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squares [Commentary]

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squares [Commentary] è stato pubblicato il 9 aprile 2019 da Bèl Son Recordings come parte dell'album Geometry [Commentary]

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AlbumGeometry [Commentary]

Data di uscita9 aprile 2019

EtichettaBèl Son Recordings

LanguageEnglish

Melodicità

Acousticità

Valence

Ballabilità

Energia

BPM128

PANORAMICA

TESTI

Video musicale

Video musicale

Crediti

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Emily Elisabeth Jackson

Emily Elisabeth Jackson

Lyrics

C. Vargas

Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

EmmoLei Sankofa

EmmoLei Sankofa

Producer

Testi

Squares was literally

The hardest song to finish

It caused the project to stall

For quite some time because

I just didn't feel

That it

Was at the level of the other two songs

And I think I spent like

Maybe 6 months trying to get this one right

And you know

I was listening to a lot of material that had

A similar sound to see if

Doing so would alert me to what was missing

And it didn't really occur to me that

I needed rhythm guitar

Until I listened to Raury's song All We Need

And so you know, after that

Everything kinda started falling into place

And then I randomly stumbled across this guy named Devin Leslie

And you know we had this

Mutual appreciation for each other's work

So I was like bro

I need you on guitar for this song

I sent it over to him

Explained the concept

And, you know, he was down

And at this point

We hadn't even met in real life

So like a month or two out

He hits me up and is like

I'm driving out to LA let's link

This dude drove all the way from Missouri

To play guitar on this song

And, it's crazy to me that

He didn't flake, um... and

He wasn't crazy or anything

You know what I'm saying

And I will just always be appreciative because

There was like a 50-50 chance that

Our encounter could've gone left

And, to be honest, I really believe he's an angel because

He like just...

Fell off the grid shortly after we recorded the song

And I literally do not know where he is

Or where to find him

And there's no trace of him on the internet either

So like...

That shit's wild to me

I thought that would be interesting for you guys to hear

But anyway

In this song, Iris compares her love

For Janine to a box

And, there's you know...

Two sides to the coin here

On one hand, a box can be extremely limiting

But, if you have an imagination

It can literally be anything you want it to be

When I wrote this song

I thought of this Barbie jeep

That I got for Christmas when I was younger

And how big the box it came in was

And my parents allowed me and my sister keep it to play with

And I swear we like spent more time in that box

Than we did in the actual jeep

But, I remember imagining the box

You know... as all these different worlds

When I was inside of it

And, whenever I was jolted out of those worlds

I'd come out realizing that like yo

This is just a plain old box

So for Iris

Being in Janine's presence

Often feels like she's in this fantasy world where

They might actually have a chance together

And you know everything just feels picture perfect

And, Janine's actions in this fantasy world are

So convincing that it causes Iris to completely ignore the truth

When the two of them are apart

Iris experiences a bit of cognitive dissonance because

Janine detaches in a way that causes Iris to question

Everything they experience together

So Iris is always like you know...

Is this even real

Like will it ever be real

So the second verse is essentially a FU to Janine

And Iris is reacting from a deeply wounded place here

And saying anything

And everything to make Janine feel what she's feeling

She's pretty much putting her foot down

And declaring that they're done

Engaging with each other romantically

Like, period

So, here's squares

Written by: C. Vargas, Emily Elisabeth Jackson

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