Is "Let You Down" by NF ACTUALLY about His Dad?
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- čas přidán 13. 12. 2017
- "Let You Down" by NF is a hugely deep song. The lyrics have an awesome meaning, and I can't wait to explain them to you. :)
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I love NF and I'm glad he's blowing up.
Eli Kirk I’ve been a fan since his EP
somespartanplays honestly i liked his fan base from 2016-first half of 2017 better, I'm gad he's blowing up I've been a fan since moments but a lot of his new fans are just being bandwagon which his lyrics show he doesn't like either
@@somespartanplays2321 is he blowing up? It’s 2021 and I only know this song haha. It’s a great song!!
I’m really getting into NF, and I was so excited to see you made this video!
I hope you enjoy it!
INTRO III
possibly the deepest song I've heard in years
Tamerlein Music I just saw you and your profile on Quora earlier this morning, and I have to say our music taste 100% the same and I agree Intro III is the best
100th liker
I first thought it was fight between him and his gf. And i was like geez thats super messed up. But the song is super good.
Sorry for the double upload--there was a mistake in the first one that Noah Gregory and a couple others pointed out. Thanks, fam!
The Pop Song Professor can you do any bastille song of your choice if you dont know any than you can ask me if don't want to do it or can't it's perfectly fine i understand keep up the good work and love your vids
Thanks, Deuce! I want to, but, yeah, it's not in the cards at the moment.
The Pop Song Professor hey I know your called " the pop song professor" but do you think you can do what you do and brakedown a song and maybe do a metal songs by famous or popular metal bands?
The Pop Song Professor Hello, I am a new person in your channel. Names Voltech Angel and I would like to say that I agree. NF is talking about his father since he never had a well relationship with his dad. His mom and dad had gotten into a divorce. NF, in this song, had talked both actually. In the second part of the Chorus about the voices in his head, he is actually representing him. In another song he made, which is Intro III, that song, he talks to his fear and his fear is himself. He fears himself, and he usually adds his fear into his music. He mentions his fear. As well, in the song Let You Down, he doesn't say it, but he explains that he doesn't want to be his father. That is why he has the tattoo and the lady say his name. He has the thoughts of his father. In the chorus, he father is saying it while for the verses, he is explaining it himself. He never had a good relationship with his father it wasn't so well. He came from a horrible background. His mother died from an overdose, his step father physically abused him and his father never really payed attention to him. It's a lot to say, but if you would like to know more, reply back to this comment. Thank You
The Pop Song Professor Do remember this by NF
You guys only got into NF with perception. You slept on him for a while
Trashcan nah ive been Listening since mansion
Insanity78 I’ve been listening since EP thanks for sticking around bud
Insanity78 SAME
SomeSpartanPlays I wish I was around for his EP or even moments. I was too young to form my music taste
A philosophical idea is that you are like your dad especially if you are a male. So he becomes his father in the end of the video
YES I LOVE NF THANKS FOR DOING THIS!
“How Could You Leave Us” by NF please...I’m a huge NF fan lol
Do more NF ❤❤
Yeah!!!! |-/
I think I always thought it was both. Like, every line, the chorus, all of it, is both his Dad talking to NF and NF talking to his Dad. Like, neither of them want to disappoint the other, neither of them feel heard, both feel betrayed, both feel like they have let the other one down, they both pretend nothing is wrong sometimes, because the relationship hurts so bad for both. That is why I think the music video is so powerful, NF's dad watches him get destroyed, but in the end, NF is doing the same. They are saying the same things. Maybe that was just me though...
I think it's about both because he may of let him self down after letting his parents down seeing that they were hurt ...then he started doing stuff literally letting himself down
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Yesss! I've been super into NF since Mansion, before Therapy Session even came out! I feel like almost an original fan XD
I love NF. I have Mansion and Therapy Session on CD. I was so stoked when I started hearing "Let You Down" on the radio! Congrats, Nate...
Thanks for doing this video, Clifford.
YAAAS IM IN LOVE WITH NF’S MUSIC I just listened to that tooooooo. I LOVE HIM. soooo glad you are doing a vid on this song THANK YOU FOR BEING A PERSON
YOU"RE WELCOME!
Do a lyric explanation of twenty one pilots "No Phun Intended"
I just discovered your channel over the weekend but I'm already in love! I have always enjoyed diving into lyrics and digging for the meanings of songs, as well as discovering different interpretations. I can't wait to see what other songs and artists you talk about.
YAY! WElcome!!!!
He's my favorite! Glad to see you taking on his lyrics:) I absolutely love the way you breakdown the lyrics!
