IDENTIFYING THE TYPES OF STRUGGLE IN SHAWN MENDES SONG’S LYRICS

This study aims to show the type of struggle in the three songs sung by Shawn Mendes. A qualitative descriptive method was used. There are three Shawn Mendes songs discussed in this study; In My Blood, Treat You Better, and Stitches. The analysis results show that there are two kinds of struggles in the song In My Blood; internal and external struggles. The main character overcomes his problems by telling himself never to give up, doing some activities to help himself, trying to calm himself down, and asking someone for help. The title of the song, Treat You Better, has an external struggle and internal struggle. The main character's struggles are shown by helping the woman he likes, giving his lover everything she wants, and promising his lover that he will never let him down. In the last song, Stitches, there are internal and external struggles. The main character struggles to solve problems by healing his pain, believing that he can survive his pain, and receiving help from someone. The importance of this analysis is to show that the meaning of the lyrics and the story behind the song represents the struggle of the story of human life for surviving and fighting against their problems.


I. INTRODUCTION
iterature existed thousands of years ago, and it is always intriguing to discuss. Each word in literature has a specific connotation. Literature as an art form has evolved into a vehicle for imaginatively expressing people's thoughts. Literature has evolved, either in concept or style. Each country in our world has a distinct literary history, owing to variances in culture and situation, but they share specific characterristics.
Generally, people have known that they are kinds of literature such as Prose, Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, and Drama. Van Spanckeren in (Siregar, 2018) states that as same as narratives, song or poetry can range from the sacred to the light and amusing; There are lullabies, war chants, love songs, and songs dedicated to specific activities such as children's games, gambling, various duties, magic, or dancing ceremonials. It means that a song as a part of the narrative has its character as same as other narrative works. People are very addicted to music. It can be seen Mendes sings those songs. Therefore, the researchers aim to find the kinds of struggle that contains in the three songs by Shawn Mendes.

Song and Its Types
They are several definitions connecting to the song's term as Muldoon in (Siregar, 2018) states that in general, the term song refers to a short poem' or other collection of words placed to music or intended to be sung.
Moreover, the song is another form of a poem or a collection of words given a melody and meant to be sung by many people. Marcello adds (Suhendi, 2017

Country
It is easy to listen to. It is primarily composed of clean words accompanied by music pieces performed on classical guitars and other traditional instruments.

Hip Hop
Hip hop or rap music is characterized by the performer who recites lyrics in an offbeat manner while maintaining the rhyming pattern.

Pop
It can be said as contemporary lyrics and lively rhythms that are primarily aimed towards young culture. Pop song songwriting is more concerned with music technology and recording than with live performance.
Rhythm and effects are two critical components of pop songwriting.

Rock
It is the most popular among teenagers and young people with distinct lead guitars, basic guitars, percussion, and keyboards.

Metal
The metal song has a more complex tone than rock tunes. These tracks have shouting vocals with high pitches, strong guitar leads, and solid drum work.

Ballads
Ballads are songs that feature a musical narration of a story. These are primarily calm songs. However, they may also have heavier elements.

Dance
Dance music is rapid and has a thunderring rhythmic beat. Lyrics are not given much weight in this song. Dance songs are now played at dance parties and discotheques to accompany synthesizers, drum machines, and electronic music.

Definition of Struggle and Its Kinds
According to Harrison (Diana, 2017), the struggle is a natural element of life that involves some suffering and measures our resistance to the flow of life. It could be internal or external, between us and the outer world, or between external groups. On the one hand, the sensation of emotional dissonance between opposing forces initiates the fight, and on the other side, the battle results in an emotional outcome, as stated by Further, Levykh in (Diana, 2017).
Meanwhile, Douglas (Tarigan, 2017) says that there can be no progress if there is no struggle. It means that struggle is a me-dium to improve human's ability, so it can be understood that struggle is an absolute thing that can not be separated from human life.
There are some kinds of struggle that comes from humans themselves or outside.
Bond (Nuladani, 2017) states, there are two aspects of struggles. They are internal struggle and external struggle.

Internal Struggle.
According to Bond (Nuladani, 2017) says that internals is defined by the scars, pains, anxieties, and bad habits that mark our existence. These internal conflicts dictated our responses to our environment, situations, friends, family, and every other facet of life.
Harrison in (Diana, 2017) states that internal conflict refers to the conflict that occurs within ourselves and is caused by our attitude, desire, decision, understanding or interpretation of life, attachment to people or events, and expectation of how things should be. It means that internal struggle is the effect of a problem that comes from inside of humans themselves. It arises because of the way humans seeing and understanding something.
All those statements above tell us that internal struggle is a struggle that arisen from the human. It is also purposing to discover human's soul like their desire, temperament,

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Jurnal AKRAB JUARA Volume 6 Nomor 3 Edisi Agustus 2021 (64-74) and character. It also affects how humans are seeing and understanding something. For example, someone who has faced a problem before has a different opinion about this problem from someone who faces the same problem. This person is more understand the way to overcome the problem than the new person who faces it. For example, a problem appears when people try to decide or when people try to choose.

