Social Distancing Soundtrack 2020 (POP & R&B)
the Weeknd:
after høurs (deluxe)
::: Save Your Tears :::
“I Saw You Dancing In A Crowded Room
You Look So Happy When I’m Not With You
But Then You Saw Me, Caught You By Surprise
A Single Teardrop Falling From Your Eye
I Don’t Know Why I Run Away
I’ll Make You Cry When I Run Away”
i knew this was going to be one of my top favorite songs right when it started. it has that Classic Weeknd Bass Line, and abel is just SERENADING THE HELL OUT OF EVERYONE, but in a different way this time around. instead him being the one that wants “her back”, she wants him back now. i love it. i love the lyrics.x
I WANNA COVER THIS SONG pretty much the same vocals, and i HAVE AN IDEA OF A MUSIC VIDEO IN MY HEAD. im gonna try and figure out how to do it.
“[Verse 2]
My Darkest Hours
Girl, I Felt So Alone Inside Of This Crowded Room
Different Girls On The Floor, Distractin’ My Thoughts Of You
I Turned Into The Man I Used To Be, To Be
Put Myself To Sleep
Just So I Can Get Closer To You Inside My Dreams
Didn’t Wanna Wake Up ‘less You Were Beside Me
I Just Wanted To Call You And Say, And Say
[. . .]
[Chorus]
Oh, Baby
Where Are You Now When I Need You Most?
I’d Give It All Just To Hold You Close
Sorry That I Broke Your Heart, Your Heart
I Said, Baby
I’ll Treat You Better Than I Did Before
I’ll Hold You Down And Not Let You Go
This Time, I Won’t Break Your Heart, Your Heart, Yeah”
|:|:|: After Hours :|:|:|
in weeknd fashion. you have that amazing progressive beat, with numerous layers BLENDED perfect to abel’s voice. then,
Oof That main bass line beat.
“Take me away to a club in Las Vegas, baby”
just like the music video.
|:|:|: repeat after me
Going along with the title of the song, Abel beckons to his lover in a repetitive, hypnotic manner, trying to convince her that she is still in love with him and not her new partner. The dynamic in this relationship is similar to the one seen on Abel’s August 2011 track “Lonely Star,” where Abel’s lover Valerie tries to convince him that he is still thinking of her while being intimate with others:
When you fuck them, you’ll see my face
My body is yours
Every ThursdayHowever, the roles are reversed with Abel now trying to convince his lover that she still has feelings for him.
genius.com
(interlude) :|:|:| (deluxe)
“[Chorus]
You Don’t Love Him, You Don’t Love Him
You Don’t Love Him If You’re Thinking Of Me
You Don’t Love Him, You’re Just Fucking
You’re Just Fucking, It Means Nothing To Me
You Don’t Love Him, You Don’t Love Him
You Don’t Love Him If You’re Thinking Of Me
You Don’t Love Him, You’re Just Fucking
You’re Just Fucking, It Means Nothing To Me, Yeah
[Verse]
It’s Been Too Long, You Changed Up Over Time
Why You, Why You Gonna Even Try To Hide?
It’s Natural To Find Someone To Treat You Right
But It Ain’t Right If You Fuck Him Out Of Spite
You Don’t Have To Cry, Girl, Let Me Wipe Your Eyes
Your Eyes, Your Eyes, Your Eyes
I Promise You Will Always Be Mine
Oh-oh, Just Repeat After Me”
|:|:|: NOTHING COMPARES :|:|:| (deluXe)
“[Pre-Chorus]
Asphyxiated (Asphyxiated)
I’ll Never Make It (I’ll Never Make It)
Without My Baby, Oh-ooh-oh
So I Fill The Void, I Know You Do The Same
Oh, Ooh-ooh-ooh, Oh, Oh, Oh
[Chorus]
Nothing Compares To The Emptiness We Both Share (Yeah)
And Nobody Cares Like You Do (Oh Yeah)
You Asked For My Heart, But I Didn’t Know Where To Start (Oh No)
But They Won’t Think Of You Like I Do (Ooh, Ooh)
[Bridge]
I Seen Darker Days (Woah), Tryna Keep My Faith (Oh)
I Sin Too Much To Pray For You (For You)
Even When It’s Great (Woah), I Still Walk Away (Oh)
I Couldn’t Even Change For You (For You, You)
If You’re The Air I Need (Hey), I’m Dying Just To Breathe
I Hope That You’re Not Dying Too (Oh, Oh, You)
Tryna Keep My Faith (Oh)
I Sin Too Much To Pray For You (For You, Nah, Nah)”
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye …
Just d-e-stro-ying with this song. im calling it the break up song of the year. that slow somber synth in the background with a touch of guitar …giving me chillzzz.
these lyrics are just so sad and deep. especially in that bridge. damn.
