What is it with everyone going country these days? First Sarah Jarosz, then Beyoncé, now Julien and Torres. I'm not complaining, but I gotta say, this trend wasn't on my Post-Pandemic Bingo card...
1.This is stuck in my head and it's not even 24 hours out yet. 2. i love tracing the trajectory and themes in songs. this feels like a twist on a few of julien's (your? artist channels are weird, who am i talking to) other lyrics -- in both Appointments and Ringside there are mentions of feeling bad about staying in (or being indecisive, at least) because of the other person -- in Ringside, feeling guilty for them having to wait around; in Appointments it's clear that there's been tension over it because she points _out_ she's not going to stop them. In this one, the narrator _is_ still thinking about staying in when their "You" pulls up and still hates it, but instead of completely self-castigating it comes off more like, _'hey, what if you said fuck it to wherever you're going and just let me be me, who maybe _*_isn't_*_ going to end up going out but loves you as insanely and completely as all of these things'_ . (ie, _put a little sugar in the tank_ --> sugar in a gas tank supposedly makes a car undrivable -> not going anywhere.) And, those things, these increasingly wild metaphors, are the whole of the rest of the song, except for a couple hints at the past and some of the metaphors being a little grittier than others: it's not an _"i'm sorry about my whole deal"_ song or _"I lost you -and my dog and my pickup truck-"_ (:P) song, it's about yes, loving someone completely, but that means the song casts the singer(s!) as *able* to love someone "all the way" (if maybe at risk to themselves). or....that's what i got from it. if it's less _"i could love you so well if you let me be me"_ and more _"aw, fuck"_ uh, oops? but as a giant anxiety ball, I find the first possibility very hopeful and very romantic, and also as a JB fan who...just, like: yes to less apologizing for yourself, dude! _I say, in the midst of an gently implied apology for interpreting a song wrong possibly maybe_ . (also idk TORRES well enough to analyze her lyrical journey as well but I'm gonna have to get to now!) 3. slight smh at people saying "going country" like julien hasn't had a banjo with "Queer Joy" on it (and now the Appalachians...I wish that art/lettering was on a t-shirt!) for however long and just hopped on the mandolin nbd on that cover of Cowboy Take Me Away...(/chants softly _more mandolin. more mandolin_ ) also, genres are fun but also complete constructs (which should be obvious if you ever venture onto a 'daylist'). what makes something sad girl indie singer-songwriter and not ...folk Americana something, and where does that become country or modern blues rock or something that Spotify made up and at what point does it come down to not music at all but actually just perceived gender or accent? it's like diagnostic criteria: where are the edges and why? is it even possible to actually dislike an entire genre? (spoiler: no. ...in most cases. i'm sure there are exceptions, but. mostly no.) so what is it actually that you dislike? how do you find not-that-thing? ...you know?
My computer is so slow for no reason rn that this took me something like an hour to write. And then I forgot this so have it as a PS: - as a side note that phrase has such a good kinda-sexy vibe to it? idk maybe it's just me, or bc of "sugar" as an oldschool euphemism, but there's something a little flirtatious about "put a little sugar in the tank" (especially before 'and I'll love you all the way') that makes it a great "what if...we DIDN'T show up to the party"
The song seems upbeat on the face of it but zeroing in on the lyrics more ( “I love you to the last drag. I love you strung out on your drying rack”) and it’s like “Hmmm…”
@@dogmanmandog9339 Yeah, there definitely is a grittier side to the lyrics. I'm tempted to take the sort of negative implications as less of a reflection of the relationship itself and more of a reflection of the lengths/depth of her emotions (I don't know which one did more writing, so I'm being vague!), and/or _replace_ bad experiences with the love being alluded to ("I love you to the last drag" reminds me a lot of Lucy's song having "you're my pack a day", which I like a lot. While I'm making connections that might not be there, it also reminds me of Julien using nicotine patches as metaphors a couple different times -- actually, "strung out on the drying rack" echoes a couple different songs that use being laundry/dirty clothes/rags, too). Buut I think it's legit to see it as something with, at very least, an edge of danger or the possibility of a bad ending ("I love you tied up on the train tracks", "I love you swimming upstream in a flash flood wondering when I'm gonna drown"???). Which. Fair, love is probably like that more than it isn't.
Nobody: what music in 2024 needs is a 90s pop country revival! anyone in BoyGenius: omg i thought you'd never ask guys - we have 20 songs like Sheryl Crow...if she was interesting!
i love u, julien baker & torres!
I didn't even know they were a thing and now they're a thing and I'm already addicted. Long live lesbian country!
Its so neat hearing this as both a Julien and alt-country fan. I feel like I can definitely tell who influenced this track.
Sugar in the tank 🎉❤
Magical❤
2:50 this part🤌🏼
Yessss it's heeere 🙌🏻
Great music you make 🙂🙏
Fantastic
Julien you’re the best
i love you julien
Julien❤
JULIEN BAKER AND TORRES????????????????????? THIS MOTHER OFF?????????