More nf!
yasss! PLEASE DO MORE NF
Thanks dude for sharing.. Anyways I'm your new fan now
Yay! WElcome!
its about nf talking about how he always lets himself down and we know this because in the music video at the very very end it shows his arm with nfs same tattoo
Thanks for making this video. It’s a powerful song.
I got trapped living in my dads standards and when I decided to move on from him he manipulated the entire family against me. So now I’m really on my own. And this all happened on my birthday. But honestly it’s better then living in the abuse and constantly trying to earn my fathers love and acceptance. I didnt even know who I was anymore. I think this is how my dad views me in the lyrics. Because my dad blames me for his drinking because I have autism and I ruin everything. I had to change my name and profile pic on here so he never finds out I’m talking about him.
Im experiencing something similar right now i hope your life has improved in the last year
Yes! Thank you so much Cliff!
You're welcome Bennett!
I love how you explain thse things about him. Got a new fan now!
So glad! Welcome!
I have some for you. Well two from the same artist. I love how brutally honest the guy is. Landon Tewers - "I'll Always Be Proud", "Ma & Pa", or "Don't You". New sub here. Glad I found the channel.
NF is a great artist I love his passion for writing music and then when I hear his vocals I am just so connected.
Yes, yes, yes, YES, I've been meaning to ask about this song, so thank you!
NF was and is one of the most underrated rappers out there
So... how is RapCritic getting more subs than this guy? This professor knows how to properly dissect a song compared to the supposed critic. Then again... a big difference from a critic and a professor.
He's got a narrower genre, and he puts a lot of work into editing. But, yeah, it'd be interesting to see him do more of a literary analytical approach.
Ryanel Sanchez I Agree with you man.
This is awesome :D
Check out Grace VanderWaal’s music, she is just starting out but she is amazing.
you HAVE to do Outcast and/or INtro 3 by NF! so much packed into those songs
Yes! You finally did an NF song!!
Yep!
I'm so shocked that an nf song is blowing up
Me too honestly.
of course i’m not NF but as someone who has had a not great relationship with their father all that you’re saying at the end of the video about it being a combination of both being about his father and himself seems pretty accurate. personally at least whenever my dad was mad at me or disappointed in me i would always blame him first but then would look at myself as if something was wrong with me before eventually realizing i was just being overly critical and was just trying to justify my fathers actions and prolonging my own negative feelings. so just as you said i’ve always seem the song as a mixture just like what i’ve just described. anyways great explanation was really in depth!!!!
He and himself, NO ONE ELSE,, As he grows he is looking back to the NF in the past and hopped he didn’t let himself down!!!!!!!!!!
Can you do Know by NF? I've been listening to NF since just before his 2nd album released (Mansion). He's my favorite rapper ever! He is so real with his music and we need more artists like him and T.O.P.
Storm22 :D Gaming lmao I legit tought you meant t.o.p and not tøp and got so confused lol
Isabel Lawnik haha lol! I had tøp but my phone must have auto corrected lol
I think that this song is about NF feeling he let down fear. I think this because in intro lll fear is the one that takes control and I think he does that with the rest of his songs in the album perception. This show that NF is feeling like he let down fear because he is more superior.
please explain songs from As It Is or Grayscale or Neck Deep or Trash Boat or most of the recent pop punk and alternative bands really, they all have lyrics that are so meaningful and deserving of some soptlight
Please explain the song Wake up by NF, it's amazing
Wow the second I started to listen to nf it got big. I knew I was good luck.
NF has deep and powerful music, this is a great read on the song.
NF said its about himself in an interview
Edit: but he said he doesn't want to go too much in detail bc he wants people to interpret it the way they want to
Yeah he says that but then turns around and calls ppl out for misinterpreting his songs. The fact is although I Ike a lot of his songs the guy has got major mental issues and need some good help. He swings like a bipolar person (I know several bipolar ppl) but is a true narcissists. For him music is his therapy but it also fills a need for attention. It's sad nonetheless because almost all if not all of his relationships with be sabotaged at his own doing
Bapre...ittna sara research!!😍😢NF💜
I challenge you to do every Trilogy song by The Weeknd in the fashion you did every twenty one pilots song
I fucking love NF!
Could you explain some songs from Paramore? Apparently Hayley Williams (the lead singer for Paramore) is a Christian so I'm interested to see if she has written any lyrics where she's talking to God like what Tyler Joseph does.
If you could explain her song "For A Pessimist I'm Pretty Optimistic" that'd be cool
Or if you could explain some of her songs from her albums "RIOT" and "All We Know Is Falling"
Like if you agree...
How could you leave us is way sadder than this one
In the song it says "that's parents for you"
Been with Nf since 2015. Glad he is getting the recognition for his amazing talent!
NF Wake up. Such a good song.