Abel claims that he keeps his faith up and tries to stay sober because of the fears he has from his drug and mindless sex plagued past. Although Abel claims he’s tried to become a better man, he ultimately fails and goes back into his old ways, a recurring theme throughout After Hours. Even being with his lover didn’t help him with his self-proclaimed problem.
Genius.com
|:|:|: SNOW CHILD :|:|:|
“[Verse 1]
I Used To Pray When I Was Sixteen
If I Didn’t Make It, Then I’d Probably Make My Wrist Bleed”
pretty sad song, you can really feel the pain the lyrics. IT TOOK ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE DARKEST TIMES WHEN I WAS 16.
THOSE FIRST TWO LYRICS SLAYED … SLAYED ME! I CRIED A LITTLE BIT. THATS THE BEAUTY OF MUSIC, IT CAN MAKE YOU TIME TRAVEL SO FAST ITS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL.
THOSE FIRST TWO LYRICS SLAYED … SLAYED ME! I CRIED A LITTLE BIT. THATS THE BEAUTY OF MUSIC, IT CAN MAKE YOU TIME TRAVEL SO FAST ITS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL.
logic: nø pressure
|:|:|: dad bød :|:|:|
“[Chorus]
Chillin’ With The Homies At The Crib
Bumpin’ Pac Div, This The Life I Live, You Ain’t Know About It
Hit The Studio With No I.d.
Make A Couple Platinum Records In That Bitch And Then I Dip Up Out It
On The 101, My Wife Text Me
Talkin’ ‘bout, “You Gotta Get Home, Feed Your Son,” Girl, Don’t Trip About It
Walk Up In With Apple Sauce And Broccoli
Little Bobby, Better Eat Your Greens, Boy, Don’t Give Me Lip About It (Ayy, Ayy)
[Verse 2]
I’ve Upgraded While They Waited, Will They Love It, Will They Hate It?
Who Gives A Fuck Though?
Rappers Praying They Next, This Shit Is Cutthroat
I’m Livin’ On Another Planet
My Manic Depression Make Me Constantly Wanna Panic
I’m Stressing On Stage, Pretendin’ Everybody Undressing
I Think I’ll Never Learn My Lesson, But Fuck It All, It Doesn’t Matter”
This simple synths and drum kit got me as first as it started. then all the underlying effects come in, then the awesome “real” lyrics was the “cherry on top”. especially when he get into a “regular” day in the life of “løgic”, sorta gives a eminem feel when he gets to stank as fuck. i loved it.
I Mean, Why Rap About Everyday Shit, when i could murder punch lines & sound as dope as this.
logic
|:|:|: 5 høøks :|:|:|
“[Verse 2]
Fast Forward, 2020, I’m The Face Of The Label And I Am
Who Gives A Fuck About The Leak When You Got The Well?
Watch Me Excel, Propel, Then Ghost The Fuck Out Like Dave Chappelle
You The Illest, Pray Tell, I’m Like God Before Lucifer Fell, I Raised Hell
Had Bars When I Was Broke ‘cause I Couldn’t Raise Bail
But Now My Bars Gold ‘cause I’m Wall Street, Broker
Money Like I Sell Coca, Livin’ La Vida Loca Shit
That Ain’t A Line Just To Flex, Just To Let You Know You Next
If You Put Your Mind To It, You Can Do It
Trust Me ‘cause I Been Through It, Now Get To It, Ain’t Nothin’ To It”
i thought this song was 5 hooks that he did within this song, because each break is different has a new feel, but it looks like according to “genius” (lyricAL SITE)
No Pressure album contains “ønly” just five hooks out of 15 tracks. They can be found on: “Hit My Line”, “GP4”, “Celebration”, “DadBod” and “Amen”.
i love & 100% agree with the little outrø saying . . .
