26
Come on and put a bottle in your hand, go til you cant stand and just rock it, rock it, rock it.
Its feeling like a festival tonight with them flashing lights and we rock it, rock it, rock it.
Im in if youre down to get down tonight.
4.1.2. Analysis “Last Friday Night” Katy Perry, “Party All Night” Sean
Kingston, “Good Time” Owl City
4.1.2.a. Last Friday Night by Katy Perry
In the first song “Last Friday Night”, there are 11 lyrics that contain
hedonism in the song; they are: Theres a stranger in my bed, Theres a pounding in my head
Glitter all over the room I smell like a minibar
DJs passed out in the yard Pictures of last night, Ended up online
Its a blacked out blur But Im pretty sure it ruled Last Friday Night, we danced on tabletops, we took too many shots
Last Friday night we maxed our credit cards And got kicked out of the bar, So we hit the boulevard
Last Friday night, Yeah I think we broke the law Always say were gonna stop
But this Friday Night, Do it all again, This Friday Night, Do it all again
27
Chandelier is on the floor Ripped my favorite party dress
Last Friday Night by Katy Perry is a famous song in America. Katy Perry stated that she was inspired to write the track after a night of wild partying and
streaking. She tells us that we can get our happy feeling with wild habit and party like the world will end soon. She tried to put her experience in getting pleasure with
party until she forgets herself. Based on the lyric, the writer wants to identify hedonism and link it into the
social reality. This song has met the requirements of the characteristics of hedonism. There are; having instant view, have the pleasure of relativity above average, when
get trouble that he feeling unwanted or being hated by people when they did something wrong, and no matter how much money earned they always waste it in
every way for the luxury thing. In “Last Friday Night” by Katy Perry, the song is
simple enough to define, and the overall theme tells that when you try to find more happiness, nothing can bring you down and there is always a wild way to get more
pleasure. In the first line:
1. Theres a stranger in my bed, Theres a pounding in my head
From the lyric above, the writer can get some informations that when the songwriter surprise while noticing that there is a stranger on bed with her. The
songwriter tries to figure out the party last night. Furthermore, the songwriter also mentions that she feel like pound in her head. The possibility is the songwriter too
drunk and left all moment at the party. She confused and forget all things that happened at the party. This lyric is show that a person who wants to get more
pleasure and happiness can forget all the problems that will occur later. The important thing is getting excessive pleasure. The social condition at the lyric above
28
tells that the social environment is not concerned about all things that happen around them. That is make people at the lyrics above could made a wild party to get lots of
happiness without thinking about what would happen after the party. This lyric is included in Egoistic Hedonism.
2. Glitter all over the room
The lyric above explains about the condition of her room. The songwriter tells that she was decorated her room with glitter which makes the room looks
luxurious and glamour. The songwriter shows how the people of that party wear such glamorous things. This hedonism attitude indicates that the people who doing party
seemingly proud of their wonderful appearance. This type of hedonism will make people earn much money and then they would spend all money to buy all the things
they want. They will not feeling enough to buy until they cannot buy anymore. The social condition at the lyric above tells that there is a rule to the people who want to
make a party. They have to prepare all things with the expensive stuffs. This lyric closely included to Aesthetic Hedonism.
3. I smell like a minibar.
In this line, the songwriter said that she smells herself like a mini bar which means that the smell of alcohol sticks to her body. The songwriter still confused to
remember what happened at the party. She is begun to figure out if she went to the bar last night. From the lyric above, the song writer also explains that she was drunk
too. That is the reason why she smells alcohol in her body. This is also shows that she tries to be popular with drink alcohol with her friend. She shows that her
appearance is not different from the others. Here, the perfective of the social condition shows that it will not become a problem if people drunk to get more
29
happiness. More clearly, the people did not care with another as long as they do not know the person who drunk. This lyric is included in Aesthetic Hedonism.
