Lucid

Single by Rina Sawayama

## Music Video

"**Lucid**" (stylized in all caps) is a single by Rina Sawayama, released on 25 November 2020. The song was written by Rina Sawayama and Lauren Aquilina, while BloodPop produced it. It is featured on the deluxe edition of Rina's debut LP, *Sawayama*, and serves as the album's sixth single.

An accompanying extended reality video for the song was premiered on 4 December 2020, directed by Dave Ferner and Ksenia Kulakova, and produced by Bild Studios.

## Background

Sawayama wrote the song on her living room using voice notes with Lauren Aquilina in 2018.

Sawayama performed "Lucid" during a show on Minecraft on 28 May 2020. During a livestream via Twitch with American musician Hana, Sawayama confirmed that "Lucid" would be released along with a music video.

On 21 November 2020, Sawayama revealed that she would be releasing new music before the end of the year. On 23 November she tweeted "PIXELS secure EVERYTHING in ur house this week for new music". The tweet was later quoted by American producer BloodPop. That same day, Sawayama announced the single, produced by BloodPop, and its cover art.

## Critical reception

Lake Schatz from *Consequence of Sound* commented that the single "sees [Sawayama] doing what she knows best — reimagining the confines of pop music." Writing for *Paper* magazine, Matt Moen commented that the song is "just the vibrant, queer bop we've needed to get us through these last few weeks of 2020." He also praised Sawayama's vocals "on full display with a catchy hook over a kaleidoscopic day-glo beat". According to *The Guardian*'s Jenessa Williams, the track delivers everything "a great pop song should," she wrote, "gushing lyrics about intoxicating love, sultry whispered interludes and a stupidly upbeat chorus that will sound incredible when we’re finally allowed back in the club."

## Music video

### Background

On November 30, 2020, Sawayama announced an "extended reality" video for "Lucid". Directed by Dave Ferner and Ksenia Kulakova, the video was filmed in July 2020, "just after the first lockdown was lifted in the UK".

The music video for "Lucid" was released on 4 December 2020.

### Synopsis

The music video sees Rina on her mansion embarking on a colorful and fanciful journey, through scenarios created with augmented reality, in her own mind during a dream.

## Live performances

"Lucid" is part of the regular set list of the Dynasty Tour, which began on 8 November 2021 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Lyrics

Ooh-ooh, ooh

You know lately

Ooh-ooh, ooh

I've been dreaming

Dreaming about you

I've been lucid dreaming just to see you

I've been taking all this medicine, yeah

Are you real or a hallucination? (I don't know)

I-I got to know (I got to know, I got to know, hey)

Hey girl, you are what I've been looking for, oh, oh-oh-oh, ooh

(You're what I'm dreaming of)

'Cause, hey girl, you are what I've been dreaming of, oh, oh-oh-oh, ooh

(Dreaming of, dreaming of)

Come be my stranger in the dark

Don't need nobody in my arms

Got my imagination running wild

It's all that I can do

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you

(Give me your love)

I've been searching for a lonely pleasure (Yeah)

Ever since that day, I'm not the same (Haven't been the same lately)

But this kind of pain, this kind of treasure

I won't take it slow (Won't take it slow, won't take it slow, hey)

Hey girl, you are what I've been looking for, oh, oh-oh-oh, ooh

(What I've been waiting for)

'Cause, hey girl, you are what I've been dreaming of, oh, oh-oh-oh, ooh

(You're everything I'm dreaming of, let's go)

Come be my stranger in the dark (Let's go)

Don't need nobody in my arms (No, no)

Got my imagination running wild

It's all that I can do

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

You are my weakness

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you

All that I can do

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

Oh-oh, ooh

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

Oh-oh, ooh

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

You are my weakness

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

No-no, no-no, no-no

Lucid dreams, lucid dreams 'bout you ('Bout you)

You know lately

I've been dreaming

Dreaming about you

## References

1. ↑ "Rina Sawayama blasts back with new single 'Lucid'". *Gigwise*.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 RINA SAWAYAMA on Twitter: "when we wrote this together on the floor of my living room !!!!!!!!! using voice notes !!!!!"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 RINA SAWAYAMA on Twitter: "LUCID BRAND NEW SINGLE prod @bloodpop WEDNESDAY 11.25 PIXELS LETS GOOOOOO"
4. ↑ RINA SAWAYAMA on Twitter: "LUCID is part of SAWAYAMA DELUXE out DEC 4th"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Stream "Lucid" from Rina Sawayama's Debut Deluxe Edition". *Consequence of Sound.*
6. ↑ "RINA SAWAYAMA MINECRAFT CONCERT WITH NEW SONG". YouTube.
7. ↑ "HANA'S HAVEN W RINA SAWAYAMA". Twitch.
8. ↑ Rina Sawayama Updates on Twitter: "Rina confirming Lucid is receiving a music performance video, filmed across 2 weeks"
9. ↑ RINA SAWAYAMA on Twitter: "just relaxing in this comfy cosy position thinking some NEW MUSIC BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR might be cute"
10. ↑ bl\*\*dp\*p on Twitter: "🤪"
11. ↑ "Rina Sawayama Announces Deluxe Edition Album, Shares 'LUCID'". *Paper*.
12. ↑ "Tracks of the week reviewed: Rina Sawayama, BTS, Bleachers". *The Guardian*.
13. ↑ RINA SAWAYAMA on Twitter: "LUCID EXTENDED REALITY video coming this week".
14. ↑ RINA SAWAYAMA on Twitter: "this one is sooooo special to me cos we…"