Laufey - Letter To My 13 Year Old Self (Official Audio)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2023
- Stream or download "Letter To My 13 Year Old Self" from my new album, Bewitched, out now: laufey.ffm.to/bewitched
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Lyrics:
Don’t you worry ‘bout your curly hair
Clothes that don't quite fit you anywhere
Voices echo in the gym, another girls had her first kiss
Please don’t think too much of it, darling
I'm so sorry that they pick you last
Try to say your foreign name and laugh
I know that you feel loud, so different from the crowd
Of big blue eyes and long blond hair and boys that stare
But baby know that
You'll grow up and
Grow so tough and
Charm them
Write your story
Fall in love a little too
The things you thought you’d never do
I wish I could go back and give her a squeeze
Myself at thirteen
And just let her know
Know that she’s beautiful
Keep on going with your silly dream
Life is prettier than it may seem
One day you’ll be up on stage, little girls will scream your name
The days of tears and failure fears and no one cares
Will all make sense cuz
You'll grow up and
Grow so confident and
Write your story
Fall in love a little too
The things you thought you’d never do
I wish I could go back and give her a squeeze
Myself at thirteen
And just let her know
Know that she’s beautiful - เพลง
I'm 13 and I'm going though all of this right now. This song is so special to me because it feels like a warm, comforting voice telling me that it'll get better one day. Thank you for this amazing blessing of a song
Me too! :)
SAMEEEE
omg same, this song really means a lot to me and it's so relatable T_T
i’m 15 and i wish i could tell my 13 year self this so but i can’t so ill tell you,take advantage of every day, be a kid, have fun, love yourself first because you are 13 only once ❤❤
Same!!! You're not alone, this is my comfort song too
As she said herself: This made her cry.
Same. It made me cry too. This is beautiful.
it's so beautiful! i couldn't keep my tears in anymore too :')
me too :D
Me too 🥹
Me too
I, as a 67-year old man, am very sad that so many girls need this, seeing from all the comments posted in just one day. But I’m very glad you could write such a comforting song for them, a reminder how every girl (and boy) deserves to be loved for what they are.
i love you
you sound like a very beautiful person! ❤
I wish my dad was like u
@@H_In_Your_Areaa_Ayoo I guess you’re young, so I would be more like your granddad :)
Please don’t give up on your dad, there must be some good in him. And know that you’re much stronger than you think. You can recover and thrive.
Wish you were my grandpa..
She's the only one who can make me ugly cry at 12am
Real
real i cant stop crying bc if this somg
So real
Real
Extremely real ;-;
“I wish I could give her a squeeze, my self at 13, and just let her know, know that she’s beautiful” SOBBING😭🙏
I don't know how you manage to create masterpieces that are incredibly relatable to each and every one of us. It's beautiful
This is so real!
Not 13, I'm 16 now. But I still feel like that stuck 13 year old. I can't help but burst into tears because it feels like your singing this to me. Wow, just wow... I'm really proud of you by the way, even as an adult I hope you've heard that!
i feel the exact same way. 16 but still hurting like im 13.
@@caitlinm0929coming back to see this makes me wanna cry all over again haha
@@bethanymckinney7607 Crying is healing. It is like letting a wound bleed a bit, to clean it and make sure it doesn’t get infected.
i just turned 16 today. this shit hurt me to my core we’re in this together yall
@@straightfromthepsychward happy birthday!! I hope 16 will be an amazing year for you
I am a father of two precious angels. They are still a bit too young to worry about all these, but when they are at the age and feeling down, I want to share this song with them and tell them both are beautiful and loved!
this is adorable, they’re so lucky to have you
You sir are a great father. Keep protecting those angels
I wish in my next life Ican have a father like you
these comments are making me have hope in the world again
I am fourteen and I have been through a really tough time. This letter feels as though it was written to me, not by my older self, but my older brother, who has given me advice he wishes he had had in the past. My brother is the sweetest man alive. He got me through my darkest hours and through my self-conscious moments. Without him, I'm not sure if I would have lived. I trust him more than anyone in this dark world, and I hope he knows that I will always love him no matter what he did in his past. He saved my life, and taught me the familial love I missed from my parents. Thank you, so much for writing this Laufey. You're probably not going to read this but that's fine. God bless you and anyone who reads this❤
this person is a clone of me
This is literally the sweetest comment. You got me teary-eyed🥺💖
@@alyssavocadoo ohnooooo, but ngl same here 😢
@@darren37999 you sure you're not a clone of me???
omg hi
ngl, my 18 year old self needed this letter. he'd be struggling a lot with adjusting and growing older, so he would probably relate to this song and appreciate the comfort and reassurance.
i just turned 18 last month.
thank you, laufey.
