Interpersonal Meaning Analysis of The Weeknd Song Lyrics in After Hours’ Album (The Contribution in SFL Approach)

Daryanto, Andhika Putra.2022. Interpersonal Meaning Analysis of The
Weeknd Song Lyrics in After Hours’ Album (The Contribution in SFL
Approach). Final project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of
Language and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang, Advisor I: Dr. Arso
Setyaji, S.Pd., M.Hum., Advisor II: Entika Fani Prastikawati, S.Pd., M.Pd.
The song is one of the mediums to deliver a speaker’s feelings. There are a lot
of songwriters that write interesting song lyrics. There is always a story behind
the song. This research aims to (1) describe the mood types used in the song
lyrics of The Weeknd album After Hours, (2) find the actualization of the
interpersonal meaning in the song lyrics of The Weeknd album After Hours, and
(3) analyze the contribution of interpersonal meaning used in the song lyrics of
The Weeknd album After Hours. This research belongs to descriptive qualitative.
The following steps, it applied was the first, this research looked for the songs
of The Weeknd album After Hours, the second, this research listened to the songs,
then looked for the song lyrics script of The Weeknd album After Hours, the
fourth, this research identified the clauses of The Weeknd album After Hours
based on Halliday’s theory. From the analysis it is found there are two mood
types in The Weeknd's album After Hours. The mood types are declarative mood
and imperative mood. The declarative mood is the most dominant mood type
with 127 clauses from 144 clauses total and the rest 17 clauses belong to the
imperative mood. The actualization of interpersonal meaning in the song lyrics
of The Weeknd's album After Hours was by wordings of the clause based on the
elements of interpersonal meaning, such as mood, residue, and also modality.
Keywords: Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL), interpersonal meaning, song,
The Weeknd, After Hours album.