Change
“I didn’t really know this was going to be the opener at all, but most people around me in my life did, and I felt like, ‘OK, maybe I should listen to other people for once.’ I had the majority of the album written and I realised I didn’t have a song about heartbreak. Personally, I feel like I’ve never truly been completely heartbroken, so I channelled two emotions. I channelled frustration from my life and being disappointed and frustrated with people in general and having high expectations of them and them never delivering. Then I spoke to people in my life about their experiences of being heartbroken. I combined the two and that’s how it came about.”

Fall to Pieces
“At the start of the relationship I’m in, my mental health was really all over the place and I was having a tough time with a lot of things in my life, and I was sort of putting my partner through it. Luckily, they’re amazing and they stuck by me and they pulled me through it. But it had an impact on our relationship. I created this argument and we went through it again and again, because at the time I wasn’t completely stable. Anything that troubles me, I feel like I need to get out.”

She’sPokaż całość

Drag my feet off the ground
I'm slowly sinking down
I'm having a hard time
I feel trapped
I feel obliged
Where am I supposed to go?Pokaż całość

“This came at the very end. We’d started recording the album and then we took a break and went on tour. I didn’t have the album title at that time. Whilst you’re on tour, you really need to get away from that environment and go on a walk by yourself. I’ve learned that now, but I didn’t at the time, and on this one particular day, I just felt super low andPokaż całość

[Verse 1]
I know I keep you up at night
It's hard on you most of the time
You wanna hold me, I know you worry
I'm doing doing it [?] like you think
Cutting up my hair, ain't dying it pinkPokaż całość

“This is a letter that I would write to my mum. It’s basically me saying, ‘Hey, I know you worry, you probably worry too much, but I am OK. Life can be hard, but I know that you’re always there for me and I know that that love as a mother that you give to me as a daughter will never die and I can always come to you for anything andPokaż całość

[Verse 1]
It never changes through the years
Anything that's good will end and break
Still remains my biggest fear
That this love will turn into hate
The exception to the rule, am I just waiting to be fooled?Pokaż całość

“‘Odd Ones Out’ is me watching a lot of people’s relationships fall apart. I find it really interesting how a couple can be so obsessed with each other and then, a few months later, they hate each other and go from knowing everything about each other to complete strangers. This song is me saying, ‘Hey, I want to be the odd ones out. I don’t want to fall into that pattern. CanPokaż całość

I thought I wanted fame
Thought I wanted money
To just be somebody
Thought i wanted fancy clothes
People come and go
A pill to pick me up when I'm feeling low

Wanted a fast carPokaż całość

“This is me realising that I realigned a lot of my priorities within this last year and a half. I look at social media and society and the conversations that I’ve had with people and realise that sometimes we get it so wrong in life. The Ferrari is not going to buy us long-term happiness—we can get caught up in the materialistic things as people. You have to find happiness within, youPokaż całość

[Verse 1]
A pretty face like yours
Should really learn to smile more
And no one night stands for you
Or they’ll think that you’re a whore
You better cross your legsPokaż całość

“This is a really powerful song. It’s so tough trying to summarise what it’s like to be a woman in this world within three minutes and whatever, but it was a subject that was really important to me. I feel as women we’ve come a long way over the years, but there’s still not complete equality and this is still a journey that we have to go on.” - #heatherbarongracie

[Verse 1]
Emily, I know the grass doesn't seem very green
Life's not what it was at 15
Working a 9 to 5 just to get by
And Haley, I know the magazines say to be skinny
You're one of a kind, just trust me, trust me
Don't listen to societyPokaż całość

“‘Tomorrow’ is the first song I wrote for the album. It paved the way for this record, and I wanted a song that was there for fans, because I see a lot of our fans online and they struggle with mental health or they struggle with their sexuality. Life is tough. Life is hard. So I wanted a song that represented strength, and sometimes you do need that voice to give youPokaż całość

I miss the way you say my name
I love hearing you talk
Being so far away is such a shame
Sick of touching myself in the dark

I look at pictures of youPokaż całość

“We finished the album and I had 10 songs on there. And then Rich Costey said, ‘Oh, we have some extra time in the studio if you want to try and do another song.’ So I did ‘Wish U Were Here’. It was half-written at that point. I’m really grateful that it’s on the album because it is my favourite now—maybe because I knew it wasn’t going to go on there. ItPokaż całość

“It’s just a feel-good little song. I feel like love is the most universal and most powerful emotion we experience. Love can drive you to do crazy things. It’s about how euphoric and uplifting love made me feel. I wanted to put that into a form of a song because I wanted people to experience that if they haven’t already. I just wanted to talk about how good love can be whenPokaż całość

[Verse 1]
Always lighting up every room
Seems so perfect from every point of view
Just one look is more than enough
Makes you believe in something above
But not everything’s always as it seems
It’s a different storyPokaż całość

“I’ve been open about my sexuality for a while, but I’ve never put it into a song. I wanted to do it justice and I needed someone to write about. I didn’t want to just write a song that said ’I like girls’ or something. It’s basically me saying, ‘To love someone entirely, you have to love every inch of them and take the bad side, take the darkness to them.’ SoPokaż całość

[Verse 1]
I wish somebody said
We're gonna lose love again
Get caught up in my head
And I'm full of regret
I tell myself this timePokaż całość

“At the start of the relationship I’m in, my mental health was really all over the place and I was having a tough time with a lot of things in my life, and I was sort of putting my partner through it. Luckily, they’re amazing and they stuck by me and they pulled me through it. But it had an impact on our relationship. I created this argument and we went throughPokaż całość

[Verse 1]
I remember it like it was yesterday
My mother didn't prepare me for this heartache
Why did everything suddenly just change?
We were lying naked the other day

[Pre-Chorus]
Now you act likePokaż całość

“I didn’t really know this was going to be the opener at all, but most people around me in my life did, and I felt like, ‘OK, maybe I should listen to other people for once.’ I had the majority of the album written and I realised I didn’t have a song about heartbreak. Personally, I feel like I’ve never truly been completely heartbroken, so I channelled two emotions. I channelled frustrationPokaż całość

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