But that's not the idea in the song, really, if you listen to it -- nothing in the song says that the boyfriend is the real thing because he's a boy and the girl is a giggle because she's a girl. The boyfriend is the real thing because he's her partner at the moment; the boyfriend is a boyfriend because "hope my girlfriend don't mind it" would sort of undercut the song.
You could argue, I guess, that she didn't have to mention a partner at all -- but if this were just the story of a single girl kissing a girl, I think it would be a lot less interesting. The whole point is that this is something she's never done before, and doing it now doesn't necessarily change anything -- the boyfriend line gets both those things across.
The video, though, is why I still want to punch her in the face, and why I can't bring myself to tick the song. See my most recent post for more.
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Date: 2008-08-04 08:20 pm (UTC)You could argue, I guess, that she didn't have to mention a partner at all -- but if this were just the story of a single girl kissing a girl, I think it would be a lot less interesting. The whole point is that this is something she's never done before, and doing it now doesn't necessarily change anything -- the boyfriend line gets both those things across.
The video, though, is why I still want to punch her in the face, and why I can't bring myself to tick the song. See my most recent post for more.