As a 15 year old girl this is so comforting. Teenage girlhood is beautiful and we should cherish it, we really only are young once. I love being a teenage girl
i hate being a teenage girl but slay queen
im really trying to love it because i already know im going to miss it when im older, or maybe just the idea of it. i dont really know how to cherish it though because whether i like it or not, i won't be a teenage girl forever.
i miss being a teenage girl so much ❤
Cried in the office listening to this. I first thought of unaliving myself at 12 when i hit rock bottom for the first time. I’m 21 now, still going through it, but i haven’t thought of seriously leaving this world for a couple of months now. I’m glad i’m alive and listening to this. I’m healing.
Sending you so much love. I'm rooting for you!
I hope you don’t mind, but I’m praying for your healing ❤️🩹🙏
Hoping you gain the help you deserve and you keep preserving!
I Hope you get healed, you are stronger than most humans who ever lived on This earth, stay strong and never give up, you are a legend😊
Praying for you❤
the first line.... im in tears T____T curly hair girls unite....!!!!
Curly hair is pretty tho.
Agree I recently started straightening my hair on a daily basis and before I used to take such good care of it knowing I hated it on me at least
As a 13 year old, i genuinely relate to this music. I’ve been struggling with low self-esteem and i’ve been also called ‘strange’ and an variety of names on my childhood, so relating with an laufey song that deeply made me feel a bit special. I felt so warm while listening to it, it feels like a warm blanket to my heart💕 Laufey always releasing the best songs in the world!! 🫶🫶
🙁 I hope you have the best year I’m so sorry you had to go through that too
Don’t listen to any of those people! Be yourself. Im 14 so basically the same age and I get it
this comment literally made my day 💕🫶
Hey girl, ur so pretty!! and also 1 question, r u doing okay now?
I’m almost 18, and what I’ve learned is that you grow into yourself and always become the person you want to be. I was definitely weird when I was younger, but I’m so much more awesome because of it. I seriously regret hating myself when I was your age and younger, even recently I hated who I used to be, but without her I wouldn’t be me today. And she was so little, and so are you, and she and you deserve nothing less than love. You’re doing just fine🫶
Laufey songs are not about sex, profanity, or other toxic nasty things. But they are genuinely inspiring the youth of today in a positive way!
can't agree more
And they are helping bring jazz back to the mainstream after so many years of mediocrity pop plaguing it. Hope to see more fellow jazz artists join her in its rise.
we needed more artists like her🥺
I’m 14 and boy did this hit home. Being an awkward black girl in an all white school sucks, you’re words touched me profounly❤❤❤
Ps. Laufey if you ever do tour for this song please come to Arkansas 💀💀🙏🏾
Right? She can hold it at the Dreamland Ballroom too...
no way !! i live close to arkansas but i used to go there too, as someone whos wasian like laufey i also relate to her 😔😔
I made this poem while listening to this :)
You and me, we have the same problems, so why are we treated differently?
We both feel the same pain
We both hurt the same way
We both are experiencing the same thing…
So why are we treated differently?
We are the same, right?
So why are we treated differently?
Oh! I know….
Unlike you, I have no one to turn to.
Unlike you, I run and run but don’t have anyone to run to
Unlike you, I scream and cry but no one hears a thing
At first glance we seem the same, but we’re very different.
Unlike you, I try to speak but get silenced
Unlike you, there’s nobody there to comfort me
Unlike you, I feel locked up inside with nobody to unlock it
At first glance we seem the same, but we’re very different.