: : :
[Outro: Thalia]
Actually living your life is exponentially different from just being alive
: : :
who is thalia?
Thalia is the name given to a computer program that operates the spaceship, the Aquarius III. At one point in the album, Thalia is instructed to hack the system of another space ship. on the
confessions of a dangerous mind album
|:|:|: amen :|:|:|
“We Make Plans And God Laughs
Feel Like The Older I Get, The Quicker Time Pass
Some People Live In The Past, Others Live In A Flask
Even Your Picture-perfect Life, It Could Be Gone In A Flash
Texting On Your Way To Work And Now Your Brains On The Dash
We All Powerless
’specially People Think Power Last
I Ain’t Cowardice, But Sometimes Wish I Lived Behind A Mask
’cause Facing This World It’s Such A Rigorous Task
It Feel Like The World Wanna Put Me In The Casket
Wish I Was Stronger, Wish I Could Just Get Past It
If You Feelin’ How I’m Feelin’ When The Song Play, Blast It
If You Feelin’ How I’m Feelin’ When You Hear This, Let Me Get An...
[Refrain]
Amen (Amen)”
The Whole Song is an awesome “Ride N Die Wit Me” Song. The lyrics are genius, then the gospel part and then the Outro Part is favorite, showing how far he has come. Sad that it is the end of Logic. But I think he will produce for sure, maybe some features.
Logic states how thankful he is for all of his fans, old or new, to be reunited as he has completed the cycle of his career with his last project. A sentiment that he has echoed in a tweet on July 24th, 2020:
What an incredible journey. Thank you all so much for being part of it. I made this album from my heart as a farewell and a thank you.
-Logic
blackbear: everything means nøthing
i can’t. i won’t. it would take so long for me to go in depth of every song with blackbear aka Matthew Tyler Musto. he has been all over the place “featured artist” wise as well, and now this insane album. he is on fucking fire, and i love it. i’ve been in love with his sound & lyrics since dead røses. i feel like this year he has been on another level.
so lets make a deal. i’ll put together an updated blackbear only playlist on spotify, with all the songs i love. it will be updated, as i have been using tidal (totally worth it, if you’re an audiophile like me :)
switching over to spotify . . . again, because joe rogan is exclusive to them once this will be published /// *Update, won’t be til december now. still will have clips on youtube.
oh and i’m sooo fucking pissed that the halsey, blackbear, pvris tour was cancelled. omg just a killer line up and pvris album is my top alternative album right now.
ugh . . . sooooooooooooo < o’s = amount of concerts i had bought, more were on the list, more than half of them i had never seen with their new albums.
many amazing concert line ups cancelled & most probably won’t be coming back to utah, if they did, i’d be SURPRISEd, the market here is horrible as far as predicting for smaller to mid level large lg size venues, utah always mass buys the week before . . . fuck 2020.
and now i have to try and pick only 3-4 songs on this album #dead /// the lyrics are just so good and soo “emo” … they’re catchy & deep AF, my favorite type.
okay real life shit just happen on yes 11:11. researching who wrote & produced the songs. this threw me down a 7 min rabbit hole. thank god for that. i gotta give a huge shout out to andrew goldstein of the band on fbr aka fueled by ramen.
the friday night boys. i’m grinning like a #fangirl RIGHT NOW. HAHA
then that took me to the fucking outrageous awesome co-creating accomplishments that he has done. Click his wiki below:
my favorite ones that i now just learned:
Blackbear Do Re Mi ::: Co-Writer, Producer
Against The Current (5) ::: almost forgot
Breathe Carolina ::: Savages (album) Co-producer, Co-writer ("Collide", "I Don't Know What I'm Doing")
oh man, okay. Yeah … totally saw him on GLAMOUR KILLS TOUR // ALL TIME LOW, WE THE KINGS, HEY MONDAY, FRIDAY NIGHT Boys.
concert ::: november 18th, 2009
Murray theater ::: murrary, utah. ::: glamour kills tøur 2009.
