TALKING ONLINE

Talking Online, stylized as TALKING ONLINE, is MIA GLADSTONE’s sixteenth studio single. It was released in the summer of 2022. The song features BELIS. It is the eighth track on LOOPY.
== Background ==
Growing up, I was ashamed of my body. Felt like I had to conceal it to make others more comfortable. I faced a lot of sexualization as a developing teen and thought hiding my body would make life easier. A couple of years ago, I had a shift and decided to prioritize my freedom. […] TALKING ONLINE is an honest expression of my experiences on the internet as a female presenting person with big boobs.On December 5th, 2021, Gladstone posted a snippet of a song titled “U Been Talkin’ (Demo)” on Instagram. She later performed it live at Okeechobee 2022.
On June 25th, 2022, Gladstone shared on her Instagram story that she was filming a new music video with William Alan Harris, the creator of the EMPATHY music video. It appears as though the music video is being filmed or partially filmed on Zoom. On June 26th, Gladstone and artist Belis posted the same image of a green screened studio in Los Angeles on their Instagram stories. The next day, Belis posted a snippet of the song on her Instagram story, confirming that the song was U Been Talkin’. Filming for the music video wrapped on June 28th.
On July 25th, 2022, Gladstone confirmed that the song would be her next release, it’s coming very soon, and that the title was changed to “Talking Online” on an Instagram livestream. On August 1st, Gladstone teased that the song would be releasing this month. On August 3rd, Gladstone announced that the song would be released on August 17th and teased the album cover.
==Lyrics==
Verse 1, MIA GLADSTONE
Now you been talkin’ (I, I, I, I)
Way too much
You kill the garden
You burn it down
With your fuss, baby
Just be an object, yeah
Of my lies
You know I lust for you
I’m a concept
You can trust
Chorus, MIA GLADSTONE
You been talkin’ online
Pipe down
Only clutter your mind
With doubt
I see my baby shining
Go global, change the climate
Verse 2, MIA GLADSTONE
Nine to five couldn’t cut it
I’mma fly from the gutter
I apply from my mother, yeah
Get the pie then I cut it
Take a slice if you want it
Say goodbye to assumptions (yeah)
You be guessin’ shit
I’m illiterate
So fuck the signs
Be deliberate
Maybe we could synchronize
If you feelin’ it
I’m feelin’ it, yeah aye
Pre-Chorus, MIA GLADSTONE
Fuck, I said it
I don’t regret it
Was stuck, embedded
Disconnected
Now I’m electric
Collected
Perceptive, yeah
Chorus, MIA GLADSTONE
You been talkin’ online
Pipe down
Only clutter your mind
With doubt
I see my baby shining
But you’re too busy cryin’
Verse 3, MIA GLADSTONE
In the lives of another
Empty ties, you’ll discover
Keep you locked in the gutter
Lift our eyes, from the covers
Free your mind, lucid lover
Lover, lover
Lover, lover
Chorus, MIA GLADSTONE
You been talkin’ online
Pipe down
Only clutter your mind
With doubt
I see my baby shining
Verse 4, Belis
All night you been talking crazy
Leave your opinions on the table
All night looking for my baby
Another one, another one, another one, another
I’m like I get a drink and then I
I take a shot and then I
Ayo, think I saw you last week and I (ayo)
I get to sleep and when I
Get to my home and I’m like
Ayo saw you in my dreams and I’m like
Tell him pipe down
Tell him pipe down
Iced it
You call me, I Bryce’d it
I see cake, no icing
I know that my baby stay so icy
Iced it
Ankle broke, I’m icin’
He get socked, I’m ricin’
Ask me ‘bout it, I tell you it’s my shit
Pining
Trees like me, I’m lively
She’s like me, I’m lively
She’s like me, I’m lively
Take me to the party, I get icy
Baby
I heard you been talking
I heard you been talking
Tell him pipe down
== Music Video ==
*TALKING ONLINE (Official Music Video)
== Trivia ==
*On June 26th, 2022, both Gladstone and Belis posted the same photo of a music video set. Before this, Gladstone states that she was filming a “very exciting project” in Los Angeles, however she stated that she would not be on location. This indicates that the song would have a music video, and that the music video is being filmed in multiple places.
*On the single’s cover, the first background image in the third row is a distorted image of Gladstone’s father, Richard Gladstone. He also stars in the music video.
==Credits==
*MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
*BELIS - vocals (feature), writing
*Michael Ferranti - co-producer
*Sam Gladstone - Keys
Category:Single
Category:Song