4. DJs passed out in the yard
The lyric above still related to the previous lyric where the party is too big and uncontrolled. The songwriter still confused and look some of strange conditions
in her house. She is speechless with the condition where all things look mess out. From the lyric above, the songwriter explain that party last night uses DJ. DJ‟s
passed out in the yard is having a real meaning that DJ‟s Music was playing until the DJ drop. This is the attitude of hedonism where people have many desires that arise
spontaneously and they have to get it. In other side, this is also shows that the appearance of the party which have a DJ in order to create the atmosphere of that
party. This is also reflects the social condition where people did not think too much about the problems that will happen later and they did not care about anything except
their feeling and pleasure. DJ is the important thing in a party and provides the music to live the party. This lyric is included in Aesthetic Hedonism
5. Pictures of last night, Ended up online
The lyric above is categorized as Aesthetic Hedonism. This explains that technology also support their appearance to be popular. The picture of party last
night uploaded into internet that everyone can see everything at the party last night. The songwriter also shows that she is amazed of her pictures. Everyone can see her
action at the party last night and appreciate her appearance. The writer also explains that she following trend of modernity where person will be proud if they have high
technology stuffs. This lyric also explains that the character of the social at the time accept the habit of waste their money to follow the modernity technologies
30
development and become people who wasteful for everything that they will not outdated.
6. Its a blacked out blur But Im pretty sure it ruled
This lyric is also related with previous lyric. The songwriter also describes the pictures which have uploaded into internet. The picture is blurry and looks black
because that picture was taken when she was drunk and the condition of the room was dark. Here, the songwriter thought that the picture would be hot news in her
environment. She knows that the party last night was great and people who came will remember the situation. The songwriter did not worry if that picture will ruin her
popularity instead raising her popularity. She has her own way to think and that build her character in social. This is also shows the nature of social condition where the
people think that the negative attitude is not a problem anymore, but actually makes people more famous. Here, the lyric is categorized in Ethical Hedonism where the
way of express or talk by individual is aim to show how high level of education they have and also show their way to think.
7. Last Friday Night, we danced on tabletops, we took too many shots
This lyric above is the result of the songwriter who try to figure out the party last night.
She remembered anything that happened at the party. The sentence “we danced on tabletops” explains that she dance happily on the table and let all problems
gone for a while. She did not think about all the matter after the party. She wondered that she will fix all the problems after party is over. She turn herself into type of
hedonism where she will do anything to get more happiness and pleasure however it wastes her money, time, drink alcohol, and arrogant with others who did not have
same way of think. She also says that she took too many shots. Here, the songwriter
31
tells why she smells like a mini bar at the lyric before. The songwriter uses the word “shots” because she was drunk with her friend. Here also show the social condition
where everyone can express their feeling without thinking the effect. They only thought their self and forgetting all the people who care about them. This lyric is
included in Egoistic Hedonism.
8. Last Friday night we maxed our credit cards And got kicked out of the
bar, So we hit the boulevard The lyric above still related to previous ones. Here the songwriter continue
showing more of their habit when she wasted her money in credit card for drink. She said “we maxed our credit cards” means that there is not only one person who wasted
money in the card, but everyone who joined with her spent their credit card to drunk. They did not feel bad when use their money to nothing until their money in credit
card is exhausted. Furthermore, the songwriter tells that they are kicked out of the bar because they are not having money anymore and then they go to the boulevard to
waste their night. The song writer explains that they did not care about their self and consider to force their self to enjoy everything until they cannot do that at all. The
songwriter assumed everyone feel happy and they know what they are going to do but they are also do not know. This seems too egoist. In this sentence, the same
hedonism attitude as the previous sentence is identified. It indicates the social condition when person who would spend the time to have fun and ignore anything.
This kind of Hedonism happens without anyone tells, in other words it has become a habit. This lyric is included in Egoistic Hedonism.
9. Last Friday night, Yeah I think we broke the law Always say were gonna
stop
32
This lyric above means that the songwriter starting aware of their activities. In this sentence, songwriter tries to fix her mistakes and promise to never do it again.
The songwriter realized that what she did was a mistake. She thought that they are broke the law when they drunk, danced on the tabletop, and made a big party at night.
