For more Miguel, watch his recent video with Big Sean, and check out the lyrics to 'Simplethings' below. Listen to Jenny Lewis' contribution to the soundtrack, and preorder the album on iTunes. He pines for a no-frills relationship (that mostly involves smoking, lying down and laughing), and it's easy to imagine that sentiment finding a parallel in the Girls universe. Miguel is superb as ever, beginning the song subtly before exploring the vast range of his voice in the second half. Describing the song as 'grungy' might be a stretch, but this is surely boundary-pushing R&B. Listen in above.įeaturing a fuzzy electric guitar where a smooth synth would feel more comfortable, 'Simplethings' does a mind-blowing job of meshing its disparate elements together in a seamless fashion.
If you sub in '90s R&B for those '90s shows, then Miguel has a similar mission of dirtying up the norm on 'Simplethings,' taken from the latest Girls soundtrack. Verse 1: MiguelShe said, I dont want a modelI dont want a movie starYou dont have to win the lotto, ohI want you to win my heart, yeahPre-Chorus: Migue. I want you to win my heart She said I just want someone true She said I just want someone to Smoke with me babe And lay with me babe And laugh with me babe I just want the simple things To smoke with me babe And laugh with me baby And lay with me babe Cause I just want the simple things And I just want you I want you I said, now I don't need a model Now I don't need a debutante Just be a tough. As I'm led to believe, the show Girls attempts to add some grit to the 'twentysomethings in the big city' narrative that Sex in the City and Friends popularized.
