Out of Love

## Music video

"**Out of Love**" is the third and final single, and eleventh track, from Alessia Cara's sophomore studio album, *The Pains of Growing*. It was released on November 30,  2018 through Def Jam Recordings. Richard Nowels Jr. co-wrote it with Cara, and co-produced it with Dean Reid. "Out of Love" is a ballad which was inspired by a friend of Cara's who had a breakup.

## Background and reception

Richard Nowels Jr. co-wrote "Out of Love" with Alessia Cara, and co-produced it with Dean Reid. The song was inspired by a friend of Cara's who had a breakup. It is an "airy, slow and personally deep" song, which was created after a friend asked Cara to write a song about "somebody falling out of love with you". It was serviced to contemporary hit radio on January 29, 2019, six days after Cara unveiled its artwork.

According to Beth Bowles of *Exclaim!*, "Out of Love" sees the singer "demand our attention as she shows off her vocal range, her voice smooth and rich as honey". *NME'*s Nick Levine called the song a "big, sad ballad".

The artwork for "Out of Love" was unveiled on January 23, 2019. Five remixes of the song were released on April 5, 2019.

## Lyrics

I won't tell you I'm lonely

'Cause it may be selfish

I won't ask you to hold me

'Cause that won't mend what's helpless

There's not a thing I could say

Not a song I could sing

For your mind to change

Nothing can fill up the space

Won't ask you to stay

But let me ask you one thing

Oh, oh, oh when did you fall out of love?

Out of love

Oh, oh, oh when did you fall out of love with me?

I can't float in an ocean

That's already been drained

I won't cry at your feet now

I know my tears will fall in vain

There's not a thing I could say

Not a song I could sing

For your mind to change

Nothing can fill up the space

Won't ask you to stay

But let me ask you one thing

There's not a thing I could say

Not a song I could sing

For your mind to change

Nothing can fill up the space

Won't ask you to stay

But let me ask you one thing

No use wondering

Why your changing heart has wandered

So I'll ask you this question

'Cause it might help me sleep longer

Oh, oh, oh when did you fall out of love?

Out of love

Oh, oh, oh when did you fall out of love with me?

Oh, oh, oh when did you fall out of love?

Out of love

Oh, oh, oh when did you fall out of love with me?

Out of love, out of love, out of love

With me

## Music video

The music video was released on April 5, 2019.

## Live performances

Cara performed "Out of Love" on *The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon* on December 4, 2018.

## Official versions

* Final: 3:47
* Demo: 4:10

## References

1. ↑ "Alessia Cara Reveals What Inspired Her Song 'Out Of Love' "
2. ↑ "Alessia Cara overcomes life’s negative vibes thanks to 'Pains of Growing' "
3. ↑ "*Instagram* - felt like making everyone cry this time around. ‘out of love’ is officially the next song I want to shed some light on. I took the cover photo when I was in Japan. I visited a bridge filled with hundreds of bells, placed there by couples who wished to stay together for-"
4. ↑ "Alessia Cara The Pains of Growing"
5. ↑ "Alessia Cara – ‘The Pains Of Growing’ review"
6. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/0lmL00Oztr6REM1kwzLw2J?si=\_iR-fs5VQJaf0-RFW9OOPw&dl\_branch=1
7. ↑ "Alessia Cara Hovers Over Couples in Distress in 'Out of Love' Video"
8. ↑ "Watch Alessia Cara Perform Emotional New Album Cut 'Out of Love' on 'Fallon'"
9. ↑ "Alessia Cara Gets Mellow on 'Tonight Show' With Emotional 'Out of Love'"
10. ↑ "Anderson .Paak and Alessia Cara Lose Brutal Charades Battle to Saoirse Ronan and Jimmy Fallon"