She feels like a rebellion in get the happiness and pleasure. Then, the songwriter said that they will make a promise to stop being like that. This shows the social condition
when they feel that they are doing right, but eventually they realize that they were doing wrong. That character included in one type of hedonism. This lyric include in
Ethical Hedonism who show their high level education when they talk and realize the mistake to get proud as people are considered to have been thinking consciously and
wise.
10. But this Friday Night, Do it all again, This Friday Night, Do it all again
In the lyric above is related with previous lyric. The songwriter warned that he would be stop to break the law and promise to not repeat it again. Furthermore,
the songwriter deny her promises. In lyric above, she wants to repeat again all the way party to get more happiness. This is habit of people who always feel never
enough to get pleasure and happiness. They always want to be happy again and again. Still related to the previous sentence, it proves how the songwriter having fun in her
life and ignoring social life that happen around her, does not care about other‟s problem, does not care about the time for work, and forget the tendency to tolerate.
This lyric is also included to Egoistic Hedonism.
11. Chandelier is on the floor Ripped my favorite party dress
The lyric above is included in Aesthetic Hedonism. In the beginning of song, the songwriter tried to figure out the mess in her house when party last night
33
happened. In this lyric, the songwriter remember anything at the party and realize that her house was break and messy. Chandelier is on the floor described that party
has become uncontrolled. Then, the songwriter also mentions that her favorite party dress was ripped. This lyric shows that her friend doing things that are not supposed
to but she did not care anymore when her friend doing like that to cover their self and considers it is commonly happen in the middle of party. This is explain that the
social condition is not under control and tends to be inconsiderate.
4.1.2.b. Party All Night by Sean Kingston
In the second title of the song” Party All Night”, there are 13 lyrics contain hedonism in the song; they are:
We like to sleep all day, and party all night This is how we like to live our life
Aint no time for seclusion, Come on and put a bottle in your hand, go til you cant stand and just
rock it, rock it, rock it. Its feeling like a festival tonight with them flashing lights and we rock it,
rock it, rock it. We dont got a worry in sight and until it gets bright outside
We breakin all the rules that we know We outta control, we rock and we roll
Aint nothing gonna ever stop the party, you know we go, we all I got a feeling everything is gonna be alright so come on, come on, come
on lets party tonight
34
We goin like a rebel with a cause and we breakin the laws and we rock it, rock it, rock it.
No hibernation no, not until the day comes we gonna paint the town red til God knows when
Party all night by Sean Kingston tells about people being lazy to do the activity in the morning
and prefer to have a party at night. According to the songwriter, the important thing that everyone needs to do is sleep all day and have
party until they forget their responsibility. This is also a form of hedonism where people don
‟t want to make their self busy. They just want to spend their time without doing anything or made some party and have fun.
The writer wants to analyze the hedonism from this song and describe the songwriter views about having fun. This song also met requirement of hedonism.
There are; Having instant view, this leads to the next attitude where rationalization or justification to meet the pleasure, Have the pleasure of relativity above average,
Fulfilling many desires that arise spontaneously, and no matter how much money they earned, they will always find any ways to spend them over again for many
goods. Therefore, the writer will analyze the song lyric to reveal hedonism nowadays. In the first lyric:
1. We like to sleep all day, and party all night.
From the lyric above, the songwriter starts to declare that people lifestyle at this time, they like to sleep all day and make a party all night long. This proves that
hedonism is infected and changes the habit in this time. Lazy, no respectful and responsible is the character of the people nowadays
. Here, “sleep all day” telling us that everyone feels like doing nothing and prone lazy. This lyric proves that social
35
condition of the people today is consume lifestyle who always wasting everything is the good way to express the happy feeling. This lyric is categorized in Egoistic
Hedonism.
2. This is how we like to live our life
From the lyric above, it is clearly explained that we are living in hedonism era. The songwriter said that we like it, we walk in it and we keep that attitude as our
character. It means that people are happy for it and do not want to leave this lifestyle. This proves that the songwriter guarantee his statement and very confident to declare
it because he is not the only one who believe it. This also proves that social condition at the time is not like the previous time where people consider religion at the same
time to get more pleasure. This includes in Universal Hedonism.
