How to Love

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"How to Love" is a melodic, introspective hip-hop ballad by Lil Wayne that explores vulnerability, heartbreak, and the struggle to accept love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Tha Carter IV
artist Lil Wayne
associatedAct Young Money Entertainment
surface form: Young Money
containsElement acoustic instrumentation
minimal percussion
storytelling lyrics
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era 2010s hip hop
genre R&B
hip hop
hip hop ballad
hasMusicVideo true
label Cash Money Records
Universal Republic Records
Young Money Entertainment
language English
lyricalTheme heartbreak
struggle to accept love
vulnerability
mainCharacter a woman with a troubled romantic past
mood emotional
introspective
narrativePerspective second person
partOfAlbum Tha Carter IV
performer Lil Wayne
performerNationality American
primaryInstrumentalTexture acoustic guitar-driven
producer Detail
Noel “Detail” Fisher
surface form: Noel Fisher
recordedBy Lil Wayne
releaseType commercial single
style melodic
subjectOf music video depicting cycles of hardship and alternate life outcomes
tempo slow
topic emotional trauma
healing from past relationships
romantic relationships
self-worth
vocalPerformer Lil Wayne
vocalStyle melodic singing
writer Andre Proctor
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.
Noel “Detail” Fisher
surface form: Noel Fisher

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Lil Wayne notableSong How to Love
Tha Carter IV includesTrack How to Love
Tha Carter IV single How to Love
Noel “Detail” Fisher notableWork How to Love
subject surface form: Noel "Detail" Fisher
Detail notableWork How to Love