"Memphis" by Justin Bieber is a song that could easily relate to Metamorphoses because in his song, Justin explains that he wants to be the one for the girl he loves, but she won't let him. At first, in Metamorphoses, Apollo was blinded and felt he didn't need just one woman in his life, however, when Cupid's arrow hit him, he fell head over heels for Daphne, and this is what happens in Justin Bieber's song. When he sings, "I'd like to give you what you need, I'd try but you're making it hard for me, how do I make you believe? 'Cause I love you, need you, need you here to stay" he expresses his love for the girl he loves and how he doesn't want or need anyone else but her, but she refuses to let him, which is exactly what Apollo does with Daphne, expressing his feelings and how he would do anything to be with her, even if the feelings aren't mutual between the two. "Apollo loves her at first sight, and desires to wed her, and hopes for what he desires" (734) but "Daphne ran, still lovely to see, leaving him with his words unfinished" (734) and this explains that Daphne just doesn't care nor does she want to be his, so she leaves him lonely and wondering, just like Justin is in his song. Many men can relate to Apollo and Justin, because any man gives his attention to many women, but only "the one" gets and keeps it. The contrast in this would of course be that the girl in Justin Bieber's song doesn't turn into a tree, and also we never find out the girl in Justin's song's true feelings. She might have fell in love with him eventually, but Apollo and Daphne never did.
In the Wife of Bath, the "loathly lady" is, in my opinion, described as a "whore" in our society today, because she is addicted to sex, has many husbands, and uses that to get what she wants. Most women in her time period did not act that way, but girls in today's society do. A song I think fits well with the Wife of Bath is "Buttons" by the Pussycat Dolls because throughout the song they are begging for the guy to "loosen up their buttons" and have sex with them. In my opinion, I think that Wife of Bath is like this with her guys, although she is married when asking for it, unlike the Pussycat Dolls. "As long as I live I, and not he, have the power over his body" (29) is a quote stated from Wife of Bath, which means she controls his body when it comes to sex, because she is the one who is addicted and wants it when she wants it, which very much relates to when the Pussycat Dolls sang "I'm a sexy mama, who knows just how to get what I want", where they are both sounding forceful because they know they contain the power over their men when it comes to sex. The contrast between the two would be that the Wife of Bath does this in marriage and uses it to her in advantage, moving from man to man and having different experiences with sex, whereas the Pussycat Dolls' song is aimed towards one man in particular, since the song wasn't really related to marriage.
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