“Haven’t Met You Yet” is a song by Michael Bublѐ. The song is about a man who has never had a good relationship. He decides his past relationships haven’t worked because he just hasn’t met the right girl yet. Michael keeps on hoping that when the time is right she is just going to come into his life. He spends the song hopefully looking forward to the future and talking about what a great relationship they will have…if only he could meet her.
Michael Bublѐ uses ethos to establish his position of authority. Because Michael has been unsuccessful in matters of the heart multiple times, he has come to the conclusion that he just hasn’t met the right girl yet. Those who are listening to the song accept Michael’s authority because he’s been in love before and if it hasn’t worked out for him yet, he must know why.
The songwriter appeals to our emotions by talking about his past relationships. Michael claims, “I’ve broken my heart so many times, I’ve stopped keeping track.” Most of us have been in a few unsuccessful relationships, but he can’t even remember how many failed relationships he’s been in. From that opening line you would expect the rest of the song to be sad, but the rest of the song is surprisingly hopeful. He continues to say how patient he is going to be until she comes along, and how wonderful their lives will be together. His optimism influences others trying to recover from bad relationships because he is certain that “someday I know it’ll all work out.” Michael’s atypical approach to relationships gives all of us hope that if you haven’t had a good relationship yet, you just haven’t met the right person.
Michael uses logos to convince the listener that even if they’ve had numerous bad relationships in the past, someday they’ll meet the right person. After the failure of his past relationships, he has thought about the reason why none of them have worked. His logical conclusion is that he just hasn’t met her yet. Even though there could be many reasons why he hasn’t had a good relationship, he comes to the comforting solution that he just hasn’t met her, shifting the blame from himself to someone else. Even though it isn’t the best logical reasoning, he still convinces the audience to be hopeful that the right one will come along someday.
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I find it admirable that even though he has had many failures he is still hoping. Still hoping that it is going to get better and that some day he will get what he desires the most. Some poeple may find it idiotic to keep hoping for something that may never come, but I see it was something that is needed. We all need something to hope for otherwise we may slip into that giant black abyss that caled pain, sorrow and depression.
ReplyDeleteI like the uplifting nature of this song. It sends a good message that there's never a point in which one has to give up all hope. Too many people today seem to focus more on the negative aspects of life, and Bublѐ does an fine job at expressing his belief that there is always hope.
ReplyDeleteMichael Buble has a dreamy voice. He can convince anyone of anything.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite songs! I agree with Chelsea in that he is still hoping. We should all have hope in our lives and his dreamy voice doesn't hurt his cause either ;)
ReplyDeletethis is one of my favorite songs! i'm glad you did it justice.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Heidi. It is refreshing that Buble can talk about such a sad subject while still remaing optomistic about it. Sad subjects can aslo be happy/hopeful ones
ReplyDeleteBuble really is a great artist. While I wouldn't say that he has a "dreamy voice" (as that might be a tad bit strange coming from me) I find it interesting how his unique (is that better?) voice has the ability to soothe and comfort, even with a semi-depressing topic.
ReplyDeleteI've got to agree with the girls on this one, dreamy is right! I agree with all of you who talked about the hopeful message in this song. We just need to be happy, even though situations aren't always perfect. I always like listening to this song when I'm feeling depressed about boys/lack thereof...because obviously, I just haven't met him yet (:
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