3. Aint no time for seclusion.
This lyric also includes in Universal Hedonism. The lyric above aims to encourage people to not seclude themselves when other people want to have fun.
This lyric proves that the pressure to have fun does not only come from our desire. This is what makes Paradox of Hedonism happens. Veenhoven 2003 said that the
real truth is not always going to be right, it can possibly a thing that right things become wrong. Social environment around requires us to be able to live quietly and
comfortably, but instead , it also forces us to follow a lifestyle that tends to go on the
spree.
4. Come on and put a bottle in your hand, go til you cant stand and just
rock it, rock it, rock it.
36
The lyric above shows that the habit of people when they have their own a party. The lyric above clearly shows about drunk, do activities that are not important,
wasting time and money, and all of them aim to have fun. In this lyric also explains the hedonism in people
‟s lives. The negative effect of hedonism is growing in nowadays. The people today do not care about their health and personality. Even
they feel that lifestyle is important and need to be kept the fact they are wrong. They lose their mind and their logic of thinking. There is an invitation in the lyrics above.
It means that the lyric above show the social character‟s of people who want to have
fun together. This lyric categorized in Universal Hedonism.
5. Its feeling like a festival tonight with them flashing lights and we rock
it, rock it, rock it. This lyric shows there are many people nowadays tend to make party and
kind of festival. The lyric above also explains the look of hedonism. The song writer described the hedonism party who has character with flashing lights. The sentence
“rock it rock it” also appears in previous lyric, it is means that this lyric also have relation with the previous one. The meaning of “rock it, rock it, rock it” is to rise the
atmosphere of the party. It is similar with words “come on, and let‟s go”. The social condition assumes that the support to get happiness is legal and need to be explored
as much as possible. This lyric is categorized in Universal Hedonism.
6. We dont got a worry in sight and until it gets bright outside.
The lyric above means that songwriter believes that the perfective of the social environment does not matter for him. He let everyone to judge him in any
reason but he doesn‟t care. He put himself in the freedom to act and being apathetic. He tries to careless about social around. He prefers to have party and make a heroic
37
action but doesn‟t not care for anything. Here, the songwriter also said that he will have party until the sun arise and bright. It proves that the songwriter will made party
until morning day. This is show the social condition toward Hedonism on people when they are in the party. The apathetic character comes from the personal
satisfaction after they get the pleasure they seek. This apathetic character also has relation to human psychological condition when human gest satisfaction after
complete their goals in life. This lyric is categorized in Ethical Hedonism.
7. We breakin all the rules that we know
This lyric is explains about the attitude of the people. In this time, people always showed rebellious attitude. The habit of the people today is created from the
social environment too. Social environment is not in the right role as the social character control. In the lyric above, people wants to break all the rules who created
by the social environment. Even though the rules which applied to control the social attitude in fact they want to break it to gain their freedom. It relates to liberalism
these days. A person can be free to do things without any substantial laws or rules. This is categorized in Egoistic Hedonism.
8. We outta control, we rock and we roll
This lyric is relates to the previous lyric. Here, the people want to make a new rule which do not bond
their freedom. From the lyric “we outta control”, we can take an assumption that they do not want to follow the laws and rules. In the next lyric
shows the songwriter feeling that the people have strong confidence of their own rules. It is one of the characters of Hedonism where they do not to keep in touch with
social environment beliefs. The image of people today as Egoist human being. It is also categorized in Egoistic Hedonism.
38
9. Aint nothing gonna ever stop the party, you know we go, we all
The lyric means that the songwriter also describes the people are confident yet arrogant choice of act. They never think to stop their party when people around
feel disturb. They have their own way to get happiness in the crucial condition. In the lyric “Nothing gonna ever stop the party”, the people believe they are not going to
stop the party. They will try every way to keep the party all night long. This is supported in the next lyric “you know we go, we all”. This shows that people share
the same confident and arrogant character. In this condition, the social environment does not attempt to stop the party and let them continue the wrong attitude which
hoped to those people will understand to stop. This character is considered as Egoistic hedonism too.