Unlike you, I am always protecting and never protected
Unlike you, I am always helping but never helped
Unlike you, I am always a defender and never defended
At first glance we seem the same, but we’re very different.
You can hear me say this but you ask yourself “what is this difference?”
It’s quite simple,
Unlike you, I was never saved.
Unlike you, I never found someone to comfort me.
Unlike you, it’s too late for me to be saved.
that’s beautiful ! this made me tear up 😭💗
@@Mexican...taco_eater thank youuu, I kinda lost all my poetic-ness now, but it was nice while it lasted!
@@TheGiyuuTomiokabeautiful, im sure its somewhere inside you, dont give up, friend. God loves you❤
Hang in there my fellow human
I’m 15 and yesterday I talked with my dad. After a long conversation about self esteem he told me how he loves me. He told me that I am the smartest person he knows and that I could do anything. We cried in each others arms and he squeezed me so tight. This song played in my head in that moment. It was as if it was not only my dad but also me who hugged me, who reassured me that I am more than enough. This song is like a message from future me, it’s so beautiful and my favorite on the entire album. Every time I hear this now I think of that moment with my dad, and I tear up. Thank you
now i'm crying too
I've NEVER cried to any piece of media before. Not Coco, a dog's purpose, any sappy song ever, none.
This is the first time I've ever shed a tear from a song.
great job laufey :)
I first immigrated from Southeast Asia to a small town in America at 13 and this song perfectly describes my experience at the time. I was this band nerd (still am lol) with an awkward bowl cut, an accent, and a name that no one knew how to pronounce, so I thought I was hopeless and would be forever made fun of and rejected. I had my first bf told me that no one else in this town would date me because I’m Asian. I’m 22 now and thriving as best as I could, but I wish I could’ve told my 13 year old self that everything will turn out great once she leaves that small town behind and believes that she deserves something far greater.
definitely a song I will recommend to my daughter when she becomes a teenager!
that’s so sweet ☹️
As someone who is still definitely growing up, this honestly felt like it was written to all young girls out there, but also a letter to all women and their past selves. It's just so beautiful and comforting.
I'm currently 21, and I'm glad my 13 y.o self didn't chose to commit a suicide attempt right before it could eventually ending her life line, so proud of her, because of her strong will she took me to many places, many reasons to stay alive. she deserve lots of love too, I feel bad that I've been so hard on her, now it's time for me to give the love when no one ever will to give her the credits she deserve, and remind her she's always been beautiful that happens to live in judgemental, shallow, short-sighted society
Im happy you are better now, you are a beatifull person, i love you and God loves you too, i will pray for you, stay strong girl never give up❤ (Sorry about my english im Brazilian)😊
THIS HAS NOW BECOME MY FAVORITE SONGG ❤❤❤❤ ILYSMMM LOOFY
HELP
It's Lu vehy....
at 13, I struggled with very bad body image and comparing myself to other girls almost killed me. Now that I’m 17, this song truly feels so healing and to know that I’ve grown out of most of those insecurities feels so freeing.
I’m 17 too, being 13 was just so hard, I still experience insecurities but not as bad at that age, I hope your doing well my friend and take care of yourself :]
@@Gatozparty you too!! 🫶
my sister is 14 years old and I wanna see her playing this song 24/7
I'm 18, and this song comforted the 13 year old me so much. I'm literally crying rn, reminiscing how terrible my childhood was. Weak and vulnerable. That is how i define myself on that time. Thank you Laufey for this song. You really touches people's heart 💗
now that im 23, i still think about all the times i was feeling so lonely and feeling left out by the world. i still feel that way now, but i just wanna hug my younger self now that this song's here.
Ok now I’ve officially died. The way I’ve always been straightening my hair… I’m going to try to be myself more to do my 13 year old justice. I am pretty even with my frizzy hair and hairy legs. You made me realize that.
"SHUT UP I'M NOT CRYING..YOU ARE!!" is the literally word that i can say to this
this just gave me so much nostalgia i can't help but shed a little bit of tear.
‘I’m so sorry that they pick you last’
Such an incredible and relatable lyric, anyone who was been ‘unpopular’ at school knows exactly how it feels to be picked last.
