iMedia: Big White Room

When I first heard "Big White Room" by Jessie J, the lyrics immediately pulled me in, mainly because I didn't understand them.

At first I took it literally-she was trapped in a room by herself and the walls were white...but I realized that it most probably had a deeper meaning than that. The white room must be a metaphor for something more.

I looked up the background of the song, and I found out that this is a song about feeling trapped-"I don't wanna be here anymore, I wanna be somewhere else/ normal and free, like I used to be..."

She had written it about her experience in a  hospital. Some sources said that she had a heart condition-"my heart's beating, b-b-b-beating, beating, out of control..." She wrote the song after watching a boy pass away, even after praying that he wanted to live.

I love this song because it isn't your typical happy, passionate love song, and it's not a typical sad song either. Pop culture is brimming with music that is relatable and appealing to a large audience, and this song breaks that mold.

But music like this makes us think. It makes us have to try to relate and to understand what the singer is expressing. It forces people to step out of their shoes and into someone else's for a change, and I think that being able to do this is extremely important.