The Song, Lyrics and Artists

The song, lyrics and artists

Song

The song is performed by Hayley Williams, B.O.B and Eminem. these are all fairly big artists in the music world. They have all made their own way up to the top without any help from relatives being successful etc.

It is a very up beat song towards the end, whereas in the beginning it is a very down beat song and has quite unhappy lyrics.

Lyrics

The lyrics to this song are very metaphorical in a sense that they are wanting airplanes to be shooting stars in order for them to make a wish.

"Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, i could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now). Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, i could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)"

Also the lyrics tell a story as to what their lives were like before they became famous. E.g.

"Let's pretend like its '98, like i'm eating luunch off of styrofoam trays, tyring to be the next rapper coming out the A hoping for a redcord deal, to renew my fame now let's pretend like i'm on the stage and when my beat drops everybody goes insane (ok)..."

Artists

Hayley Williams is a 22 year old American singer/ songwriter/ lead vocalist of the band Paramore from Franklin Tennesse. She is renowned for her song 'The Only Exception' and 'Misery Business', she has a very distinct hair colour and also voice, especially for her age. She has done song covers such as 'Kings of Leon - Use Somebody'. She has written, sang and recorded songs such as, "pressure", "Emergency" and "All We Know"  these are from the album 'All We Know Is Falling'. Other albums are 'RIOT' which consist of songs such as "Misery Business", "Hallelujah!", "Crushcrushcrush" and "That's What You Get". The last album being 'Brand New Eyes' which entails songs such as, "Ignorance", "Brick By Boring Brick", "the Only Exception", "Careful" and "Playing God".

B.O.B aka Bobby Ray is a 22 year old, singer - songwriter/ rapper/ record producer, known for his debut single "nothin' on you" and then "Airplanes" with Hayley Willioams and part II with Eminem and Hayley Williams, then "Magic" he is a solo artist and often pairs up with other artists such as Bruno Mars. His debut album was released in April 2010, it was scheduled for 25th May but due to his success with Bruno Mars on th song "nothin' on you" it was moved forward. B.O.B has been the supporting act for many different artists including; Hayley Williams' UK tour, Eminem and Jay Z's, The home and home tour. He has recieved many awards and Nominations for American Music Awards such as; 
2010: Best Breakthrough (NOMINATED)
2010: Best Hip-Hop Artist (NOMINATED)
2010: Best Hip-Hop Album (NOMINATED)
MTV Video Music Awards include;
2010: Video of th year "Airplanes" (with Hayly Williams) (NOMINATED)
2010:Best Pop Video "Nothin' on you" (NOMINATED)
etc.

Marshall Mathers

A 39 year old white American rapper. Stage name EMINEM and his alter ego Slim Shady. He is one of the best selling artists in the world, his popularity started band D12. He also makes up half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil along with Royce da 5'9".
He has achieved 10 number one albums. and has sold more than 33 million track downloads and 39.6 million albums in the United States alone.
His albums include; 
The Slim Shady LP
The Marshall Mathers LP
The Eminem Show
Recovery
Encore
Relapse
He has founded the recording label Shady Records, with manager Paul Rosenberg, he has his own radio                                              channel Shade 45 and has also starred in the hip hop drama 8 mile.