Everyone wants to be loved,
I wasn't loved by anyone but myself,
With this song,
I loved myself a little more today.
Thank you for this beautiful piece, laufey❤
i love you
@@haniamendoza510 i love you too:> ❤️
@@haniamendoza510 thanks a lot for this
Jesus loves you, and i love you too, you are not alone. 💝
THESE SONGS KEEP BRINGING ME TO TEARS FOR EACH ONE I LISTEN TO MY EYES HURT BUT ITS WORTH IT, ANYTHING FOR MY GODDESS LAUFEY😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕
As a 13 year old, this song is so comforting. I'm going through this right now, and most people my age are "too good for me" and my parent really dont understand, i have no one to talk to. Ty Laufey you are amazing, this may sound weird, but I see you as an older sister. Not just mine, but all of us lauver's older sister.
When I was in preschool to kindergarten I would draw pictures of myself with long yellow hair and big blue eyes, my mom said she always cried when I made these drawings as I was “to young to be insecure” when I listened to the opening line of this song “don’t you worry ‘bout your curly hair” I started to cry, because I thought of me resenting my brown curls, and green eyes as a kid. This whole song made me cry, I know it wasn’t but I felt like it was written for me. I see myself in this song, thank you Laufey.
When I tell you I CRIED. I’m 20 and my 13 year old self really needed to hear a lot of these things too.
this is such a tender song. i could fall asleep listening to your beautiful voice and the message hits hard after going through all of this years ago. the best part is, everything was okay in the end. I might not be perfect but it did get better, and you conveyed these emotions perfectly. the small breaths between lyrics, the gentle vibrato on the cello, and the tinted lens used on the camera builds this melancholic picture that somehow feels so personal to me. thank you laufey for this song that will always make me tear up
My favorite song in the album 😢 tugs on the emotions. Can relate as a man who used to be the boy picked last. Would love to go back and tell him that everything worked out fine, kid!
This song is meant for herself at 13 but she made you relate to it thats power I hope your ok
im so sorry to laufey who had to experience this, but now shes on stage performing to all her Lauvers and we all love her!! good karma will always be by laufey's side and i just hope she keeps growing and growing!!
I'm sitting here with the tears flowing and wondering how a beautiful young woman can write and sing a song be so tender and beautiful that it goes straight to the heart and the soul. Magnificent!
the lyrics of her songs are always so beautiful and meaningful
this song hit too close to home. I am almost 18 now, but I wish my 13 year old self could hear this. Made my cry
As an 17 year old, this is such a beautiful song. I can breathe again, I love this woman
Thank you Laufey for making this song. I am now 17, turning 18 in a month, but I still cried knowing these are the exact words I wish I could have told my 13 year old self. She would have loved to hear this.
🫂 MY 13 year old self while listening to this…. Huhu so proud of Laufey and all of you! Let’s keep moving forward everyone! ❤❤❤
Sometimes i come back to this just to reassure myself. To everyone out there, you are enough. I know it feels tough, but you're doing your best and that's okay. Someone out there is Proud of you. Just finding the strength to do the little things, is enough, you're doing amazing, just continue doing you
Being 13 sucks, being 15 sucks, being 18 sucks, being 22 sucks and i know i speak for the future 'cause being 30,40,50 will suck too but what keeps us together and going is love, friendship, family, little joys in life and lessons learned along the way. How lucky we are that we are in the presence of this masterpiece and that we have a safe space to run back to at any point in life, any speedbump, any moment of uncertainty to learn once again that "life is prettier than it may seem"
IM SERIOUSLY GONNA CRY THIS IS SO GOOD 😭🫶🏼
Laufey never fails to make me cry hysterically
“I’m so sorry that they pick you last” it’s something I wish I could tell my 13 year old self. To stop overthinking, to not care about “societies expectations” and to not act different to get people to like you. The people who truly love you will seek you out. I turned 16 a few days ago.
