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1) HIM (sometimes stylized as H.I.M.) was a Finnish gothic rock band from Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paananen under the name His Infernal Majesty, the band broke up in 1993, before being reformed in 1995 by Valo and guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström. After being rejoined by Mige, as well as new additions keyboardist Antto Melasniemi and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, released their debut album Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 in 1997. In 2000, now with drummer Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen and keyboardist Juska Salminen, the band released the album Razorblade Romance, which reached the number one spot in Finland, Austria and Germany. Their first single, "Join Me in Death", also charted at number one in Finland and Germany, eventually going platinum and gold respectively. Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, HIM released Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Both cracked the top ten in several countries, and allowed the band to tour the United Kingdom and the United States for the first time.
In 2005, HIM released Dark Light, which became the group's most commercially successful album to date, charting in fifteen countries. With Dark Light, HIM also became the first Finnish group to receive a gold record in the US. In 2007, HIM released Venus Doom, the making of which was marred by problems in Valo's personal life. Despite this, the album gave the band their highest chart position in the US at number twelve. After 2010's Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, HIM went on hiatus as drummer Gas Lipstick took medical leave. Following several months of uncertainty, the band regrouped and eventually released the album Tears on Tape in 2013. In 2015, Gas Lipstick announced his departure from the band to pursue other musical projects, and was subsequently replaced by Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger. On 5 March 2017, HIM announced that the band would be disbanding following a farewell tour in 2017. The band played their final show on New Year's Eve 2017 as a part of their annual Helldone Festival.
HIM is one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, with sales of over ten million records. The band have released eight studio albums, five compilations, three video releases, and two box sets, along with one live and one remix album. HIM has also received numerous accolades, including eight Emma Awards.
Critics have referred to the music of HIM as gothic rock, gothic metal, alternative rock, alternative metal, and dark rock. The band themselves have referred to their music as "love metal", the title of their fourth studio album. According to Ville Valo, the term "love metal" was coined as a response to people having difficulties categorizing their music.
A central of part of HIM's image has been the heartagram. The heartagram is the trademarked symbol of the band, which was created by vocalist Ville Valo on his twentieth birthday in 1996. A combination of a heart and a pentagram, the heartagram is meant to represent the juxtaposition of "the soft and the hard, the male and the female, the yin and the yang" according to Valo. Musically the heart is also meant to represent the softer side of the band, while the pentagram symbolizes their heavier influences. This juxtaposition was also prevalent in the band's album titles. On their first album, HIM used a heart with "666" inside it as their logo, which Valo later felt was "a bit boring". The heartagram was first predominantly used on the cover of HIM's 2003 album Love Metal, and has since appeared on numerous releases from the band. Valo has later stated that the heartagram "is probably the best thing I've ever come-up with", and that it's "worth a lot more than money" and is "bigger than our band". The heartagram has also made several appearances on TV, including Charmed, LA Ink, Viva La Bam, and Criminal Minds.
2) HiM is a dub influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine, Rex and June of 44. Their first album, Egg, was their most dub-based effort. Each successive album has gone more in a quasi-world music direction. After some recording for Crooklyn Dub Consortium and Wordsound, "Interpretive Belief System", HiM settled on a lineup of Scharin with Bundy K. Brown, Rob Mazurek and Jeff Parker, members or occasional members of Tortoise and Isotope 217. Their first album was the underground hit Sworn Eyes, produced by Doug Scharin. A few personnel changes followed, and the revamped lineup including members of June of 44. Golden released Our Point of Departure in 1999, which signified a very clear shift toward a more jazz-like sound, followed by a major American and European tour. In 2003, HiM released Many In High Places Are Not Well on Fat Cat Records, which was received as their most successful and fully realized release. Peoples was released in mid-2006, featuring a cleaner sound with more vocals than any of HiM's previous releases. Included in this line-up are Martin Perna and Jordan McLean from Antibalas, Griffin Rodriguez from Need New Body/Icy Demons, Adam Pierce (Mice Parade).
The latest HiM records, "1110" and ん,released in 2008 and 2009 on Afterhours in Tokyo, are collaborations between Doug Scharin, Josh Larue and the Tokyo-based group, Ultra Living.
3) The group was composed of the following main members:
* Shizuka Nakajima （vocals）
* Shungo Makihashi (vocals)
* Non (dancer)
* Yocco (dancer)
4) H.I.M. (Her in Mind) an r&b singer best known for his reply album to H.E.R.'s album in 2017.
Intro + Right Here In My Arms
HIM Lyrics
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Sun is shining so bright it hurts
All her wishes have finally com true
Her heart is weeping.
Happiness is killing her.
She'll be right here in my arms
So in Love
She can't let go
She can't let go
So hard she's trying
But her heart won't turn to stone, oh no
She keeps on crying
But I won't leave her alone
She'll never be alone
She'll be right here in my arms
So in Love
She'll be right here in these arms
She can't let go
She can't let go
She can't let go
She can't let go
She can't let go
She can't let go
She can't let go
The song "Right Here in My Arms" by HIM is a love song that tells the story of a woman who is finally happy and in love, but is also struggling with intense emotions that are overwhelming her. The lyrics describe her as "smiling like heaven is down on earth" and feeling like all of her wishes have finally come true. However, this happiness is also "killing her" because it is so intense and overwhelming.
The singer reassures her that she is not alone and that she will always be in his arms. Despite her efforts to stop the pain, her heart is "so hard she's trying, but it won't turn to stone." The singer promises that he won't leave her alone and that she will always have his love to rely on. The chorus repeats the lines "She'll be right here in my arms, so in love" several times, emphasizing the intensity of their love.
Overall, "Right Here in My Arms" expresses the powerful emotions of a couple who are deeply in love and struggling to cope with the intensity of their feelings. The song is a powerful expression of love and desire, and it captures the intense emotions that often accompany falling in love.
Line by Line Meaning
She's smiling like heaven is down on earth
She is so happy that it feels like everything divine is present on earth itself.
Sun is shining so bright it hurts
The brightness of the sun is so intense that it is physically painful to her eyes.
All her wishes have finally come true
She has received everything she has ever wished for.
Her heart is weeping.
Despite her immense joy, she is overwhelmed with emotion and is continuously crying.
Happiness is killing her.
The sheer amount of happiness or perhaps the realization of all she has, is causing her immense emotional pain.
She'll be right here in my arms
The singer's significant other will be safely held in his arms.
So in Love
He is deeply and completely in love with her.
She can't let go
She is unable to take her emotions away from him or escape from them, even if she wanted.
So hard she's trying
She is putting in a lot of effort to let go of her emotions, but it is not working.
But her heart won't turn to stone, oh no
Despite trying to distance herself, her emotions remain strong and lively, and she is unable to become cold-hearted.
She keeps on crying
She continues to be overwhelmed with emotion and can't stop crying.
But I won't leave her alone
The singer will be with her, supporting her through whatever emotional turmoil she is going through.
She'll never be alone
The singer will always be there for her, no matter what happens.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Jussi Mikko Salminen, Ville Hermanni Valo
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