The song ‘All We Know’ by the Chainsmokers is a song, (assisted by a music video) showing the idea of sorrow and anger after losing someone important in your life. It follows an unknown character in the video, a young man. It begins with him receiving a phone call then proceeds to follow him through pain and anger, the phone call is in darkness, the person on the other end of the line is muffled and is unable to be interpreted. The key idea expressed in this text is that no matter what happens the way to go is forward. The main character in the video whose name is not mentioned received a phone call notifying him of a bad thing that has happened. This is shown in the text by him receiving a call from an unknown source, obviously whatever has happened is causing him distress. The video starts with a black screen. The main character's voice is stressed out and can be seen to be hurt he is in pain and wants to not hear what he is hearing. …show more content…
In the build up to the chorus/main part of the text the lyrics say I’ll ride my bike up to the road Down the streets right through the city I'll go everywhere you go From Chicago to the coast You tell me, Hit this and let's go Blow the smoke right through the window 'Cause this is all we know’. This helps support the purpose of the text by adding depth to the meaningfulness of the song, this can be interpreted as people not liking change not willing to accept it or not wanting it. This allows us to see that he will do anything to keep it the same the lyrics ‘all we Know’ tells us this. From the artist's point of view the purpose of his song is to make money. Artists produce songs and films for them to make money it is a genre that everyone who everyone has the ability to relate to. I myself have lost relatives and have felt that my world is coming to an