External Struggle.
Evans (Nuladani, 2017) asserts that external conflict focuses on public outcomes rather than personal choices, on social justice rather than personal fulfilment. It can be understood that external struggle comes from the society around of the human as it occurs between or among person or with a life event, such as marital or job loss, Slankin in (Diana, 2017). So the external struggle happens in more than one person, and it is a part of a life event. For example, a problem happens when people have to face their senior in school or work, and a problem comes when they have to deal with other people.
These two classifications of struggle can be applied in the main character's struggle in the song as they reflect humans in real life. Moreover, each song undoubtedly con-veys a message that the readers or listeners are expected to comprehend under the song's theme (Andriasta, 2016). Thus, every song has its meaning or story that it wants to tell to the people who listen to it, and every story has its character, and the character's struggle can share with the listeners.

III. METHOD
The method of this research is descripti-    The lyric 'I know he's just not right for you' (line 2: Verse 1) shows that the male main character wants to tell the woman that her boyfriend is not the best choice. He even tries to convince the woman that he will never The lyric 'I know I can treat you better than he can' (Line 1, Verse 2) tells the listeners that the male tries to convince the female.
He can make her feel happier than her boyfriend does. The lyric and every girl like you deserves a gentleman' (Line 2, Verse 2) shows that he tries to tell her that she needs someone who loves her with all of his heart.
According to (Oxford dictionary, 2008), 'gentleman' means a polite man and behaves well. It means the male wants to say that the female needs a man who can love her with all of his heart and a man who behaves well and treats her gently. This suggests that the male gives the female love.
In the lyric of data 3, the male tries to steal the female's attention and heart by saying that he will give everything that she wants, even he has to say something impossible to happen or something like stops the time. In
In 'tell me why are we wasting time' (Line 3, Verse 2) can be acknowledged that the heroine has accompanied her boyfriend for a long time. She is also enduring the pain that she gets from the relationship at the same time.
The heroine cries because of her pains, but she does not want to escape from her toxic relationship. Even someone offers her freedom, love, and protection. She chooses to stay with her abusive boyfriend. She does not want to leave him. She sacrifices herself into her relationship and gets the boyfriend's love. Thus, the struggle of the fourth data can be assumed as an external struggle.
In the last lyric, the male shows his seriousness to help the female escaping from her toxic relationship. He loves her. As a consequence, he wants the female lead to be happy and being in a toxic relationship will never make her happy. This paragraph also tells that the male character wants to tell the female character that she is not alone. He will accompany her in her life, and the female needs to trust him. The male's effort to help the heroine is a part of his struggle to get love from the heroine. Thus, his struggle in this data can be included in the external struggle.

Stitches
The kinds of struggle can be caught by seeing the explanation from every lyric in the song as described in table 3. This lyric tells the listeners that the main character has a deep wound inside. He thinks that the pain has been enough to hurt him, but the fact is that pain grows deeper every day.
He thought that his wound had been stopped to grow. It can be said as a method of Shawn to keep calm himself, and this kind of struggle can be included into an internal struggle because it is coming from Shawn himself.
The following lyric, but no one ever let me quite this sore' (Line 2, verse 1), means everyone knows about his wounds, but nobody helps him bond his wounds. Every people even adds another wound. Byword 'No-one' (Line 2, verse 1) shows that people who hurt him are more than one. This word also leads the writer's understanding that he is fighting a group of people or a society.

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Jurnal AKRAB JUARA Volume 6 Nomor 3 Edisi Agustus 2021 (64-74) 'Got a feeling that I'm going under' is an idiom for someone who feels useless. It can be said that sometimes Shawn feels that he is nothing and cannot do something big, and leads him into the thought that he is useless.
The following lyric, 'but I know that I'll make it out alive', means that Shawn is confident that he will survive from the wound or sore that he has. He thinks that even people drag him down. He has to show them that he can survive. This confidence is a part of the struggle that is coming from Shawn himself. Thus, Shawn is experiencing an internal struggle.
In the lyric of 'tripping over myself, and aching', Shawn says that he is falling because of himself, and it is hurt. In other words, all of the efforts he gives to heal his wound are failures, and he is sick because of that failure.
The following lyric, 'begging you to come help', can be said as another option that Shawn has. He has to ask other people help to heal his wound. This asking affects his relationships with other people. Thus, he is asking a help that can be included as a part of the external struggle.

V. CONCLUSION
A song is a part of literature or narrateve works that has its own story and charac-