CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON LONELY SONG LYRICS BY JUSTIN BIEBER

ABTRACT

Afipah, Evi. 2021. Critical Discourse Analysis On Lonely Song Lyrics By Justin
Bieber. Thesis. English Education Department Faculty of Education and
Teacher Training Islamic Institute of Darussalam.
Advisor: Dr. Hj. Zulfi Zumala Dwi Andriani, SS., MA.
Key word: music, discourse analysis
Music is one of the means used by musicians to introduce a country's culture to the
international community. Each musician creates songs with various themes according to
their interests and the song conveys the message to be conveyed to the listener. In
addition to the message they want to convey, their ideology and thoughts are also
reflected in their songs. It is this ideology and thought that balances the message to be
conveyed in the song with the social context in which the song develops.This study aims
to determine the text analysis on Justin Bieber's song, entitled Lonely. Then, knowing the
social cognition of the song Lonely created by Justin Bieber, as well as the social context
in which the song developed. Text, social cognition, and social context were analyzed
using Teun A. van Dijk's discourse analysis model. The research used in this study is a
qualitative research type of library research. The data collection technique used in this
research is library research, which is a series of activities related to the methods of
collecting library data, reading, and taking notes, as well as processing research materials.
The research method used in this study is the intralingual and extralingual equivalent
method. This study uses the credibility test of the triangulation section. Based on the
analysis that has been done, it can be concluded that the words used in the lonely song
use simple words with a little figure of speech so that they are easy to understand. The
social cognition of the song is based on the singer's mental awareness based on his
personal experience. and the social context in lonely song is a narrow view of the possible
bouts of depression experienced by idols caused by society.