The Poetics of Darkness in Popular Culture: Amy Winehouse
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https://doi.org/10.18485/analiff.2025.37.1.16Кључне речи:
popular culture, Amy Winehouse, poetics of darkness, popular music, lyrics analysis, personal narrative, mental health, sentiment analysisСажетак
This paper studies the significance of Amy Winehouse’s music in popular culture, aiming to discover the depth of personal narrative and the themes of darkness in her lyrics. It explores her reflections on personal struggles, addiction, love, and relationships, revealing a distinctive blend of jazz, soul, and contemporary pop. Through both qualitative and quantitative analyses, together with sentiment polarity analysis and word frequency, the study shows how Winehouse deals with the wide range of human emotions, which in turn reveals her rather complicated relationship with intimacy and mental health issues. The paper emphasizes her music’s notions on social challenges, which contributes to broader dialogues about addiction, mental health, and romantic intricacies. Characterized by raw honesty and a nuanced understanding of the human condition, her legacy continues to inspire artists and influences the narrative focus of pop music, encouraging more candid discourses on stigmatized topics.
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