Teresa

"**Teresa**" *(stylised in lowercase)*, released 4 December 2020, is the first song on YUNGBLUD's second studio album *weird!*.

## Background

On 13 February 2020, after YUNGBLUD attended the NME Awards, he invited his fans to come to the Hawley Arms pub in London to celebrate them winning. While they were there, he played them a song from his phone and told them it was unreleased, before he played it he asked them not to spread it online if they were going to film the moment because he planned to release it before the next month and wanted it to be a special in the moment between himself and people who were there. However, Coronavirus hit and his plans then changed and he did not release it before the next month.

On 24 September 2020, he announced the title of the album and the tracklist and artwork for the album. *"Teresa"* was seen as the first song on the album.

Speaking to Apple Music, YUNGBLUD stated:

***"I was in the studio and remembered that a girl told me about her boyfriend passing away. They had come to the shows together. I wanted to write a song about this girl and her boyfriend being on the other side, watching over her. But there was also a resemblance between me and my fanbase—that no matter what happens to us, we’re always looking out for each other. I wanted this song to start soft and then be like, ‘Bang, the album’s off.’ It has four tempo changes; the middle eight is like The Beatles and then it sounds like Queen at the end. I produced the album with Chris Greatti, who is so unashamedly pretentious. I was like, ‘I’m going to match your pretentiousness.’ The end of this song was just us trying to top each other."***

## Lyrics

Teresa, sorry that they stole your heart

Took out the middle, they blame ya

For walking out into the dark, and cried a little

They’re always gonna see through ya

They’re all gonna try and take your heart

They’re always gonna confuse ya

We felt it from the start

They’re always gonna see through ya

They’re all gonna try and take your heart

But they can’t, no they can’t

As long as I watch over you

You don’t need to run

As long as I watch over you

We don’t need to say we’re dead, dead

We don’t need to say we’re dead

Teresa, I’ll follow you down every street

In every mirror, the way life, taught us we were make believe

Keeps us together

They’re always gonna see through ya

They’re all gonna try and take your heart

They’re always gonna confuse ya

We felt it from the start

They’re always gonna see through ya

They’re all gonna try and take your heart

But they can’t, no they can’t

As long as I watch over you

You don’t need to run

As long as I watch over you

We don’t need to say we’re dead, dead

We don’t need to say we’re dead

Every breath I would have taken, I’ll give to you

I won’t breathe again

I'll know that I’m asleep

As long as I watch over you

We don’t need to say we’re dead, dead

We don’t need to say we’re dead, dead

No I don’t wanna be dead

Don’t take my head ‘cause I am dead

## Credits

*Credits adapted from TIDAL*

* Dominic Harrison — producer, composer, lyricist, bass guitar, guitar, vocalist
* Chris Greatti — producer, composer, lyricist, bass guitar, guitar
* Zakk Cervini — producer, composer, lyricist, programming, recording engineer, studio personnel
* Omer Fedi — composer, lyricist, bass guitar
* Neal Avron — mixer, engineer
* Adam Warrington — guitar
* Chris Gehringer — mastering engineer, studio personnel

## Buy/Stream

* YouTube (Audio)
* SoundCloud
* Apple Music
* Deezer
* Tidal
* Spotify

## References

1. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: “WEIRD! the album will be released on friday 13th of november. embrace the strange. never settle for being anything less than 100% who you are even if that’s 15 different people all at the same time. GO PRE ORDER NOW!!! i love you all so much🖤 #weareweird yungblud.lnk.to/weirdalbum” (24 November 2020)
2. ↑ Apple Music — "weird! by YUNGBLUD" (4 December 2020)
3. ↑ TIDAL — "Credits / weird! / YUNGBLUD - TIDAL" (4 December 2020)