This is going to leave me sobbing
this very nearly made me tear up, as a current senior in high school i remember that my thirteen year old self felt all of these things, so it was really comforting to hear these lyrics
As a girl who recently started straightening her naturally culy hair on a daily basis I appreciate this whole song. Being different, knowing it will get better, and that as a daughter of the strongest king (God) I am beautiful. I was made in his eye and craft. I love the fact she really opened my eyes seeing how truly beautiful life is. This made me sob like a baby😢 This is definitely such a comfort song
The lyrics of this songs along with the music made me feel melancholic and other hard feelings I can’t describe, I feel so weird and happy at the same time. Your music makes me feel different, specially this one. I can say this is my favorite one 🫶 Thank you Laufey
13 about to turn 14 this year. I don't like talking about my own issues ('cause people have it more badly and I hate shaming myself). But life feels hopeless, worthless, especially tough these days. It feels like nothing I do matters, no matter if i'm still continuing my passions, continuing to take care of my body, continuing to build up a reputation and mind for myself, I never fit. I never loved how I was. I wasn't happy. So many struggles to put up with other people even myself.
Present me really needed to hear this letter, such a comforting song to listen to. I'm still so grateful i'm even alive to keep going. I'm so thankful I have just few friends to know my struggles, as they also introduced me to your songs. I'm so thankful I have any people I can reach out to at all!
Like trying to terraform Mars to Earth, we gotta try to terraform Earth back to Earth instead. Thank you for making this song as a reminder for your fans, Laufey :)
It will be okay
@@GiannaLugari-fn2thThank you
I'm not 13, but I'm going through difficult times, and your music seems to speak to me, thank you very much laufey, may you achieve much more ❤
Nope, I’m definitely not crying😢
im 21, 13 year old me needed this song. thank you.
this song went for me at 13, even younger, and still goes for me at 16. i hope i accept myself one day
as an unconfident made fun of 14 y/o freshman in highschool, i get so emotional listening to this song, i love you sm laufey ♥️♥️
*I was casually listening to the whole album while deep cleaning my room but then, the first three lines of this song caught my attention coz it hit me so hard. So I had to pause and listen to the whole song wholeheartedly... and the whole message got me sobbing.*
I just turned 18, this is the first time that I listen to this song and know that this is what we all need to hear. I feel so sad and grateful at the same time this is incredible
something has never made me sob so much more than this entire album
I’m 13 and listening to this song comforts me because it lets me that it’ll get better
Listening to this the day before my 14th birthday, I think that this song really expressed how I felt this passed year. It’s kinda just my comfort song, it really made me appreciate my self this past year and reminded me that I wasn’t alone. Thank you, Laufey.
I LOVE YOU LAUFEYYY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE GAVE US!!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON LIVE
My niece performed your song at her talent show this past week and I cried I felt every word at my self at 13 so hard growing up not loving or being uncomfortable with my self . This song is beautiful
I am 14 years old, I will soon be 15 years old, and this song is so comforting, it is as if a warm and sweet voice told me that everything that worries me all my life will one day stop, and I will be able to be really happy, it is a band-aid to the heart, i love u Laufey ♡
this is one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard
I'm 13 this year and this song speaks to so much. Thank you laufy
ugly crying at the moment, but how i wish I could comfort my 13 year old self. I dedicate this to you little me
i don't even know how she EVERY song she write is just a masterpiece. as a 13yr girl who's going trough all this not knowing if i'll pass an other birthday this is so comforting tbh i love her soo much
Yes!! Im already in love with this album!!! Thank you so much Laufey for sharing your work 🤍
This song reminds me off No Surprises, it’s really nice
My advice to 13-year old me would be: "Life will be much harder than you imagine today, and yet you will persevere somehow. Believe in yourself. Be who you want to be, regardless of the shitty people around you. You will find some non-shitty people. Focus your efforts on enjoying the path, because the destination is always underwhelming"
i did not think i would start sobbing out of nowhere but this song did that loll, im surprised it had such an effect on me but i guess the lyrics are just so relatable, its like my internal 13 year old self is the one who started crying
I never thought i would cry listening to a Laufey song.
God, i was so wrong...
It's 3am in Brazil and Laufey just release a piece of art that heals my inner depressive teenager. I could never be more emotional.
