Delete Forever

Delete Forever is a song by Grimes. It is the fifth single and the third track on her fifth album Miss Anthropocene.
Delete Forever is the Demon of Addiction.https://web.archive.org/web/20200228203815/https://www.grimesmusic.com/
==Background==
An un-mastered version of the song entitled Black Swan Blues was leaked alongside the other tracks of the album on October 25, 2019. This version of the song had a length of 4:20, with 22 seconds of silence and noises of Grimes in lower volume in the end, as well as slightly different instrumentation throughout.https://youtu.be/IdWSTpcVV8I?si=AC54k0jOHuoZByr_&t=328
=== Meaning ===
Grimes told Apple Music:https://music.apple.com/us/album/miss-anthropocene/1496782284
She expanded on a podcast with Zane Lowe for Apple Music:
:[What is the song about?] It’s a pretty bummer song. I guess it’s kind of about the opioid epidemic. I’ve had quite a few friends pass away, in particular, one friend when I was 18 passed away from complications related to opioid addiction. Artists keep dying and stuff so I wrote this song on the night Lil Peep died because I just got super triggered. Lil Peep and Juice WRLD were both artists I really liked. The artists its happening to specifically feels… a little too on the nose. I think [they were] people who in my opinion were best expressing issues of mental health. So to have them die specifically just feels like a weird hopelessness.
:[How did you come up with the title?] I actually finished this the day Lil' Peep died. I got super triggered when Lil' Peep died. I really liked him as an artist. I thought he was a great artist, actually. I was just a big fan. So I went into my weird office and made the song. Because now there’s a lot of musicians and stuff dying. But before I was like, “Am I crazy? How is this? Do I just hang out with bad people?” So that kind of entering the public discourse more and the mainstream press more, has just been very intense for me. Because you’re just constantly reminded of the state of affairs.
:[What was the songwriting process like?] I have this guitar sample from somewhere. I didn’t actually play the guitar on this one. I sang over the guitar sample. I originally was going to not have drums on it. Then I changed the drums. The drums have changed on this song many times, that’s sort of the main editing that occurred on this. I wanted it to be this raw, punk song—sort of opposite of what Grimes normally is. You know, super clean vocal, not even auto-tune on the verses or anything. Something kind of like emo energy, although it’s actually pretty produced and it’s a loop.
Grimes has gone on record saying that she has never done heroin.
Grimes never wrote a song about opioid related deaths, as it felt exploitative for her to do so, however, the death of Lil Peep pushed her over the edge.https://youtu.be/QIo2DULJkN4?si=TUzMNVYpS3MWKjVr&t=995
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==Lyrics==
== Trivia ==
*The inspiration for the name came from a day when Grimes was deleting old files. She came across a file named Forever, and when her computer asked her if she wanted to permanently "Delete Forever", she thought "I guess so."https://genius.com/Grimes-delete-forever-lyrics
*The stems for Delete Forever were officially released on April 30, 2023 (along with stems from all the songs off of Miss Anthropocene). A total of 233 stems were included, including 18 mixes and 2 demos.https://grimes.wetransfer.com/downloads/ac9dd0c91efb624faa8b608bc1b3144720230501062137/e22ff7
==References==
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Category:Songs
Category:Singles
Category:Miss Anthropocene
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