Abstract:
The objective of this study is to find out the context of Maher Zain’s song lyrics and music video on one
album. The researcher used Pateda’s theory to analyze the kinds of contextual meaning in Maher Zain’s
song lyrics and music video. The data source is the lyric and music video of Maher Zain’s song. Data
collection procedures use the documentation method. Thi research used a qualitative method. The subject
of this research is Maher Zain’s song lyrics and music video for one album. The results showed Mansoer
Pateda's theory of contextual meaning. In the first song, "Close To You", there are 10 lyrics that have
contextual meaning from the whole 41 lines in the song. They are 4 lyrics in situation context, 4 lyrics in
mood context, 1 lyric in place context, and 1 lyric in purpose context. In the second song, "Let It Go", the
researcher got 1 lyric of situation context, 1 lyric of purpose context, and 1 lyric of time context from all
29 lines of the song, so there are 3 contextual meanings from the song "Let It Go". And for the last song,
"I'm Alive," researchers got 2 contexts of situation and 1 context of purpose from the 31 lines of the song,
so the song "I'm Alive" has 3 contextual meanings.