10. I got a feeling everything is gonna be alright so come on, come on,
come on. The lyric above is about confidence of the people. They think that people
who feel disturb around do not attempt to stop them. It has relation with previous lyric. They are feeling strong and free in the party. So, they will not stop their event
until they want. This is also explain that the people live is a freedom to do anything and do not care about the social mind where it has the rules which make and control
of social environment attitude. The lyric above also shows the invitation. The word “come on, come on, come on” means that the songwriter urges the people to continue
what they have thought and leave the rules who control social environment. This lyric is included in Ethical Hedonism.
11. Lets party tonight
39
The lyric above the song writer invites people to make a party. As we know, the song writer tells that he like to make a party at night. He wants everyone to join
in the party and celebrate their freedom. He tried to make everyone feel the same feeling that party will made the good condition. Here, the social condition allows
people to force everyone to follow his own will to get more pleasure. It is indicated in Egoistic Hedonism.
12. We goin like a rebel with a cause and we breakin the laws and we
rock it, rock it, rock it. This lyric has similar with previous lyric where the songwriter portrays the
people like to breaking the laws but this lyric is not same with previous. The lyric above shows that the Aesthetic Hedonism where the people try to build an image of a
rebellious and free person. The songwriter describes the character of the people who do not abide by the rules. It explains that the social environments are in the negative
effect of hedonism where they build their image by breaking the rules traded for their freedom. So why the writer choose this lyric categorized as Aesthetic Hedonism
because nowadays people tends to get an intense pleasure by looking or labeling more rebellious than the others.
13. No hibernation no, not until the day comes we gonna paint the town
red til God knows when. The lyric above show that
a person doesn‟t rest until they achieve personal maximum pleasure, “till god knows when” is used as metaphor that human,
conscious or not, will seek pleasure until their last days of life. The lyric “No hibernation, no, not until the day comes” explain that they will not ever stop to party
40
until all people join with them. They will never sleep and rest until they achieve that. The lyric above also explains that they will spread the spirit of party to all people
around the town. The social condition accommodates it. Everyone has to happy and share to the other in every way. This is considers as Egoistic Hedonism.
4.1.2.c. Good Time by Owl City
In the third title of the song” Good Time”, there are 9 lyrics that contain hedonism in the song; they are:
Its always a good time Hands up if youre down to get down tonight
Slept in all my clothes like I didnt care Hopped into a cab, take me anywhere
Im in if youre down to get down tonight Good morning and good night Ill wake up at twilight Its gonna be alright We
dont even have to try Checked out of my room, hit the ATM, lets hang out if youre down to get
down tonight Doesnt matter when Its always a good time then
Doesnt matter where Its always a good time there
Good Time by Owl City tells about the people who having a good time. In this song also have some of kind of Hedonism. The songwriter explain that the
people always have a good time to make a party wherever it is. The songwriter also puts some word which indicates Hedonism. There are some more specific examples
as well such as when Owl City sings, hands up which show that they invite other to
41
come into the party. The song is very happy and intended for dancing too, which reflects by depicting lots of different events from a party and featuring really happy
people. The writer also wants to analyze the hedonism from this song and explain the songwriter
‟s perspective about having fun. This song also met requirement of hedonism. There are; having instant view, have the pleasure of relativity above
average, fulfilling many desires that arise spontaneously, and no matter how much money they earned, the hedonist always find ways to spend them over again for
many expensive goods. There are some lyrics need to focus to analyze, there are:
1. Its always a good time
The lyric above is categorized in Ethical Hedonism because the songwriter has confident to say “it is always a good time”. The mindset of the songwriter is to
tell everyone that there is no bad day to have fun and feeling happy. There is always have a chance to make a party and forget everything that make you sad. This is
shown that the songwriter belief with his own mind. This is also reflected to the social condition where the people who always tried to show his thoughts or speech to
get praised by others.
2. Hands up if youre down to get down tonight
The lyric above explains about the habit of people when have a plan to make a party. According to the songwriter, people who like to invite other people to join in
party usually give some signs to the others with a word “Hands up”. This is meant
they want other people feeling the happiness too. In other side, the songwriter also describes a different meaning in the lyric. In fact, the songwriter tries to raise his
character to become more popular than anyone else. I suppose that this is true answer with the real purpose of the songwriter to understand the lyric above and also show
42
the mindset of the social environment who always need many people to get feeling happiness. This lyric indicated in Ethical Hedonism.