:::
I remember my friend jj, was with me and the only song i knew was permanent heartbreak. he was like you know this song, i was like yeah, on the way here i checked them out, their lyrics are pretty awesome in this song, or something like that. sorry crazy world & tangent.
but . . . now I understand a little more why these lyrics are catchy AF. bear & andrew are both “emo babies” too. damn it, devin you cracked it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Goldstein_(musician)
|:|:|: half alive :|:|:|
i had posted this before i had heard the quote, song on “genius.” its so true, that bass line is so goovy . . . it is added to my a personal canyon playlist, i should update that. and i now just noticed that says “talk” not “take” haha omg. i was excited what can i say?! i think its blockchain so, im screwed . . .
#thanku4homies as of sept 2nd, 2020 7:11pm mst.
“[Pre-Chorus]
Girl, You Can Take My Heart, My Clothes
Take Everything I Own
Spend My Money, Spend My Time
Lay Me Down To Rest
Lay Me Down To Die
No One Makes It Out Alive
[Chorus]
I’m At The Bar Downtown
The One We Used To Go To All Of The Time
Already Halfway Dead
The Way You Left Me, Girl, I’m Half Alive
Yeah, I’m Half Alive
And About That Night, And About That Night
I Was Super Drunk, I Was Hella High
I’m At The Bar Downtown
The One We Used To Go To All Of The Time
And I’m Half Alive”
“ ::: blackbear / via Music :::
It’s basically “me & ur ghost” on crack. It’s a song of nostalgia. It’s like, “I’m going to these places that we used to go together.” This time I wanted to team up with Marshmello. I played the bass on it and Marshmello was just like, “Dude, that’s it. That’s going to be the chorus.” That wasn’t the original idea—the bass, the funky bassline, was just in the verses, and Marshmello pasted it and we really made it a cool dance record. He brings a very cool, a very fresh young vibe to any situation. Like when you hear him in Juice WRLD’s new record “Come & Go,” you just feel like you’re fucking 17 again. ”
“Why Are Girls So Perfect? Why Are Girls So Mean?
Why Are Girls The Reason I Can’t Sleep?
I Swear That You Can See It On My Face, I Feel Like ...
[Chorus]
All Of These Beautiful Girls
I Let Them Ruin My World
I Let Them Walk In My Life
Stab Me In The Back With A Knife
Why Are Girls So Hot? (Hot)
Take Everything I’ve Got (I’ve Got)
Why Are Girls So Cold? (Cold)
Why Are Girls So, Why Are Girls So Beautiful?
(Why Are Girls So, Why Are Girls So) Beautiful ...
”
|:|:|: why are girls?:|:|:|
it always amazes me the amount of things that people in whatever relationship or dating can put up. myself included. the dating system though is breaking down, the amount of options are overwhelming that they’ve had to study just wtf is going on in dating IN THE DIGITAL WØRLD.
i was recently reading something like almost half of single people (50,000 polled), right now during the “pandemic” are not wanting to date/NOT EXCLUSIVE MAYBE A “FEW” DATES. . . or THEY ARE TOTALLY content being single.
i don’t think any of these “digital” dating apps/sites had any idea the disruption they would have in the natural dating ecosystem. all i have to say is, it sucks and IT doesn’t, but having something “real & honest” iS RARE AND HARD TO FIND. AT LEAST THATS IS WHAT I HEAR FROM MY WELL ROUNDED GROUP OF FRIENDS.
THE AWESOMENESS OF BEARTRAPT IS THEY FLIPS IT ALL AT THE END, BECAUSE YES. GIRLS ARE BEAUTIFUL, THEY ARE WORKS OF ART, IN ALL FORMS, & ETHNICITIES. THAT WHY I’M STRAIGHT AND THEY ARE STRAIGHT GODDESSES.
WE LIVE IN A “BEAUTIFUL WORLD” EVEN THOUGH IT CAN DRIVE US ALL INSANE.
|:|:|: søbing in cabø :|:|:|
“[Verse 2]
There’s Nowhere In The World To Make Me Feel Right
Where We Left Things Off, Can We Bring To The Light?
With Your Girls In The Summer, Calabasas By The Pool
Girl, I’m Done Being Nice, And I’m Through Being Cool
[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, Baby, Where’d You Go?
(Got Me Thinkin’, Got Me Thinkin’ That It’s Better If I Don’t Know)
Baby, Baby, Where’d You Go?
