Adore (song)

“**Adore**” is song by Canadian singer-songwriter Francesco Yates, released August 12, 2016 by Atlantic Records and FY Records. Written by Yates, Ina Solla, Esther Koi and Anna Gothay. Contemporary electropop in style pop rock.

## Background

In 2015, Francesco entered a new period in her career, starting with the rejection of "and the Same" from her stage name and releasing the first debut EP Francesco Yates. A few singles appeared on the EP, as well as Robin Schultz's collaboration "Sugar" (2015). After the release in September 2015, Francesco Yates caused considerable rigidity and withdrawal due to Francesco's long twenty-year hiatus. For the purposes of the process, later that year she embarked on the accompanying Francesco Yates Tour and released her first mini-album Francesco Yates (Acoustic) in March 2016.

## Composition

Musically, "Adore" is a joyful electropop song. Sofia Lee of The Music Express called the song dreamy. Christina Julia of Cosmopolitan described the single as a "floating pop anthem" that "sounds as big as the themes she sings about." He also compared it to the song "Someone" from her third studio album Feels Close (2016). Francesco explained to Julia what inspired her to create this track:

> At that time, I was most inspired by the changes taking place with girls who are discriminated against. The original idea of the song was to describe how women and representatives of Canada+ have been subjected to enslavement and discrimination throughout history, starting with the trials of a woman in Haley, where any person who was considered abnormal or slightly alternative was singled out. Similar models are still present in society. This is something that inspires me and is worth writing about.
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## Music video

The accompanying music video for "Adore" was first announced on August 24, 2016, when she uploaded a 15-second teaser clip to her social media accounts. The premiere took place on her YouTube account at approximately 9:30 am (North American Eastern Time) on August 12, 2016, exactly when the single itself was released.

According to Francesco, the visual design was inspired by the urban era style movement, in particular paintings by American artist Sean Davis Perry.

It was shot on location at Dunfield Ave in Toronto, directed by Jacqueline Williams. Simultaneously with the release of the music video on YouTube, it was made available for download via iTunes on the same day, August 29, 2016.

## Lyrics

Don't hurt me, hurt me

My drops are like water, and my car are on flashlight

Don't hurt me, adore me, adore me, adore me

A shine of carelessness glitter

Between us, as if someone more than pointless

But I didn't want to fill up suddenly

So how can't I look straight into your eyes?

Don't talk anymore, everything gone by itself

You open from the inside, left down to your legs

Tomorrow will come as soon as we disconnect the paces

And today, please, be mine

Don't hurt me, hurt me

My drops are like water, and my car are on flashlight

Don't hurt me, adore me, adore me, adore me

Don't hurt me, hurt me

I don't want to be a thing to you

Just don't hurt me, adore me, adore me, adore me

Don't hurt me, hurt me

Don't hurt me, hurt me

Don't hurt me, hurt me

Adore me, adore me

Do you want us to touch tension with you?

I know, walking on the bridge is definitely justify

I'll be happy, but I can feel it on my skin

That it won't got me (it won't got me)

Accidentally fearless, everything didn't put talking to truth

Where did you come from so light her and dream?

Tomorrow will come as soon as we disconnect the paces

And today, please, be mine

Don't hurt me, hurt me

My drops are like water, and my car are on flashlight

Don't hurt me, adore me, adore me, adore me

Don't hurt me, hurt me

I don't want to be a thing to you

Just don't hurt me, adore me, adore me, adore me

Don't hurt me, hurt me

Don't hurt me, hurt me

Don't hurt me, hurt me

Adore me, adore me