Life of the Party

"**Life of the Party**" (sometimes stylized as "**Life Of The Party**") is a song by Allie X written with Jack Latham. It is featured as the tenth track on her fourth studio album and second major-label studio album, *Cape God*. It was released with the album on February 21, 2020, and a lyric video was released on January 5, 2021.

The performance from The Cape God Digital Concert was uploaded on Allie's YouTube channel on February 21, 2021.

## Leak History

* January 30, 2022 - Studio instrumental is leaked in 160kbps

## Background & Theme

The song's title was revealed on December 19, 2019, when Allie posted the tracklist of the album on all her social media.

On lyric video's release day, Allie posted the following about the song on Instagram:

Based on my memories from high school, it was the last song written for Cape God. I wrote the original demo in LA with Jack of Jam City. I had a note in my phone. ‘I made so many friends last night while I was unconscious’ that I’d written some months prior, picturing an unconscious body being prodded, drawn on, lifted around etc. 😶⁣
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Jack and I had a beat started that was loosely inspired by the tempo and loungey jazz drums of The Lovecats by The Cure. I started repeating ‘I was the life was the life of the party’ and kind of knew right away that this would be THAT song. ⁣
I spent most of the day writing the lyrics. The lyrics are two-fold and cannot all literally be applied to my actual experience. My memories which I channeled for this song are of being in and out of the hospital sick, struggling socially and being willing to get completely plastered at any time just to feel included. Riding the subway back to the suburbs pale and hunched over remembering the previous night and trying to figure out if I was in on the joke or if I was the joke. Probably not an uncommon story, except for the hospital part. ⁣
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Anyway, I took that sense of denial and confusion and tried to translate it to the lyrics. Making sure everything had a double meaning. That the narrator (me) is working it out and putting the pieces together as they go. That on first listen, you think you’re listening to an upbeat song. The repeated ‘Iwasthelifeeasthelifewasthelife...’ seems to morph into other phrases ‘I was alive’ ‘I was the love’. Some of the storytelling I did in this song was a tribute to others similar experiences that involved other forms of abuse. I wanted to include them in the confusion and lament of this song. I brought this demo to Stockholm and finished with Oscar and that’s the end of the story. ⁣

## Official Versions

* Album version — 3:31
	+ Studio instrumental — 3:33
* The Cape God Digital Concert version — 3:29

## Gallery

### Photoshoot by Brendon Burton

Single artworkOriginal photoLyric video GifOuttake. It was later used for the full album lyric video.
## Videos

* Lyric Video
* Cape God Digital Concert Performance

**Life Of The Party** **(Lyric Video)**
**Released:** January 5, 2021 **Length:** 3:31 **Photography by:** Brendon Burton **Visual Gif by:** Skeleton Crew

**Life Of The Party** **(The Cape God Digital Concert)**
**Released:** February 21, 2021 **Length:** 3:29

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

I made so many friends last night

They all wanted to know me

I can't say they were polite

But I know they really got me

And we told a lot of jokes

So clever when I'm tipsy

Even when I nodded out

I was center of the action

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Every interaction

Made me feel like satin

Fantastic things could happen

Singing

**[Chorus]**

I was the life, was the life of the party

They wrote that out with a Sharpie

I made so many friends

I was the main attraction

I was the life, was the life of the party

They stripped me down like a Barbie

They say I kissed the king

But I don't remember anything

[Post-Chorus]

I was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life of the party

I was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life of the party

**[Verse 2]**

I made so many friends last night

Did I say that part already?

Remnants of them still inside

I'll remember this forever

Swear to God I know myself

There's more to me than quiet

Got a devil on my back

It's a tribute to my mother

**[Pre-Chorus]**

A moldy double double

He scratched my face with stubble

I woke up on the shuttle

Singing

**[Chorus]**

I was the life, was the life of the party

They wrote that out with a Sharpie

I made so many friends

I was the main attraction

I was the life, was the life of the party

They stripped me down like a Barbie

They say I kissed the king

But I don't remember anything

**[Post-Chorus]**

I was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life of the party

I was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life of the party

**[Bridge]**

Oh, I'll never forget

But I don't wanna forget

Hope I'll never forget

I don't wanna forget

Oh, I'll never forget

But I don't wanna forget

Hope I'll never forget

I don't wanna forget

**[Chorus]**

I was the life, was the life of the party

They wrote that out with a Sharpie

I made so many friends

I was the main attraction

I was the life, was the life of the party

They stripped me down like a Barbie

They say I kissed the king

But I don't remember anything

**[Post-Chorus]**

I was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life of the party

I was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life, was the life, was the life

Was the life, was the life of the party

**[Outro]**

Oh, I'll never forget

But I don't wanna forget

Hope I'll never forget

I don't wanna forget

Oh, I'll never forget

But I don't wanna forget

Hope I'll never forget

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJq7zxrBZQn/?utm\_medium=copy\_link

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