I Wish you Roses

### From

"**I Wish you Roses**" is a song by Kali Uchis from her third studio album *Red Moon In Venus*. It was released as the album's lead single on January 19, 2023.

## Background

Uchis first teased the song on November 16, 2022, via Twitter, with a video where she burns flowers: a metaphor to letting go of the past memories, wich match with the song's theme.

She later continued using the same snippet on several TikTok videos until the audio became viral.

On January 15, 2023, Uchis posted a video on her Instagram story with a link to pre-save the song.

Two days later, on January 17, the song and music video were officially announced on all Uchis' social media set to release the following Thursday 19. She also posted a trailer showing visuals from the music video.

### Storyline

On the Spotify Storyline segment of the song, Uchis wrote:

### Inspiration

During an interview with Pitchfork on January 19, 2023, she explained:

## Videos

* Music video
* Other

### All credits

* Director. Cho Gi-Seok @chogiseok
* Production A PRJECT @a\_prject
* Executive Producer Kelly Suh @ bokellysuh
* Co-Producer. Jaeman Kim @john\_gotz
* Video Production Team.CGS Studio @cgs\_\_\_studio
* Production Assistant: Indigo Choi @indigochoi
* Assistant Director. Hyunsoo Cho @chohse
* 2nd Assistant Director. Jinuk Lee @ziinook\_
* DOP. ANDY IERE Kim @illuminatek
* 1st A.C. Sungju Min
* 2nd A.C. Minju Yu
* 3rd A.C. Yeoeun Ahn
* Gaffer. Byungju Park @b.think\_light
* Lighting Team. Minwoo Yang, Jongwon Jeon, Gibeom Kim , Woohyeong Jeong , Minseong Kim
* Art Director. Minkyu Jeon @jeon.minkyu
* Art Team Lead. Yesol Kim
* Art Team. Jiwoo Park, Youngmi Kim, Sanghoon Lee, Yoonhwan Kim, Geon Heo
* Floral Design Director. Hwa Lee
* Floral Design Team. Chanyeon Ha, Maru Cho, Min Woo Son
* Hair Stylist. Sin Gabe @gabe.sin
* Hair assistant. Semin Park , Miae Yeo
* Make up @shablamgela Ivan Nunez
* Body Painting for Flower Studies Seongseok Oh @ohseongseok
* Body Painting assistant. Yuri Choi , Byunghyun Lee
* Stylist. Lisa jarvis @lisajarvis\_stylist
* Styling assitant. Editing. CGS Studio @cgs\_\_\_studio Jisu Park @z1s2o , Eunhye Kim @\_meummye\_
* VFX & 3D. SECONDFLOOR @secondfloor\_vfx
* VFX Supervisior. Daeyoung Byun
* 3D/FX Lead. Hyeju Kang
* 3D/FX Artist. Geoyoung You
* Project Manager. Seoyun Kim CG. Sangwon Park @yallusion
* 2D. KHOON @nxkuni Color. Changbeen Yu @neebnib (Vision Commercial)
* Color Assistant. Jaehoon Jung , Soyeon Choi (Vision Commercial)
* Management: Shakira Kalite
* Video Commissioner: Hanan Cher

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## Lyrics

Ooh, never thought I would be without you

I wish you love, I wish you well

I wish you roses while you can still smell 'em

With pretty flowers can come the bee sting (Ooh, never thought I would be without you)

But I wish you love, I wish you well

I wish you roses while you can still smell 'em

I was a rose in a garden of weeds

My petals are soft and silky as my sheets

So do not be afraid to get pricked by the thorns

While I'm here, I'm someone to honor

When I'm gone, I'm someone to mourn

But if you and my heart should someday drift apart

I'll make sure to give you these blessings because they're all I've got

My love's deep as the ocean, don't you drown on me

Just know, any love I gave you's forever yours to keep

Ooh, I wish you roses and roses and roses and roses and roses

I wish you roses, yeah, roses, roses

Ooh, I wish you roses and roses and roses and roses and roses

I wish you roses, yeah, roses, roses

Ooh, never thought I would be without you

I wish you love, I wish you well

I wish you roses while you can still smell 'em

With pretty flowers can come the bee sting (Ooh, never thought I would be without you)

But I wish you love, I wish you well

I wish you roses while you can still smell 'em

Ooh, I wish you roses and roses and roses and roses and roses (I wish you roses)

I wish you roses, yeah, roses, roses (I wish you roses)

Ooh, I wish you roses and roses and roses and roses and roses

I wish you roses, yeah, roses, roses

You're gonna want me back

You're gonna want me bad

You're gonna—

You know we can't do that

You know we can't do that

You know we—

## Credits

•ㅤKali Uchis — vocals, background vocals, songwriting

•ㅤJosh Crocker — bass guitar, drums, keyboards, programming

•ㅤSir Dylan — production, songwriting

•ㅤAusten Jux-Chandler — engineering

•ㅤMorning Estrada — recording assistance

•ㅤDavid Kim — mixing

•ㅤPrash Mistry — mastering

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/KALIUCHIS/status/1593030872739217411?s=20
2. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@kaliuchis/video/7167927963189628202?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7200958144302089770
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CncbPJ3Br2V/
4. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/track/35SbrfbaSpGUBX7e5BPega?si=bbcecfc727824c1f
5. ↑ https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-kali-uchis-video-for-new-song-i-wish-you-roses/

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