Bunny Is A Rider

* Single
* Remixes

## Audio

"**Bunny Is A Rider**" is a song by singer-songwriter and record producer Caroline Polachek. It was released as the lead single from Desire, I Want To Turn Into You on July 14, 2021.

The track was written by Polachek and produced by Danny L Harle with Polachek.

## Background

Polachek announced the track two days before its release on social media.

On a Pitchfork interview, Polachek talked about the track and its production:

> *“Bunny Is a Rider” is a summer jam about being unavailable […] Bunny is slippery, impossible to get ahold of. Maybe it’s a fantasy, maybe it’s a bad attitude. But anyone can be bunny, at least for three minutes and seventeen seconds. The song features a scorching bass performance from producer Danny L Harle, plus his baby daughter’s first vocal cameo.*
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On a Crack Magazine interview, Polachek explained how the song came along. She said the song was written in January of 2020 along with a few other songs from the upcoming record. The song was shelved until circa July of 2020, where Polachek returned to the song and finished the lyrics and production with Danny L Harle.

On July 23 2021, Polachek announced a music video to the single would be released on July 26th.

### Meaning

During the Crack Magazine interview, Polachek talked about the track's title.

> *The title comes from the refrain that carries the song. The song itself is about freedom via disappearance. You know, we’re all so available and beholden to each other. I wrote the chorus without thinking about it, which is kind of how I do a lot of my initial lyric writing, and then I go back and unpack it and usually discover that it meant something – which is how this chorus happened. It’s really just about being unavailable and being slippery and the power of non-response, which is [a] freedom that we rarely have. It’s also about the sexiness of being mysterious and being unavailable. Bunny is all of us in that way, at our most slippery.*
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## Official versions

* Single version - 3:17
* Doss Remix - 3:57
* Sega Bodega 'UKG' Remix - 3:15
* Nikki Nair 'Satellite' Remix - 3:44

## Music video

### Full credits

* Directed & Edited by **Caroline Polachek** & **Matt Copson**
* Producer & Technical Director - **Jordan Harkins**
* Unit Production Manager - **India Wadsworth**
* Production Coordinator - **Kristi Lauren Lelles**
* Executive Producer - **Mookie Singerman**
* Director Of Photography - **Jordan Black**
* 1st AD - **Isaac Heckert**
* Movement Direction - **Sarah C Prinz**
* Steadicam Operator - **Drew Weaver**
* 1st AC - **Hannah Carpenter**
* 2nd AC - **Alicia Blair**
* Gaffer - **Emmet Sutherland**
* Best Boy Electric - **Conor Soules**
* Electricians - **Anderson Ko & Grant Duncin**
* Key Grip - **Mark Beckerman**
* Best Boy Grip - **Tony Nall**
* Grip - **Ohad Sarfaty**
* Swing - **Walter Diaz**
* Set Designer - **Grace Surnow**
* Art Director - **Liam Moore**
* Leadman - **Ramon Navarro**
* Lead Assist - **Daniel Ortega**
* Set Dresser - **Angélica Vasquez**
* Shadow Puppeteer - **Mood Killer**
* Stylist - **Jonathan Huget**
* Styling Assistants - **Marie Soares & Rossana Tornel**
* Armband Fabrication - **Iggy Soliven**
* Harness Fabrication - **Zana Bayne**
* Makeup Artist - **Echo Seireeni**
* Hair Stylist - **John Blaine**
* Playback - **Matthew Horton**
* VFX & Teleportation Animation - **Eric Epstein**
* VFX & Digital Set Extension - **Will Wharton**
* Color - **Mike Howell**

Credits taken from the Facebook upload.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Bunny is a rider

Satellite can't find her

No sympathy, hmm

Ain't nothing for free

Bunny is a rider

Satellite can't find her

No sympathy, hmm

Ain't nothing for free

Bunny is a rider

No sympathy, hmm

Ain't nothing

Bunny is a-Bunny is a, a rider

Satellite can't find her

No sympathy, hmm

[Chorus]

But I'm so non-physical

I do, I do, feel like the lady

I do, I do, fireworks blazing

I do, I do, heart is unbreaking

I do, I do, but don't drop my name

[Verse 2]

Bunny is a rider (Bunny is a r-)

Satellite can't find her

No sympathy, hmm

Ain't nothing for free

Bunny is a rider

Giddy up, can't find her

No sympathy, hmm

Ain't nothing for free

Dirty like it's Earth Day

Tryna wet that palette

Can you cut that check

Crush that wreck

Run out empty on 'em

AWOL on a Thursday

Tryna go ask Alice

Tryna catch that rabbit

[Chorus]

But I'm so non-physical

I do, I do, feel like the lady

I do, I do, fireworks blazing

I do, I do, heart is unbreaking

I do, I do, but don't drop my name

[Bridge]

Bunny is a-Bunny is a, a rider

Can't find her, eeh

(Ain't nothing)

Bunny is a-Bunny is a, a ridеr

Can't find her, eeh

[Chorus]

Yeah, I'm so non-physical

I do, I do, feel like thе lady

I do, I do, fireworks blazing

I do, I do, heart is unbreaking

I do, I do, but don't drop my name

[Outro]

Bunny is a-Bunny is a, a rider

Can't find her, eeh

(Ain't nothing)

Bunny is a-Bunny is a, a rider

Can't find her, eeh

(Ain't nothing)

Bunny is a-Bunny is a, a rider

Can't find her, eeh

(Ain't nothing)

Bunny is a-Bunny is a

Bunny is a rider

## Credits

##### Personnel

* **Caroline Polachek** - Vocals
* **Nico Harle** – Additional vocals

##### Technical

* Written-By – **Caroline Polachek**
* Produced By – **Caroline Polachek, Danny L Harle**
* Mastered By – **Mike Bozzi**
* Mixed By – **Geoff Swan**
* Copyright © – **Caroline Polachek LLC**

## References

1. ↑ Caroline Polachek on Twitter: "BUNNY IS A RIDER"
2. ↑ Pitchfork: "Caroline Polachek shares new song..."
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Crack Magazine: Caroline Polachek on Bunny Is A Rider and collaborating with Danny L Harle
4. ↑ Caroline Polachek on Twitter: "bun vid"
5. ↑ Caroline Polachek on Facebook: Bunny Is A Rider (Official Music Video)

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