Shadowing Practice: how i made i'm so tired... - Learn English Speaking with Video

Hi Dad.

Hey.

Hey Dad.

Welcome.

This is the making of...

I'm so tired. So tired.

So so so so so tired.

We were just like chilling one night at the house.

We had been, yeah.

It was not the first idea that day.

It was one of those days where you're like, where, yeah, like you have like a bunch of ideas and they all suck.

And then like out of nowhere, I think you were like singing at the piano and just like playing.

Yeah, yeah.

I always started playing the chords and I think you got the melody.

I'm so tired of love songs, tired of love songs, tired of love songs, tired of love Because then we got together Well yeah, so then we got together to write,

just to write Yeah, I remember being super nervous and then playing you that hook And I just remember thinking like,

holy fuck I don't know, I just thought it was like an immediate like smash It

was stuck in my head from the first time I heard it And I was like, let's write it together, let's finish it But yeah, for the longest time I think it was just like We were just writing to like

that really simple like It was just like the guitar.

Really, just the guitar.

Actually, one of my favorite things in it is like this little thing, like...

That was just like a sample of my voice.

Super awkward, it was just like...

It was as awkward as it sounds right now, and then I put it in this little sampler.

I love the rhythm of where you put those as well.

oh my god it just makes the whole hook move in a different way

so i came back one day to track my vocals first of all

but second of all to like try and figure out this production

because we didn't know where to go with it

so i worked with this guy oscar gores on a bunch of songs on my album

but like i'm obsessed with him and he's like my favorite producer right now.

The sounds were already there, like that wasn't the issue.

It was just structural, and that's like him, you know?

He's just like so genius at like painting these pictures that feel really, really satisfying.

Like you have like make the drums really move.

Yeah, we were just like sitting in my backyard writing the lyrics with Brett.

For me, it's kind of like just like trying to get to

that place of like like I'm so like I'm

so tired of it being like woe is me like I miss this person

but it's at the same time it's just the reality like

I'm very much to have a person I have a lot

of trouble like letting go you know for the longest time

you know I was like trying to get over in somebody

particularly I would literally like come home from like a night with friends

and like do normal things and I would come back

and I would purposefully like put on all the music

that we used to listen to it it's like self -torture you know yeah

but it feels so good at the same time it's like especially in the pre talking about Hurts Eye Kevin, Lost in the Sound Busket Season, like all that.

I love that pseudo -proof.

It's like I love how you guys each incorporated, it's each like a song that you guys listen to, right?

And an accidental one, Need You Now by Lady Antebellum.

Great song.

Oh, true!

Which I liked that song, but like it wasn't...

Three song references.

My favorite thing is to...

Yeah, every time.

Every time.

I'm so tired of someone, tired of someone, tired of someone, tired of someone, tired of love Just wanna go home, wanna go home, wanna go home,

oh So tired of someone, tired of someone, tired of someone, tired of love, just wanna go home, wanna go home, wanna go home,

oh That's fire That's fire The harmonies Strangers Fire Cause I can't be alone

And I'm so tired Tired of love, tired of love, tired of love, tired of love Oh there,

so good Congrats guys Remember one of my grandma's charts My best in the line

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 63 sentences and 732 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:04. The speaker talks fast, about 180 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
guitar noun	/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/	A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
hook noun	/hʊk/	A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
awkward adjective	/ˈɔk.wɚd/	Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
chart noun	/t͡ʃɑɹt/	A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
producer noun	/pɹəˈdjuːsə/	An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
suck verb	/sʌk/	To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
nowhere adverb	/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/	In no place.
lyrics noun	/ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/	The words to a song (or other vocal music).
genius noun	/ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/	Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art…
piano noun	/piˈænɪː/	A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers…
chill verb	/tʃɪl/	To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
structural adjective	/ˈstɹʌk(t͡)ʃəɹəl/	Of, relating to, or having structure.
vocal adjective	/ˈvoʊ̯.kəl/	Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
torture noun	/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/	The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which…
drum noun	/ˈdɹʌm/	A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come back verb	To return to a place.
figure out verb	To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
get together verb	To meet, to gather together, to congregate.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, wanna, wasn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: structural /ˈstɹʌk(t͡)ʃəɹəl/, smash /smæʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: incorporate /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/, purposefully /ˈpɝ.pəs.fə.li/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like guitar, hook, awkward.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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