3. Slept in all my clothes like I didnt care
This lyric shows that the people try to rebel the common behavior. The songwriter pictures the social condition where people as the human who did not
know how to behave. They are not controlled by the other people and have their own way to express their will. In the lyric above, the songwriter is being selfish and he
doesn‟t not care about the perspective of the other people. He tries to against the usual daily habits. He sleep with all clothes like he does not care that it is so vain.
This lyric is categorized in Egoistic Hedonism.
4. Hopped into a cab, take me anywhere
The lyric above means that the people ‟s willing. They want to go to party
with a cab. The songwriter use word “Hopped” to describe when he gets into a cab. He explains that he has happy feeling when he takes a cab. In the next sentence, the
songwriter says that he wants the cab took him everywhere. It does not matter for the songwriter to be taken anywhere. He does not feel that he wasting time and money
for nothing. This is one of social environment where the people do not feel wasteful when he spend more money to something that is not important. This lyric is
categorized in Egoistic Hedonism.
5. Im in if youre down to get down tonight
This lyric is included in Universal Hedonism. The songwriter shows that he feels doubt if his friend did not join in the party tonight. It also indicates that the
songwriter actually wants to go to party, but he does not want to go there alone. He
43
shows that he only wants to go together with his friends to the party. If his friend did not join in the party, he would not come. There is some happy feeling if he could go
to the party with his own friends. He can share his feeling and they will get more happiness. It explains that the social condition of the song where people need more
people to get pleasure as the compliment. This is shows the Hedonism.
6. Good morning and good night, Ill wake up at twilight, Its gonna be
alright, We dont even have to try. At the lyric above, the song writer says there are two different greetings.
There is “Good morning and Good night”. The lyric has a two meanings, first, the song writer wakes up in the night and feeling like in the morning day. Second, the
songwriter says that greetings in the late night because he will sleep until the next day and party again. It is supported in the next sentence “I‟ll wake up at twilight”.
Here, the sentence shows hedonism where he will sleep for a day. He will waste his time and do not remember any work. He describes the social habit of the people at
that time where they will happy if they can sleep all day and party at night with all friends. He also explains that anything that he wants to do is alright because his
wealthy is never decrease and he continue his statement with “we don‟t even have to try” where the statement has a meaning that the people who join in the party do not
have to try to work for our life. This lyric is categorized in Ethical Hedonism.
7. Checked out of my room, hit the ATM, lets hang out if youre down to get
down tonight. The lyric above is about wasting everything that we have. The songwriter
shows that he will get out from his room at the hotel or an inn. The songwriter looks like have to go to somewhere that he still does not know where because he would
44
come to another party or just hang out in another place. He also says that he is hit his ATM to get more money to waste. Here show the Hedonism which tell that the
people who always try to wasting anything to get more happiness. The songwriter also tells us that social phenomena at people at that time have a tendency to show off.
The lyric above is categorized in Aesthetic Hedonism.
8. Doesnt matter when Its always a good time then
This lyric explain about we always have a good time in every moment. The songwriter was declaring that every time can be a good time when we feel so. Here,
the songwriter also explain that the social condition of the people did not care about the problem of life where in every moment of their life they only though about good
time and happiness even thought the life always have to meet challenge and problem. It also shows that the people today tried to brakes the common sense of life. This
lyric is included in Egoistic Hedonism.
9. Doesnt matter where Its always a good time there
This lyric is related to the previous lyric. While the previous lyric explains about people apathetic habits about life, this lyric supported that the people get their
good time while partying. The word “Where” and “There” refers to the meaning of party wherever the place you are; there is always a good place to party. It is related to
the previous lyric wherever you have time; you always have a good time to party and get happiness. This is show social environment where society did not think about the
effect from freedom of express feeling and allow everything. This lyric categorized in Egoistic too.
45
4.2 Findings
