After The Storm By Kali Uchis And Features Tyler

The song “After the Storm” is made by the R&B artist Kali Uchis and features Tyler, The creator. It is music with meaning because the song is about overcoming the “Storm” and not giving up even with times getting rough. The piece of music was based on Kali Uchis personal struggles and experiences as she has stated in the past. The song is spoken by Kali as she talks to the listeners, which is us. The overall message of this song is that you need to get through the difficult times so you can experience the good parts. Not giving up and being your own hero is also encouraged.

Kali Uchis is known to be very creative with the names of her songs. Some examples are Hasta Cuando, where she brings out her Latina side, and “Your Teeth in my Neck

(Yes, we do, baby)

So if you need a hero (if you need a hero)

Just look in the mirror (just look in the mirror)

No one's gonna save you now

So you better save yourself

And everybody's hurting

Everybody's going through it

But you just can't give up now

'Cause you gotta save yourself

(Yeah, I gotta hang on, baby)

The first part of this chunk of the song talks about somebody else’s struggles and that you never know what they are going through. Along with having to just keep going, even when you want to go home. In the 2nd stanza, Kali tells the listeners that if they are going through something they should be their own hero by looking in the mirror. She also expresses the idea that everyone hurts and fights their own demons. But, you should save yourself and not give up.

The last Stanza of the song reads:

Kali, what you mean?

I take it offensive

'Cause I'm the hottest flower boy

That popped up on the scene

Feeling better, better than ever

'Cause your umbrella, 'brella ('brel-la)

Sun is beaming on me like headlights beaming on Bambi

Now let's pretend the street is the

In this piece Tyler can be heard mentioning many different references by different artists. Rihanna’s song “Umbrella” is mentioned in line 6. While Micheal Jackson references can be found in lines 10-12. The overall meaning of this stanza is Tyler asking Kali out and making a claim of him being the best.

There are many poetic elements in “After the Storm.” Some of these elements are metaphors, repetition, imagery, and symbolism. Metaphors are used in the song to show images in the listener's head, such as “the sun’ll come out” and “before you cross my mind”. Repetition is used in many songs, mostly to express a certain emotion or point of view. In this case you can see “try,try,try” being repeated, along with “after the storm.” All the other poetic devices are used to put the song together in a way where the audience really has to listen to understand the meaning of the