this year
pop, Dark bubblegum pop with emo edges; detuned music-box plucks and crisp, bouncy drums under a rubbery sub. Verses stay small and intimate with close-mic female vocals layered with a faint childlike double, then the chorus explodes with wide synths, distorted bass swells, and gang whispers. Bridge strips back to ticking percussion and toy piano before a final, higher-key chorus that feels like breaking glass and letting light in., female vocals, emo, bubblegum pop
this year
pop, Dark bubblegum pop with emo edges; detuned music-box plucks and crisp, bouncy drums under a rubbery sub. Verses stay small and intimate with close-mic female vocals layered with a faint childlike double, then the chorus explodes with wide synths, distorted bass swells, and gang whispers. Bridge strips back to ticking percussion and toy piano before a final, higher-key chorus that feels like breaking glass and letting light in., female vocals, emo, bubblegum pop
Lyrics
Verse 1
Chewed-up nails
Cherry stain on my teeth again
Same old fight
Scrolling ghosts of my ex-best friends
Pink hair dye
In the sink like a crime scene drip
Say I’ve changed
But I’m back on my same old script
Pre-Chorus
Every promise in a pretty font
Printed on a calendar I never want
Another midnight that I can’t defend
Another "never" that I twist again
Chorus
Glitter in the gutter
I’ve been crawling through the shine
Kissing all my bad decisions like they’re something divine
But this year
I’m burning every costume that I hide behind
Glitter in the gutter
I’m leaving you this time
I’m leaving you this time
Verse 2
Cute black dress
Torn hem from a bathroom floor
Candy heart
In a shot glass
Begging for more
Little girl voice
Saying "please don’t make a scene"
Big girl eyes
Seeing every ugly in-between
Pre-Chorus
Every mirror like a courtroom door
Playing judge
Playing god
Playing "need one more"
Every habit like a haunted friend
Saying "you and me
Baby
Til the bitter end"
Chorus
Bridge
whispered vocals
I know the taste
Of going back
Of calling pain
A safety net
But watch me step
On every crack
If the world breaks
I’m okay with that
low vocal register
Countdown on my tongue
5-4-3
Pull the plug on the old
On the ghost of me
[little girl vocals
Doubled]
2-1
Close my eyes
Let the past go blind
If it tries to follow
It won’t find me this time
missed you all I'm back and better than ever I feel so light