About his father. I'm brazilian and a sow without legends haha, i'm very happy. "Paronoia" here does not have a translation, here it mens like a crazy thing.
Please do 1-800 song plzzz
Can you do L.A. Salami? Preferably the song "Day to Day for Six Days a Week."
Please do 'I Just Wanna Know' by NF
your next video you should do Lecrae-Tell The World
Please for The Birds pt 1 and 2 by The Weeknd
You should do how could you leave by Nf
please explain dream by imagine dragons
More ID coming sooon!
I didn’t think of it as his dad but as his mom. His mom died when he was a senior in high school and he moved out of her house because she was addicted to drugs. I always thought it was him talking about his mom. I don’t know for certain. I’m not NF. I don’t know his whole thought process. That’s just what I thought when I listened to Let You Down.
Also yesss im in the video thank u so much
:) Good suggestion.
The Pop Song Professor thanks i like NF alot u should do more in the future
Nf s amazing!!!
Awesome video dude i like NF make a good (LIVE🔴)
Do NF All I Have!
How Could You Leave Us?
Oh oh yes yes yes yes yessss, thank u
It’s about both him and his dad watch the video. His old self watches him once too.
how about the idea that it's about NF's fear and how it has controlled him for so long that he feels like a disappointment to himself and that the older man that we see in the video is Nate as himself but without the fear in him, and that the "person" dying is actually his fear. i say this because if you listen to intro III he says that he tries to kill his fear so that he can live his life the way he wants to and possibly a happier life with his soon to be spouse without this constant pain that's been with him since he was a kid with everything that happened with his family and mom more than anything. tell me what you think of this pop song professor.
Hey Pop Song Professor, I know you’re a Christian. Could you please do Sloppy wet v. Unforeseen for the worship song How He Loves?
What happened to the weeknd Wednesdays
You weren't going to get dissed until you said he sounded like eminem😂😂😂
If you want a song about a dad check out See me down-The Kooks
my dad does that
i actually dont know NF before this video and im sorry, i actually enjoy his song..
The meaning is deep yes, but it would have been better if it was instead of his dad trying to make amends, his father dies, and he realizes that all those times he was annoyed with his dad and getting lectured, it was because his dad cared about him. So in this meaning the song happens after his fathers death and he has realized that his father cared about him, and he let him down by not listening, and being angry with him.
Not a theory, just a cool idea of what the song could have been if he re-wrote it.
Doesn’t he have sister who struggles with alcoholism
About Linkin Park🙏
I think like correct me if I'm wrong but I think u all Know own thoughts comes up on in to our heads OK !!!
I think like its song to his father not his regular Father but spiritual father because christen .. in the Bible christen has got authority to call their god father so I think this song is for his H. Father say ing "u didn't help me when our mom leaves us u let me suffer ... n now I'm making this song too express how u weren't there when I was suffering so .... let u down IDK I just thought that way hehehe no??
OK I'm sorry I'm gonna regret it :(
NF's bane is Nathan
It's about him not spending enough time with his father
Do River from Eminem’s new album REVIVAL
It is NF letting himself down. (He's got WAY TOO MANY VOICES IN HIS HEAD.) But it's also about him struggle with the feelings that he did the best that he could but was never good enough for his parent. Dealing with someone like NF isn't easy to do because they are so emotionally lead and lack true reflection to the point of real change of character
You have to remember that NF suffers from ADHD and they are overwhelmed with racing thoughts and they project their emotions on others. They are DEEPLY insecure and wear many masks. They are narcissistic in nature and always think ppl are out to get them so anything they do is for their benefit/survival. They are drawn to strong empathetic personalities but resent them at the same time because Super empaths are everything they can never be. Pp like NF are the complete opposite because they are self-indulgent and self-destructive
Intro lll
You’re still gonna get dissed because you said that NF is gonna sound more like Eminem and angrier if he dissed you.
Woah slow down. Just dont compare Em to NF
ye don't cuz nf is better
yeah, Eminem doesn't even compare to NF
''more like eminem '' geez stop that he would sound more like nf
No it’s where he’s father Keyes NF down
ohmygoosh.. I just watched 'worst lyrics 2017' and was looking for 'best lyrics 2017' on your channel to recommend NF and just found this. But let you down got kinda mainstream, meh..
I used this song to piss off my ex-girlfriend
I personally feel that all though "Let you down" is a great and very deep song, Perception as a whole is copying a lot of subjects that "Mansion" and "Therapy" handled better. I think that all though the new album was fine, NF needs to take a break from putting out music every year because his subjects are starting to become bland or boring, mainly because we have already heard most of it. Do you agree?
I feel like it’s about a narcissist parent.