Modern Girl

**Modern Girl** is the lead single from Bleachers' fourth album. It was released on September 20th, 2023, thus beginning the B4 era. Its live debut happened the same day on BBC Radio 1.

The song was teased via social media in the days leading up to its release, including a video of the intro , a snippet of the chorus, and choice verse lyrics.

It is an upbeat, saxophone-heavy pop song describing a fun Friday night out. It name drops two members of the Bleachers touring band, saxophonist Evan Smith and bassist and keyboard player Mikey Freedom Hart before closing the song out with "Hutch!" just as they previously did in the 2021 song "How Dare You Want More."

## Lyrics

[Intro]

One, two, three, go

[Verse 1]

Friday night, killer queens

Hop a train, on the scene

All the band, is in the wild

Don't you dare touch the dial

We dressed up like a heart attack for you

We dressed up like a heart attack

I'm talkin'

Little jeans, tiny hat

Evan Smith, tiny sax

Drama kings, sing it loud

Drag that shit all over town

Play it like a heart attack for ya

We playin' it like a heart attack

[Chorus]

So kiss me on the cheek

Make it a long goodbye

Ooh, and all the modern girls (The modern girls)

Shakin' their ass tonight

La-la-la-la-la-la-la, love on wire a wire

Oh, lookin' for a fight

Ooh, and all the modern boys (The modern boys)

Are goin' out tonight

[Post-Chorus]

Oh, oh

Oh, oh

[Verse 2]

Changed my meds, changed the flight

Bodies on, bodies wild

Body cam, only flams

Bleachers band only flams

Play it like a heart attack for ya

We playin' it like a heart attack

I guess I'm New Jersey's finest New Yorker

Unreliable reporter

Pop music hoarder

Some guy playin' quarters

But I'm wearin' a heart attack, baby

A Mikey Freedom heart attack

[Chorus]

So kiss me on the cheek

Make it a long goodbye

Ooh, and all the modern girls (The modern girls)

Shakin' their ass tonight

La-la-la-la-la-la-la, love on wire a wire

Oh, lookin' for a fight

Ooh, and all the modern boys (The modern boys)

Are goin' out tonight

[Bridge]

Oh, oh

Oh, oh

[Chorus]

So kiss me on the cheek

La-la-la-la, make it a long goodbye

Ooh, and all the modern girls (The modern girls)

Shakin' their ass tonight

La-la-la-la-la-la-la, love on wire a wire

Oh, lookin' for a fight

Ooh, and all the modern boys (The modern boys)

Are goin' out tonight

[Outro]

It's like a modern girl, it's for the modern girls

It's like a modern girl

It's like a modern boy, it's for the modern boys

It's for the modern boys, it's like a modern boy

Hutch!

## Trivia

* The YouTube music video is billed as "Modern Girl" By Jack Antonoff & Bleachers. This marks a separation between Jack and Bleachers, when previously Bleachers was considered his stage name rather than a band.
* It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios.

## Twitter

* https://x.com/bleachersmusic/status/1702017793271677208?s=20
* https://x.com/bleachersmusic/status/1704526856022901221?s=20
* https://x.com/bleachersmusic/status/1704207914729361497?s=20
* https://x.com/bleachersmusic/status/1703824140774629651?s=20
* https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1699834864483393889?s=20
* https://twitter.com/bleachersmusic/status/1701658216210551199
* https://twitter.com/bleachersmusic/status/1701264491386933298
* https://twitter.com/bleachersmusic/status/1699799832863625384
* https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1704531873169371435?s=20
* https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1704544738861371825?s=20
	+ https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1704544783249658276?s=20

* https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1702402594683936887?s=20
* https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1702406902292840916?s=20
* https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1702407000640848073?s=20
* https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1699834864483393889?s=20
* https://x.com/jackantonoff/status/1699834718026666070?s=20

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/bleachersmusic/status/1702367078525845529
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/bleachersmusic/status/1702017793271677208
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/bleachersmusic/status/1702745814169428277