(Got Me Thinkin’ ‘bout The Past When I’m So Low)
[Chorus]
I’m Still Stuck In The Past
With These Pictures Of You
Knowing Nothing Will Last Forever
Hide My Face In A Glass
Drink My Feelings For You
Knowing Nothing Will Last Forever
I’m Sobbing In Cabo
Without You, It’s Awful”
this is my favorite track off the album. i love how it sorta sounds like an 80’s cure song, with some fun effects and of course amazing, lyrics.
::: blackbear / via Music :::
My Current Girlfriend Now—my Son’s Mother, Michele—She Called Me From Mexico And She Was Crying. She Was In Her Past Relationship And She Was Like, “i’m Just So Unhappy And You Make Me Happy.
And I Want To Talk To You And I Don’t Want To Call My Boyfriend Right Now.” She Was Crying In Cabo, And I Was Like, “you Know What, I’m Going To Make A Song For You.” It’s One Of The Few Times Where One Of My Songs Is A True Story.
But It’s My Favorite Song On The Album, I Think Because It’s Just Reminiscent Of Music I Grew Up On. Like The Melody Is Somewhere Between Saves The Day, New Found Glory, And Pitbull.
There’s Parts That Are Crunk, And Then There’s Parts That Are Just Completely Alt-leaning Emo. It’s Just Who I Am As A Person, So I Love That Song. I Think She Loved It, And If She Doesn’t Love It, She Usually Lies To Me And Says, Like, “it’s Cool, Babe.”
“ ::: blackbear / via Music :::
I Feel Bad. I Struggle With This Medical Condition Called Necrotizing Chronic Pancreatitis. And I Have To Get Surgeries Every Two Months Because I Have This Stricture In My Small Intestines. I Have To Actually Get These Tubes Replaced And All This Stuff In My Body.
There’s Medications I Have To Take, And Those Don’t Make Me Feel Particularly Good And They Kind Of Ruin Anything Creatively. I Have Chronic Pain All The Time. If I Have A Bad Day Where I’m Having Pain, It Sucks Up The Day. But That’s Just What It Is. I Feel Bad About Feeling Bad. I Feel Bad That I Don’t Even Feel Good, You Know?”
|:|:|: i feel bad :|:|:|
i was in branson missouri with my second family. basically have been friends with my best friend marc aka chappy from back home in blue springs, missouri.
i had not been back there since i was 14! so, it was a blessing and i had a phenomenal time.
i was like sorta off all social media, except insta, and it autø posting to facebook. “well thats nothing devin”, you say.
well i’m usually on everything simutaneously so . . . one is pretty, pretty, good for me.
but my niece told me that blackbear had posted 3 new songs, because we had been playing water pong.
i was like wait . . . when? “yesterday?” and you’re now just telling me! so, i #fanboyed, grabbed a speaker and we cranked this shit on tidal (master track).
it was so catchy, i was in love & i think i did post to facebook, now that i think about it.
but . . . wow, way to take a fucking banger of a song, and have an UNDERLYING dark tone. #emo4lyfe.
:|:|:| the entire catalogue breakdøwn
by: music ::: blackbear :|:|:|
blackbear ::: POP · 2020
Preview
For blackbear, the stakes are clear for everything means nothing, his fifth full-length. “I really want this to be a No. 1 album,” he tells Apple Music. “If I have one, it's this one. If I get a Grammy, I want it to be for this one. It's my life's work in a way—it shows my versatility as an artist.” After 2019’s ANONYMOUS, the 29-year-old (born Matthew Tyler Musto) was determined to make a more balanced and uplifting record—a set of alt-leaning pop songs that people could dance to even at their lowest. To get there, he and co-producer Andrew Goldstein placed an emphasis on tempo and organics: The drums are live, the snaps and claps real, the BPMs heightened. “No artist should really feel those things,” he says of striving for commercial success. “But at the same time, this is my career and it's how I pay my bills and it's how I'm going to put my son through college. I wanted to make it a little less about me and more about the fans and making them feel good. I just wanted to do better. I was like, ‘You know what, I'm going to make sure that there's not even one bad note.’” Here, he guides us through the album track by track.
hot girl bummer
“I mean, it's obviously a satire record, and the approach is basically like, ‘Fuck this.’ Maybe not ‘fuck you,’ but ‘fuck you’ to the situation, really. The whole idea is I'm out in Hollywood, I'm at a club, I'm in the corner, and this kind of sucks. Personally, I don't drink. I'm drinking my Red Bull, so it's even more boring for me. That's kind of what the 'fuck you' is for. It's just a funny look at what it's like to go out nowadays and be around people in their twenties.”
