Ghost
by Justin Bieber
Ghost by Justin Bieber is a very beautiful piano song with emotional piano chords and a catchy melody. Ghost is an uptempo grime-influenced pop rock and synth-pop ballad. The song is set in the key of D major with a tempo of 77 beats per minute. It meshes electronic dance music with drum and bass and makes use of a folky acoustic guitar, busy programmed drums, and shimmering EDM synthesizers. Uproxx’s Bianca Gracie described the track as leaning into the adult contemporary genre “with its radio-friendly acoustic guitar riffs”. The song’s chattering beats give way to an acoustic guitar strum before the two sounds are brought together in the chorus. Lyrically, “Ghost” deals with grief caused by the absence of a loved one, with Bieber singing: “I’ll settle for the ghost of you / I miss you more than life”. Catherine Walthall of American Songwriter remarked that the song does not “exclusively serve in an elegiac fashion”, in that while it is likely about losing a loved one to death, it can also act “as a comfort for those battling the woes of long-distance or separation”.
Difficulty: early intermediate
Number of pages: 5
Price: $7.99
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