez’s "Cotton Candy"
03/05/2018
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Behind The Lyrics of Jessie Reyez's "Gatekeeper"

Jessie Reyez breaks down the making of "Gatekeeper"
03/05/2018
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03:22

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Behind The Lyrics of Jessie Reyez's "Figures"

Behind The Lyrics of Jessie Reyez’s "Figures"
03/05/2018
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Behind The Lyrics of Bishop Briggs' "River"

Bishop talks about getting approached by A&Rs, using nature as a concept in her songwriting, and more
01/01/2018
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02:28

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Behind The Lyrics of Bishop Briggs' "Never Tear Us Apart"

Bishop sits with Gaby and describes why she chose to cover the INXS hit song, "Never Tear Us Apart"
01/01/2018
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02:52

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Grace VanderWaal Breaks Down "So Much More Than This"

Grace breaks down the making of her record, "So Much More"
12/04/2017
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Grace VanderWaal Breaks Down "Moonlight"

Grace breaks down the making of her record, "Moonlight"
12/04/2017
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Grace VanderWaal Breaks Down Leon Bridges' "River"

Grace talks about choosing to cover Leon Bridges' hit song, "River"
12/04/2017
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Why Don't We Break Down "Something Different"

11/01/2017
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Why Don't We Break Down "Invitation"

Why Don't We describe creating their hit record, "Invitation"
10/29/2017
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Why Don't We Break Down "These Girls"

Why Don't We describe creating their single, "These Girls."
10/29/2017
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Behind The Lyrics of SZA's "Supermodel"

SZA performs an acoustic version of "Supermodel" while discussing what inspired her to write the song.
09/05/2017
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03:22

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Behind The Lyrics of Kacy Hill's "Like A Woman"

Kacy breaks down the inspiration behind her song, "Like A Woman," who she wrote it for, and being in touch with her feminine side
08/01/2017
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Behind The Lyrics of Kacy Hill's "Hard To Love"

Kacy sits with Meredith and talks about the inspiration behind her song, "Hard To Love", the importance of family, and dealing with one-sided love
08/01/2017
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Behind The Lyrics of Khalid's "Young Dumb & Broke"

Khalid talks with Gaby about breaking out of his typical writing process for "Young Dumb & Broke,” finding inspiration from David Guetta, and more!
07/01/2017
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Olivia Rodrigo on Why "drivers license" Resonates

Olivia Rodrigo describes her songwriting process and ventures to explain the almost universal appeal of her emotional song "drivers license," which she cowrote with producer Daniel Nigro.
05/03/2021
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Push Play with Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo reveals the song that reminds her of her childhood, what she listens to before a night out, a song she wishes she'd written, her go-to karaoke jam and more.
05/03/2021
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05:28

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Olivia Rodrigo Discusses Her Lifelong Love of Songwriting

Olivia Rodrigo shares stories about her earliest memories of writing songs, what inspires her to create music, how being more disciplined has improved her writing and more.
05/03/2021
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Strong Imagery Was Important to Olivia Rodrigo on "deja vu"

Olivia Rodrigo explains how she wrote "deja vu" with her songwriting partner Dan Nigro by focusing on powerful, resonant images and using the sounds that felt most authentic to her.
05/03/2021
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Olivia Rodrigo - "drivers license"

Olivia Rodrigo delivers an emotional performance of her record-breaking single, "drivers license."
05/03/2021
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Olivia Rodrigo - "deja vu"

Gen Z phenom Olivia Rodrigo performs "deja vu," a unique reflection on relationships from her debut album, "Sour."
05/01/2021
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