I LOOOVE THIS SONG
Well done! What a great song.
it’s a banger I fear
about to stream the shit out of this song
💛
i am so incredibly here for this
this sounds like 90's highway country
Exactly what I thought this is better than today country music
FINALLY. YOU REALLY MADE US WAIT JULIEN
wawouh
i’m here i’m the first 25 minutes, i’m gonna manifest this to be song of the year, or at least a hit😭
What is it with everyone going country these days? First Sarah Jarosz, then Beyoncé, now Julien and Torres. I'm not complaining, but I gotta say, this trend wasn't on my Post-Pandemic Bingo card...
people are gonna be hella bored of me because of this song
your username is actually perfect omg
@ i’ve had it since boygenius tour bro i love jb cowboy sm
don't worry, we'll never be bored of julienbakerscowboyhat ;)
Okay then
Nah you seem interesting.
❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎🪽🪽🏹🏹
good！
1.This is stuck in my head and it's not even 24 hours out yet.
2. i love tracing the trajectory and themes in songs. this feels like a twist on a few of julien's (your? artist channels are weird, who am i talking to) other lyrics -- in both Appointments and Ringside there are mentions of feeling bad about staying in (or being indecisive, at least) because of the other person -- in Ringside, feeling guilty for them having to wait around; in Appointments it's clear that there's been tension over it because she points _out_ she's not going to stop them.
In this one, the narrator _is_ still thinking about staying in when their "You" pulls up and still hates it, but instead of completely self-castigating it comes off more like, _'hey, what if you said fuck it to wherever you're going and just let me be me, who maybe _*_isn't_*_ going to end up going out but loves you as insanely and completely as all of these things'_ . (ie, _put a little sugar in the tank_ --> sugar in a gas tank supposedly makes a car undrivable -> not going anywhere.)
And, those things, these increasingly wild metaphors, are the whole of the rest of the song, except for a couple hints at the past and some of the metaphors being a little grittier than others: it's not an _"i'm sorry about my whole deal"_ song or _"I lost you -and my dog and my pickup truck-"_ (:P) song, it's about yes, loving someone completely, but that means the song casts the singer(s!) as *able* to love someone "all the way" (if maybe at risk to themselves).
or....that's what i got from it. if it's less _"i could love you so well if you let me be me"_ and more _"aw, fuck"_ uh, oops? but as a giant anxiety ball, I find the first possibility very hopeful and very romantic, and also as a JB fan who...just, like: yes to less apologizing for yourself, dude! _I say, in the midst of an gently implied apology for interpreting a song wrong possibly maybe_ .
(also idk TORRES well enough to analyze her lyrical journey as well but I'm gonna have to get to now!)
3. slight smh at people saying "going country" like julien hasn't had a banjo with "Queer Joy" on it (and now the Appalachians...I wish that art/lettering was on a t-shirt!) for however long and just hopped on the mandolin nbd on that cover of Cowboy Take Me Away...(/chants softly _more mandolin. more mandolin_ )
also, genres are fun but also complete constructs (which should be obvious if you ever venture onto a 'daylist'). what makes something sad girl indie singer-songwriter and not ...folk Americana something, and where does that become country or modern blues rock or something that Spotify made up and at what point does it come down to not music at all but actually just perceived gender or accent? it's like diagnostic criteria: where are the edges and why? is it even possible to actually dislike an entire genre? (spoiler: no. ...in most cases. i'm sure there are exceptions, but. mostly no.) so what is it actually that you dislike? how do you find not-that-thing? ...you know?
My computer is so slow for no reason rn that this took me something like an hour to write. And then I forgot this so have it as a PS:
- as a side note that phrase has such a good kinda-sexy vibe to it? idk maybe it's just me, or bc of "sugar" as an oldschool euphemism, but there's something a little flirtatious about "put a little sugar in the tank" (especially before 'and I'll love you all the way') that makes it a great "what if...we DIDN'T show up to the party"
The song seems upbeat on the face of it but zeroing in on the lyrics more ( “I love you to the last drag. I love you strung out on your drying rack”) and it’s like “Hmmm…”
@@dogmanmandog9339 Yeah, there definitely is a grittier side to the lyrics. I'm tempted to take the sort of negative implications as less of a reflection of the relationship itself and more of a reflection of the lengths/depth of her emotions (I don't know which one did more writing, so I'm being vague!), and/or _replace_ bad experiences with the love being alluded to ("I love you to the last drag" reminds me a lot of Lucy's song having "you're my pack a day", which I like a lot. While I'm making connections that might not be there, it also reminds me of Julien using nicotine patches as metaphors a couple different times -- actually, "strung out on the drying rack" echoes a couple different songs that use being laundry/dirty clothes/rags, too).
Buut I think it's legit to see it as something with, at very least, an edge of danger or the possibility of a bad ending ("I love you tied up on the train tracks", "I love you swimming upstream in a flash flood wondering when I'm gonna drown"???). Which. Fair, love is probably like that more than it isn't.
julien when is the country album dropping
I like the melody and the rithm, Julien miss u in Italy
no longer a country music hater
same
WE'RE SO BACK
Nobody: what music in 2024 needs is a 90s pop country revival!
anyone in BoyGenius: omg i thought you'd never ask guys - we have 20 songs like Sheryl Crow...if she was interesting!
oh bollocks
First
Proud of you.