Because I promised I would keep doing Melodic Mondays and because, come on, yesterday was Valentine’s Day. Of course I’m going to be talki...

Melodic Mondays: Do You by Yiruma

Alexa Mintah

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Because I promised I would keep doing Melodic Mondays and because, come on, yesterday was Valentine’s Day. Of course I’m going to be talking about couples this week.

This selection, though, is not exactly a love song; it’s a piano melody, but it reminds me of a couple from my WIP, What’s Real (which is sadly on hold at the moment for lack of time), the two leaders of a teen spy team Kemp Jones and Kata Aneeq.

To be honest, they’re not a very romantic couple, Kata’s nickname is “Sherlock” (based on BBC’s character Sherlock), and Kemp is the “weapon specialist” on their spy team. They’re both teenagers run entirely by logic, they mostly eschew emotions, and yet... they give me feelings like nobody else can. There’s a scene in the manuscript where Kemp is playing piano for her (because I had to give my near-assassin a hobby, so why not make him an aspiring concert pianist?), and I originally had him play a different song for her, but after I listened carefully to this one, I knew it was perfect for them. “Do You” starts off so soft and gentle, words you could rarely use for either of them, but I feel like the melody still embodies all his tentative hopes and dreams, everything life has made him afraid to actually hope for. Yet, it’s the one song he chooses to show to her.

So what did you think of the song? What did you do for Valentine’s day yesterday? Have any song recommendations for me or OTPs from your WIPs that you ship so hard, you’ll probably all fall apart? Hehe, can’t wait to see you in the comment section! :)

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