Kanye West Homecoming Meaning

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Title of Song: Homecoming

Artist: Kanye West

Speaker: The song is being sung the artist Kanye West’s point of view.

Settings: This song takes place in Chicago after Kanye West got all of his fame.

Subject/Topic: Homecoming is mainly about how he loved Chicago because he was there since he was a little kid and mostly about Chicago.

Mood: The mood of this song in the beginning is upbeat and then it starts to get a little sad. It makes me feel relaxed and no it stays the same.

Musicality: Not really because the beat is kind of quick and not a beat to be relaxed to.

Conflict: The conflict in the song is that Kanye West used to love Chicago but when he started to get popular he left Chicago to go to a better place.

Symbols/Metaphors: I do

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