Okay Laufey your actually making me feel safe
I’m a 13 year old girl with curly hair, this song is so comfortable and touches my heart, and I’m gonna go to school without straightening it tomorrow. This song is so warm and I feel so safe and protected listening to it ❤
I’m 16 years old. When I was 13 I was really depressed in a very abusive relationship and used to self harm and other things to help me escape the reality of it. I really thought that I wasn’t going to live for much longer one of my only goals was to finish high school and see until then how far my dream would go. I’m 16 now and I had to accept the fact that I’m alive and I want to be alive now and I’m not just surviving anymore. I’m so happy this song exists because a lot of times I blame my younger self for not knowing better but the truth is that she really didn’t and she just did everything she could to survive. I’m very glad I’m alive and almost done with highschool and have so many plans for my future and for following my dreams. To all the 13 year olds out there:
I promise. IT GETS BETTER!
24, and I cried first time I heard it. I felt so seen from this song. It took just about 21 years for me to truly see myself as beautiful and be comfortable in my skin. It pains me just a bit that young me had to go thru that. Growing up in spaces where no one looks like you irl and in media. It wasn't until college that I saw others that looked like me. For you reading this, it gets better. Challenge yourself, choose spaces that celebrate who you are. Please hang in there, brighter days are coming
Thank you laufey, Thank you so much for allowing 13 year old me to hear this song and heal a little bit today.
I can’t express how much this song makes me feel, like I wish I could go back and change everything for my younger self, so I didn’t have to put myself through so much pain. I was bullied so much for my weight, my emotions, and I had no friends, this makes me feel like I’m trying to give my younger self a hug, as a way of saying sorry for everything. But also as a way of telling myself that things will get better at some point. I love your music so much Laufey, thank you.
this is probably my favourite song of this album, it's so relatable and beautiful, thank you laufey!
i havent listened to her in a bit and thought i was out of my laufey phase but i change my mind
I'm 14 years old now, but I miss my memories of being 13 years old. I miss my first time entering junior high school with my first friend when I introduced myself and now we can just say hello. I really miss my first friends when I entered junior high school❤.
It gives me peace of mind, it's like having a cup of tea
I'm literally crying right now. This song hits in the right spot😭
BYE THAT MADE ME CRY, I RELATE TO THIS SONG SO MUCH, MY YOUNGER SELF DIDN'T DESERVE ALL THAT SHE WENT THROUGH
This song reminds me of my 11 years old self. Feeling like you belong nowhere when you're so young is so hurtful that healing from the xenophobia and racism I went through took me so long. I'm so thankful nowadays the kids have artists like Laufey and Mitski talking about these things so that they don't have to feel like they're lonely going through this.
There's nothing wrong with you.
I'm turning 14 next week Friday and I listen to this song everyday, bc I already miss being young❤😔
As a 13 year old, this really hit me. I’ve always straightened my curly hair, I could never find good clothes that would be my size, and I’ve been struggling with talking to other people and they can barely say my name. I also feel left out a lot, so thank you Laufey for creating this beautiful song. This feels like a warm hug from my older self 🫶🏽
thank you for healing my little 13 self 🥺🫂
This song makes me cry so much every time. I remember being younger and having other kids say that my food looks gross at lunch so i would wake up early to make toast since it was the only thing i could make by myself. I wish i could tell the younger me that i didn't have to do all that for those other kids to like me that i didn't have to fit in with them. I love your songs Laufey!! Thank you for all the songs you make, your amazing!!!!
Wish I heard this when I was 13 🪿
This song is so real. Like I’m not the popular girls who always seemed to get picked. I was just told by some guy that the guys that I think are attractive will never want me 😭 that literally made me cry so much
As a 15-year-old, I'm going through all of this. I feel like I'm a 13 year old and have an insecure life and looks thanks to laufey she wrote this song that is relatable ❤❤❤
When I was 14, I dreamed of becoming a scientist. My parents didn’t like it much. now, at 28, in the middle of my PhD in physics abroad… I was so insecure about fitting in and felt ugly and weird, too; this made me cry.
I was 13 once, I’m 14 now. I feel like I’ve failed my 13 year old self because according to me after my birthday passed I had a few problems with my friend group. And there are so many things I could’ve imagined from her been doing with this friend group if we all never gotten into these problems.