“LOUD”, the third single off Sofia Carson’s eponymous debut studio album, is an empowering feminism anthem, where she talks about speaking up and standing up for herself in a male-dominated environment.
[Verse 1]
Confrontation never has been my strength
Always feel like I should take all the blame
But something is changing
And I can't contain it no more, yeah
All the speeches that I made in my head
All the "no"s I know that I should've said
Like waves in this water
We're rising up stronger, come on
[Pre-Chorus]
If I was a man
Then you would understand
You wouldn't say I'm causing all this drama
[Chorus]
Are you getting uncomfortable now?
I'm a little too loud for you now
Don't try to calm me down
I was made to be loud
Goodbye to living a lie
'Cause that got me nowhere in life
Don't try to calm me down
I was made to be loud, yeah
[Verse 2]
I don't care if you don't like what you see
I'm not pleasing you 'cause I'm pleasing me
Not wasting more time
I'ma speak up my mind when I want
[Pre-Chorus]
If I was a man (Man)
Then you would understand ('Stand)
You wouldn't say I'm causing all this drama
[Chorus]
Are you getting uncomfortable now?
I'm a little too loud for you now
Don't try to calm me down (Down)
I was made to be loud
Goodbye to living a lie
'Cause that got me nowhere in life
Don't try to calm (Calm) me (Me) down (Down)
I was made to (To) be (Be) loud (Loud), yeah
[Bridge]
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
[Chorus]
Are you getting uncomfortable now?
I'm a little too loud for you now
Don't try to calm me down
I was made to be loud
Goodbye to living a lie
'Cause that got me nowhere in life
Don't try to calm (Calm) me (Me) down (Down)
I was made to (To) be (Be) loud (Loud), yeah
[Outro]
Ooh (Loud)
Ooh-ooh (Ah)
Ooh-ooh (Loud)
Ooh-ooh (Ooh-ooh)
LOUD was written by Alida & Michael McHenry & Paris Carney & Lárus Örn Arnarson.
LOUD was produced by 1993.
Sofia Carson released LOUD on Fri Jan 14 2022.
From the bottom of my heart, this song is dedicated to YOU. The women of the world and all the LOUD voices of change. Because we were all: Made to Be LOUD.
—via press release