"Pumped up Kicks" by Foster the People
"Pumped up Kicks" by Foster the People is a good song if you are just paying attention to the music. It has a very indie - alternative vibe to it. That being said, the song's lyric's require understanding. Foster the People have no comment on if the song is about a specific person in the group or someone they knew. The song is about "Robert" (a metaphor for any angry- crazy kid overwhelmed with these feelings). His home life is awful, he has an abusive father and Robert is jealous of "all the other kids with the pumped up kicks" are the normal kids with lives Robert wants to have. His anger is directed at them and they better run because Robert has a gun in hand. This could be interpreted as reckless song that individuals should not be exposed to or it could be looked at as a message. The message is that you never know what is happening inside a person. The instrumentals and different auto tunes the voices are put into represent this persons mind well. In an interview for this article, Foster the People said they had no comment on specifics of the song; they want people to interpret it the way they want to. They do not care about the hate they get on the song. Everybody views things differently. "Pumped up Kicks" is a very attractive song instrumental wise however, lyric wise it depends on how you choose to view it.
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