me & ur ghost
“I feel like it's basically a song about the loss of someone and you're kind stuck there with memories. You know, I still find clothes from my ex in my closet and stuff like that, and it's just weird ghostly vibes. It's like a sense of nostalgia—and I know that that word is really hot right now—that is kind of just in the rearview. The kind of feeling you get when you pass an ex-girlfriend's make and model of car, and you think it's them and you just get butterflies in your stomach. You don't want to particularly see them or even say sorry, or talk to them or anything like that. But you just kind of get this weird nostalgic feeling.”
queen of broken hearts
“I think social media breaks hearts in a way. We put so much emphasis on where our profiles are and where we're sitting and what our friends are doing and a fear of missing out. And I just feel like my heart gets broken every day. When I see a friend of mine in Cabo, I’m like, ‘Well, we're taking quarantine seriously. I want to be in Cabo right now.’ And my heart's broken. Every day I check my phone and I go on Instagram before I even text back my mom, and it's just like, ‘Damn, where's my heart actually?’ I made ‘hot girl bummer,’ ‘me & ur ghost,’ and ‘queen of broken hearts’ in the same three days, so I feel like I had a lot to say about how I was feeling that week. Maybe I was stalking an ex or something. I don't know what was going on, but that's probably what happened.”
i feel bad
“I feel bad. I struggle with this medical condition called necrotizing chronic pancreatitis. And I have to get surgeries every two months because I have this stricture in my small intestines. I have to actually get these tubes replaced and all this stuff in my body. There’s medications I have to take, and those don’t make me feel particularly good and they kind of ruin anything creatively. I have chronic pain all the time. If I have a bad day where I'm having pain, it sucks up the day. But that's just what it is. I feel bad about feeling bad. I feel bad that I don't even feel good, you know?”
i feel 2 much
“‘i feel bad,’ ‘i feel 2 much,’ and ‘i felt that’—we did those three songs in a row, in a week's time. I feel like I was feeling emo that week and I just wanted to make some, like, [2015’s] ‘Idfc’-type blackbear records. ‘i feel 2 much’ was my stab at making a blackbear ballad again, and it goes back to me just not feeling good, feeling too much, and I just don't want to feel at all. It’s like a rollercoaster with pancreatitis: I’ll have some weeks where I make ‘why are girls?’-type records, and then some weeks where I write ‘Idfc’ after ‘Idfc.’ You can tell from my Twitter account that it's pretty all over the place. One out of ten tweets are funny, and then the rest are just sad.”
i felt that
“It's just the aftermath of listening to those two records. Stylistically, it comes third because I'm going to dance through the pain and I'm going to cry through the ‘fuck you.’ I wanted people to just smile through the pain.”
sobbing in cabo
“My current girlfriend now—my son's mother, Michele—she called me from Mexico and she was crying. She was in her past relationship and she was like, ‘I'm just so unhappy and you make me happy. And I want to talk to you and I don't want to call my boyfriend right now.’ She was crying in Cabo, and I was like, ‘You know what, I'm going to make a song for you.’ It’s one of the few times where one of my songs is a true story. But it's my favorite song on the album, I think because it's just reminiscent of music I grew up on. Like the melody is somewhere between Saves The Day, New Found Glory, and Pitbull. There's parts that are crunk, and then there's parts that are just completely alt-leaning emo. It's just who I am as a person, so I love that song. I think she loved it, and if she doesn't love it, she usually lies to me and says, like, ‘It's cool, babe.’”
clown
“Just kind of like smiling when you're bored at a date or pretending that you're happy because you don't want to make the other person feel bad. It's very clown culture, the different masks that people put on. I find myself doing that. The chorus was actually written by Andrew. I wrote the verses and I helped Trevor [Daniels] write his part. He was amazing to work with too: I just felt like he was the right energy for the record and his voice fit really perfect on it.”
