Style and Themes
The album features different styles of music such as pop rock, electro-pop, and soft rock ballads. "I wanted to have a mixture like that because I love those kinds of club tracks that you can listen to before you go out at night with all your friends. And I also wanted stuff that was a little bit more rock that you could get into if you were like angry or depressed or sad or that. I wanted to be able to touch upon all those feelings and I wanted to speak about all different things, too, which is why I titled the album Speak," Lohan said in an interview with IGN. The lead single, "Rumors", has been called a "bass-heavy, angry club anthem" by Rolling Stone.
A main theme of the album deals with the paparazzi and the rumors in the tabloids that surround her life. "Rumors" is about the troubles that Lohan has to deal with including the rumors that have invaded her life. In the song, Lohan sings, "I would love it if you take the cameras off of me / Cause I just need a little room to breathe / Can you please respect my privacy?"
An electro-pop song, "To Know Your Name" deals with Lohan receiving no privacy when with her now ex-boyfriend, Wilmer Valderamma. "Everybody means to criticize / And none of them are even in our lives," is one of the verses from the song. "Anything But Me", which has a more is more of a rock song, deals with trying to find who she is and not being able to fulfill other people's aspirations for her. "Anything But Me" also has a verse about the paparazzi when she sings, "So much confusion circling inside my head / What this one and that one said." Lohan also sings another rock song, titled "Disconnected."
In the opening tracks on the album, Lohan goes for a more pop rock feel in songs such as "First" and "Nobody 'Til You", both songs about her relationship with her boyfriend, possibly Valderamma. In tracks such as the title track and "Magnet", she goes for an urban pop sound. The Madonna-esque title track is about communicating with her boyfriend while "Magnet" states that she keeps coming back for more from him, comparing him to a magnet. IGN said that "Over", the second single, "begins like a Cure track, complete with mournful acoustic guitar and haunting piano-tuned synth." The song is about how her boyfriend won't commit and that their relationship feels "on again, off again."
The rest of the tracks on the album are soft rock ballads, including "Very Last Moment in Time", which is about living life to the fullest. "Something I Never Had" is about how her feelings of love towards her ex-boyfriend are still there, but he does not feel the same way. In the second verse, Lohan sings, "I keep telling myself...things will turn around with time / And if I wait it out...you could always change your mind." Kelly Clarkson co-wrote this track from the album. "Symptoms of You" features Vanessa Carlton-esque piano melody and finishes off as a soft rock ballad.
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