| “ | When it was done, I had a version of just me singing it and I had a version with her singing every line with me and to me, the song couldn’t exist without her vocal on it. It just made so much sense and it was never … I think a few people might’ve said, “Oh, maybe you take the first verse and let her take the second,” and I don’t know. It’s just a duet all the way through. It’s kind of fire. It’s cool because it can actually go both ways. It could, to the listener, you could be thinking that Jules is singing to herself, and I’m singing to myself, we’re actually maybe singing about each other, but in completely different rooms. Or, it can be like, they’re together, as friends, and just got each others back through the song, and singing to themselves, but also singing to the other person. It’s really up to the listener, which is, I think, kinda nice. | ” |
— Paul
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"Okay" stylized as "okay" is a song by American band LANY and American singer Julia Michaels. The song was released on April 23, 2019.
Background[]
While recording for Malibu Nights, the band met Michaels at Conway Recording Studios, where they reportedly wrote the song in just two days. Paul says:
- "I remember we talked for a long time and we went outside and ate a bunch of grapes in the parking lot. She talked to me about some guy she had a crush on, and I was like, ‘I just can’t even look at girls right now’ because I still loved this girl that totally wrecked me. At the end of my whole two-hour spiel, I think I said to her, ‘I’m gonna be okay. Right?’ And she’s like, ‘write that right now.’"
The collaboration is unique in that it doesn’t contain any solos. While some at the label were skeptical, Paul says, "when I sang it alone, I was like, this sucks, it’s not the same without her vocal on it. There was just never a doubt or question in my mind."
A collaboration with Julia Michaels was first hinted when the band uploaded a picture of frontman Paul Klein and Michaels at genius. Two days before the release, the band confirmed the collaboration and announced the song title in another post.[1]
Lyrics[]
[Paul Klein & Julia Michaels]
I bought that pillow on the couch 'cause it reminded
Me of the colors on your wall I thought you’d like it
I don't want this to be my last time in this apartment, ooh
You took a day and made some space for me to move in
Said I could take the bottom drawer so that's what I did
You told me I was all you want so now what’s changed it? Ooh (Ooh)
Is it wrong to think you're sadistic?
I know you're sleeping perfect
While I'm over here hurting
I'm gonna be okay, right?
I'm gonna be okay, right?
I wish I could tell myself that at night
I'm gonna be okay, right? (Yeah)
Don't check my phone, I know for sure you haven’t called me
I fill my days with stupid shit to keep me busy
Instead of you, I’m ending every night with whiskey, ooh (Ooh)
Is it wrong to think you're sadistic?
I know you’re sleeping perfect
While I'm over here hurting
I'm gonna be okay, right?
I'm gonna be okay, right?
I wish I could tell myself that at night
I’m gonna be okay, right?
And if I go insane (If I go insane)
I, I got you to blame (I got you to blame), right?
At least that's what I tell myself at night
I'm gonna be okay, right? (I'm gonna be okay)
Ooh, I kinda knew this would hurt just a little too much, ooh
Ooh, I kinda knew this would hurt just a little too much
I'm gonna be okay, right?
I'm gonna be okay, right?
I wish I could tell myself that at night
I'm gonna be okay, right?
And if I go insane (If I go, If I go)
I, I got you to blame (If I do, if I do), right?
At least that's what I tell myself at night
I'm gonna be okay, right? (Gonna be okay)
Right, right
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