Next up for my studio vs live BTR song analysis is one of my all time favourites!
Nothing Even Matters! I love how lyrically beautiful this song is and how it is the first BTR love song that does not involve the word 'girl' once, showing that this is a love song for everyone.
First off, this song has Logan who begins singing the opening verse instead of Kendall or James, which again, is a nice change. then we have both Kendall and Logan as the prominent voices in the chorus, which I love as their voices mesh really well together.
After that, it is Logan who sings about 80% of the song (not counting lyrics), then it comes to Kendall, who sings about 10%, James, who sings about 7% and then Carlos who sings the least in this song, only doing backups for James gets 2% roughly.
Overall, this is Logan's song and I'm glad they had him be the main vocalist for this song cause relistening to it, the other boys' voices were more suited for being secondary vocalists, not the whole song.
Once again in the live version, Kendall seems to sing lower to allow his voice to blend in better with the other boys during the opening of the song. What I also noticed is that Logan, bless his heart, shares his opening verse with Carlos, similar to how Carlos now shares part of his verse with Logan in Boyfriend. Which, again, is a beautiful display of their genuine friendship.
Even though Logan's voice is more prominent, their voices still mesh really well together and I'm glad that Carlos can sing more in Nothing Even Matters.
Now the first chorus is where it gets really interesting, and shows a display in Kendall's vocal range. At first, he starts off loud, so his voice is more prominent when the boys sing 'Cause the world stops' then after that he lowers his voice so instead his voice harmonises with the other boys so he isn't standing out vocally.
I know I said earlier that Logan now shares his opening verse with Carlos, which is amazing, but what's more amazing is that Logan gives Carlos the whole of his second verse, allowing him to finally have a solo in the song. I mean, yeah, Logan is still singing, but now he is the one backing Carlos up.
One of the small subtle changes in the song is that Logan changes how long he holds the note for 'no', in the Forever tour, he made a quick yet high 'no', but in the IRL tour, it's a short and simple no, not really singing it, it's nearly a statement of sorts (if that makes sense).
In this version, we get Kendall, Logan and Carlos' sing 'oh yeah' during James' solo which is an interesting decision as it really elevates the song
One of the best things about a concert is when the band and the music stop singing partway through a song and just let the audience sing. It's beautiful and is a testament to the band of the fans' love for them and the boys decided to stop the song and listen to the audience sing to them
I can see why the boys decided to go with mic stands whenever they sing this song, it makes them feel more in sync, but also the song is a very high-paced song and overall seems to have very simple dance moves, so it was quite easy to make the transition from dancing on stage to resolving the song around the mic stands.
Now, very early on Logan decided to share his second verse with Carlos, yet he does not really sing in the studio version. it makes me really curious as to how this happened because the song was written during their second tour, where they mentioned they wrote most of the songs while on tour, but none of the boys wrote this song. Yet, Logan decides to give part of his solo to Carlos, I want to know how the conversation happened to let the record company be ok with this arrangement, because this is quite a big change where it's not Carlos just being a backup to Logan's solos. no. Carlos flat-out gets part of Logan's solo, and Logan is the backup for him, so I really want to know how this happened.
Anyways, enough on that, this time when James has his solo, it's not only Carlos that does backups, but Kendall does as well. It's almost a blink and you'll miss it moment, but Kendall sings 'oh yeah' with Carlos, but it's really quick