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Analysis Of Before He Cheats By Carrie Underwood

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The substance in this genre often tells stories of heartbreak, life struggles, or personal experiences. One artist that has established a legacy by telling stories of heartbreak or tragedy through her personal experiences and powerful imagery in her songs is Carrie Underwoof

The song that I will be breaking down for you today by Underwood is, “Before He Cheats.”
Carrie Underwood illustrates how her boyfriend is “cheating” on her but in reality she's just imagining that her boyfriend is cheating on her with a “beach-blonde” woman. She doesn’t have any real evidence that he is actually cheating on her with another women. She becomes the villain because she goes outside and destroys his truck by slashing his tires, breaking his headlights and carving her name into his leather seats. *Betrayal* “Before He Cheats” from the album “Some Hearts” is one of many of Underwood’s contributions to narrative expression, and easily illustrates the …show more content…

She has her own perception and image of how the woman that her partner is supposedly interacting with what looks like to her.

Right now, probably slow dancing with a bleached blonde tramp and she’s probably getting frisky
Right now he’s probably buying her some fruity little drink ‘cause she can’t shoot whisky
Right now he’s probably up behind her with a pool stick showing her how to shoot a combo And he don’t know (Underwood, lines 1-10) Here, Underwood is using the narrative element of imagery to help set the scene and describe the conflict that is imagining her boyfriend/husband out at a bar and cheating on his girlfriend/wife with another woman. Underwood later goes on to explain in greater detail the actions she took to represent her anger and heartbreak effectively by becoming destructive towards his custom made vehicle. (Increasing tempo)
I dug my key into the side Of his pretty little souped-up four wheel

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