Several critics pointed out the apparent meta-references in some of the song's lyrics. The heartbreak and public humiliation drive her to take control of the story by burning the love letters Hamilton wrote to her. Eliza finds herself as collateral damage in the matter, feeling shattered and betrayed by the revelation.
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"Burn" comes just after Alexander Hamilton, hoping to salvage his professional legacy, admits to his extramarital affair in a public pamphlet.
The song is sung by the character Eliza Hamilton, originally performed by Phillipa Soo.Īs Ron Chernow describes in his biography Alexander Hamilton, for which the show was based, " Eliza Hamilton was a modest, self-effacing woman who apparently destroyed her own letters and tried to expunge her presence from the history books." The song draws on Lin-Manuel Miranda's interpretation of Chernow's assumption that Eliza destroyed some of her correspondence with her husband. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. Used by permission." Burn" is the fifteenth song from Act 2 of the musical Hamilton, based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. All rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. Worldwide rights administered by Grow Your Own Music (BMI), a division of "A" Side Music, LLC d/b/a Modern Works Music Publishing (BMI) / Published by BMG Platinum Songs (BMI) on behalf of itself and R2M Music (BMI). Courtesy of Lastrada Entertainment Company, Ltd. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219 / © 1997 Songs of Lastrada (BMI). (ASCAP), BIG Poppa Music (ASCAP), Justin Combs Publishing Company Inc. Noid Publishing (BMI) / Universal Music - MGB Songs on behalf of itself and Juvenile Hell (ASCAP) and "Going Back To Cali" written by Easy Mo Bee (as Osten Harvey, Jr.), Roger Troutman, The Notorious B.I.G. II" Words and Music by Prodigy (as Albert Johnson) and Havoc (as Kejuan Waliek Muchita) © Universal Music - Careers on behalf of itself and P. "My Shot (Rise Up Remix)" contains elements of "Shook Ones Pt. This selection is used by special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein: a Concord Company, All Rights Reserved. Used by permission and "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
"My Shot" contains elements of "Shook Ones Pt.
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