Paparazzi reference in Shadow of a Man

[FfFfFfFF 54,848]

Idk if this was talked about before, but Coachella got me listening to Paparazzi obsessively and I couldn't not notice the similarity 

Paparazzi - Yellow, dance and we turn. My lashes are dry. Purple teardrops I cry

Shadow of a Man - Hard to be the yellow in a purple sky peeking through the eye of the storm.

 

 

Yellow and purple are complementary colors, opposite on the color wheel. Could Shadow of a Man be a reflection on her early extravagant career characterized by a violent clash of colors? Is this just a chromatic reference or is an Easter Egg of sorts?

[Oriane 20,482]

I actually noticed this on first listen, it's so peculiar to mention yellow and purple like that.

[Anderson123 37,473]

Could be another reference to Prince but who knows. Interesting way to link these two songs.

[mattbri 1,359]

how i see it: it's difficult to be the sun (yellow) in the sky (purple) (i.e., fame).

[vmpiregrn 711]

Yes I’ve said this on a couple threads! One of my favorite little references

[MadArchitect 817]

i was more cocerned rying to understand what "hard to be the yellow in a purple sky" even means as a sentance

[HotLikeMexico 4,998]

I thought it was a prince reference 

[robotvoiceinalice 1,459]

i love the way she performs paparazzi here, its such a beautiful arrangement

but yeah when i heard the album i picked up on it haha

[robotvoiceinalice 1,459]

27 minutes ago, MadArchitect said:

i was more cocerned rying to understand what "hard to be the yellow in a purple sky" even means as a sentance

yellow sticks out against a purple background, so it could mean that it can be hard to be unique and follow your own path and stick to your beliefs and where you wanna go rather than 'fitting' in to the mold and not be true to yourself.

[Quartz 12,222]

Wow great catch

[ElectricChapelR 2,109]

10 minutes ago, robotvoiceinalice said:

yellow sticks out against a purple background, so it could mean that it can be hard to be unique and follow your own path and stick to your beliefs and where you wanna go rather than 'fitting' in to the mold and not be true to yourself.

It maybe sticking out against a purple background but yellow and purple are also complementary colors and basically cancel each other when they are combined, creating a grey, dead color.

Edited 22 hours ago by ElectricChapelR

[Kimistee 1]

My take on this is about thunder (yellow tone) in a purple sky as when it’s stormy the sky gets purple (dark) and the next lyric is “Peakin' through the eye of the storm”. As this is a song about empowerment, I believe she’s saying that sometimes it’s difficult to be strong all the time.

sorry it’s my interpretation, I love this song so much