half alive
“It's basically ‘me & ur ghost’ on crack. It's a song of nostalgia. It's like, ‘I'm going to these places that we used to go together.’ This time I wanted to team up with Marshmello. I played the bass on it and Marshmello was just like, ‘Dude, that's it. That's going to be the chorus.’ That wasn't the original idea—the bass, the funky bassline, was just in the verses, and Marshmello pasted it and we really made it a cool dance record. He brings a very cool, a very fresh young vibe to any situation. Like when you hear him in Juice WRLD’s new record ‘Come & Go,’ you just feel like you're fricking 17 again.”
if i were u
“I don't even know what this song's about. It’s like a daydream of a record, and it was really hard for me to actually write because it's confusing. It’s like an easygoing easy-listening record, and listening back to it, it sounds brainless. But it took a lot of brain power for me to write that record. Lauv brought the most famous line of the song: ‘You went back to your ex, I effin’ hate that.’ Which for the rest of the two weeks after that song was made, my Postmates would screw up an order and I'd be like, ‘I frickin hate that.’ I kept singing it. He provided a month of comedy for me and my friends and my family.”
why are girls?
“I see things on social media—specifically on Twitter—where people will post a picture of a girl and it'll be like, ‘Why are girls so hot?’ I saw this trend going around for a while and it's true. It's like, ‘Why are women just so much better than men? Why were they made just so perfectly?’ And I think women and men agree that women are, you know? I sound like a simp, but women are top-tier human. And I let hot girls just come in and just take anything they want from me emotionally and physically. That's all it's really about. Just an easygoing song.”
smile again
“I really wanted a slower song to be the last song and we didn't have it yet. Finally I got this hook idea sent from my friend Joe Kirkland—he wrote a bunch of Dua Lipa songs, Nick Jonas, Dixie D'Amelio. He's a great writer, and he had this idea for ‘smile again,’ but it wasn't called ‘smile again.’ It was a song about his breakup that he was going through, and it was a really depressing record. And I was like, ‘You know what? This could be an uplifting record about loss, about grief, about losing someone, losing a time in your life.’ I think of songs like [1997]s ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’ by Green Day, just a strong acoustic record that means ten different things to ten different people. And this song was that for me. I pulled from places where in the past year I've had a bunch of friends pass away from either suicide or drug abuse or things like that. So this one's special to me. It’s the good last chapter of a book, the icing on the cake that is this emotional rollercoaster of an album.”
|:|:|: “Mønster” (all time low) :|:|:|
“[Intro: Alex Gaskarth]
Why Do All The Monsters Come Out At Night?
Why Do We Sleep Where We Want To Hide?
Why Do I Run Back To You, Like I Don’t Mind If You Fuck Up My Life?
[Verse 1: Alex Gaskarth]
Another Day, ‘nother Headache In This Hangover Hotel
Gettin’ Used To The Rhythm, Yeah, I Know This Beat Too Well
Tunnel Visions Got Me Feeling Like You’re The Only One I See
But I Know What’s Missing When I’m Swimmin’
In My Lonely Luxury
[Chorus: Alex Gaskarth]
I’m Wondering, Why Do All The Monsters Come Out At Night?
Why Do We Sleep Where We Want To Hide?
Why Do I Run Back To You, Like I Don’t Mind If You Fuck Up My Life?
Why Am I A Sucker For All Your Lies?
Strung Out Like Laundry On Every Line
Why Do I Come Back To You, Like I Don’t Mind If You Fuck Up My Life?
