Song Choice - Abi

1-800-273-8255 (1-800) is a song by American Rapper Logic which was released on the 28th of April by Visionary Music and Def Jams Recordings. 1-800 is the third single from his third studio album 'Everybody'. The name of the song (1-800-273-8255) is the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The song was written by 6ix and Logic but features Alessia Cara and Khalid. The song also received a Grammy Award for 'Song Of The Year'.

For our song choice, we have chosen to use the song 1-800 by Logic feat, Alessia Cara and Khalid and the genre of the song is R&B. Originally, after we chose what genre of music video that we wanted to produce, we had 3 songs in mind: Silence by Marshemello ft. Khalid, 1-800 by Logic feat. Alessia Cara and Khalid and Looking for a star by XXXtentacion. To help us pick which song, we listened to all three of the songs whilst trying to imagine the narrative that we had in mind with the song. After careful consideration, we decided to use 1-800 by Logic because we felt that the lyrics and rhythm went well with the narrative that we have in mind. Since the lyrics go so well with the narrative, we will be able to establish a strong link between the lyrics and the visuals making the song more meaningful and effective. In order to use this song for our music video and avoid copyright issues we will need to gain permission from the artist/s to use the song; we will do this by both emailing the artist and tweeting them asking for permission to use the song.

The music video for the song features a young man who struggles with feeling accepted due to his sexuality. We really liked the narrative and thought that it was really effective and wanted to take inspiration from this, hence making our narrative about mental health. Mental health is often pushed under the carpet so to speak and we hadn't seen many other music videos centered around it which influenced our choice also. We wanted to create a unique idea but at the same time through the music video create awareness for mental health issues.

Gaining permission to use the song

We are still waiting to hear a response but when we upload the music video we will be sure to give rights to the record label.