[Verse 2: blackbear]
I’m Addicted To The Way You Hurt, The Way You Contradict Me
I Swear Everything Look Worse At Night, I Think I’m Overthinking
I Don’t Care Who I Might Hurt Along The Way, I’m Fuckin’ Sinking
Into Every Word, I Don’t Care If You’re Lyin’ When I’m Drinking
So, Tell Me Pretty Lies, Look Me In My Face
Tell Me That You Love Me, Even If It’s Fake
You Can Lead Me On And Leave These Questions In My Sheets
I’m Under It, I Made My Bed And I’m Still Wonderin’”
|:|:|: “tinted eyes” (dvbbs, 24kgoldn :|:|:|
“[Verse 1: blackbear]
Keep Me In Your Prayers, Got Me Running Scared
You Turned Me Into Someone I Don’t Wanna Be
But I Don’t Even Care, Though, I’m Dead And Unaware, Though
I Only Feel Alive When You Hurt Me
Spend Whatever On You, Spend A Minute On You
I Know I’m Gonna Lose, I Do It Anyway
There’s A Killer In You, And It’s Killing Me Too
I Know I’m Gonna Lose, I Do It Anyway
[Chorus: blackbear]
Don’t Tempt Me With Those Tinted Eyes
This Don’t Feel Right, I Should Know Better
Just Like A Sin, Those Tinted Eyes
Hold Your Disguise, I Should Know Better
[Post-Chorus: blackbear]
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
Don’t Tempt Me With Those Tinted Eyes
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh
(Don’t Tempt Me With Those Tinted Eyes)
[Verse 2: blackbear & 24kGoldn]
Yeah, All I Want Is How I Found Ya
No Need To Change While You Feel The Pressure, Uh
All The Nights, All Nostalgia
I’ll Need Something Strong To Get Me Through Forever (Yeah, Yeah)
Like A Potion, Bottled Up Emotions
Back And Forth And Up And Down
Just Going Through The Motions (Motions)
I’m Just Hopin’ You Don’t Leave Me Broken
(No, No, No, No, No, No)
Round And Round, We Lost And Found
The Meaning Of Devotion (Devotion)”
|:|:|: “am i high rn” ? quinn xcii :|:|:|
“[Verse 1: Quinn XCII]
I Think The Back Door Creaks
I Think The Sun Burned Down
I Think This Garden Speaks
Or Am I High Right Now?
I Think The Sky Caved In
I Think Your Heart’s Possessed
I See White Flags Wavin’
Or Am I Just Obsessed?
[Chorus: Quinn XCII & blackbear]
Or Am I Paranoid Of Bein’ Myself?
Is It My Brain Overworkin’ Itself?
Are These Rumors In My Head Really True?
Is Someone Watchin’ All The Things That We Do?
Or Am I High Right Now?
Am I High Right Now?
Yeah-yeah
[Verse 2: blackbear]
Am I Trippin’? Am I Sippin’? Am I High Right Now?
The Delusion And Confusion Got Me Hella Trippin’ Now
I Need Likes To Validate Me, I Need Pills To Chill Me Out
I Need Sex To Feel In Power, I Need Booze To Wash It Down
I Need Somethin’ For The Side Effects, Somethin’ For The Comedown
Somethin’ For The Trauma, Somethin’ Just To Come Around
I’m Riddled With Anxiety And Cripplin’ Depression
Gotta Dig My Own Grave Just To Learn My Lesson
I Feel Like I Think Too Much
You Only Hit Me Up When You Drink Too Much
And I Don’t Wanna Be Your Human Xanax Bar
You’re Talkin’ ‘bout Forever, Shit’s Way Too Far
And I Don’t Wanna Be Another One Night Stand
But I Don’t Wanna Be Nobody’s Life Plan
If You’re Scared, Go To Church
If You’re Shook, Meditate
If You’re Hurt, Just Vibe
If You’re Mad, Walk Away, What You Think?”
|:|:|: “My Ex’s best friend”
(machine gun kelly) :|:|:|
“[Verse 1: Machine Gun Kelly]
You Walked In My Life At 2 Am
’cause My Boy’s New Girl Is Your Best Friend
Act Like You Don’t See Me, We’ll Play Pretend
Your Eyes Already Told Me What You Never Said
Now We’re In The Backseat Of The Black Car, Goin’ Home
When She Asked Me, “Is It Wrong If I Come Up With You?”
We’re Both Drunk On The Elevator
When I Kissed You For The First Time In New York City, Uh
[Chorus: Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear]
I Swear To God, I Never Fall In Love
Then You Showed Up And I Can’t Get Enough Of It
I Swear To God, I Never Fall In Love
I Never Fall In Love, But I Can’t Get Enough Of It (Yeah)
[verse 2: blackbear]
First Off, I’m Not Sorry, I Won’t Apologize To Nobody
You Play Like I’m Invisible, Girl, Don’t Act Like You Ain’t Saw Me
Last Year Was A Mess And How I Acted Was Beyond Me
But The Past Still Revolves Me, You Text Me, I Ain’t Responding
But Now Shit’s Done Changed, Go Our Separate Ways
But Look At This Damage You Did To Me
I Still Want Nothing To Do Between You And Me
Please Don’t Say Nothin’, It All Sounds So True To Me
We Don’t Got Nothin’ To Say, Hey!”