MELANCHOLY

* MELANCHOLY
* Unplugged

'Melancholy' (stylized as **MELANCHOLY**) is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter AViVA. It was released as a single on August 20, 2021.

## **Background**

AViVA teased MELANCHOLY's release on July 26th, 2021. She announced MELANCHOLY and its cover art along with its teaser on July 29th.

On August 5th, AViVA released the lyrics of the song on the pre-save link, which allowed people to unlock the lyrics for the song via pre-saving MELANCHOLY.

On August 12th, MELANCHOLY's merchandise became purchasable via the pre-save link. The release date of the song, August 20th, was also added to the pre-save link at this time.

The second teaser for the song was released shortly after on August 15th. On August 17th, a snippet of the song's bridge and chorus was revealed via TikTok.

MELANCHOLY premiered and released on August 20th, 2021.

It was supposed to be on VOLUME II, however because it was released with a label, it wasn't able to be put on the album as the label controls it.

## **Theme**

“Seemingly cheerful and upbeat from the outside, it doesn’t matter what makes you feel that way, sometimes feeling down is the only way you can feel, but the power of the last line ‘it will never be the same’ is where the core message of the song lies. Even though after negative experiences things often aren’t the same, we are always free to learn and grow from our experiences. Feeling melancholy, like so many feelings, is just a temporary state. Things will, as they always do, get better.”

- AViVA

## **Lyrics**

**Intro**

Melancholy, you’ve got me, you’ve got me

**Verse 1**

Time is running out

We both felt it throughout

Tell me what’s running through your head

Caught, stuck in all of this spiders web but

I know I’m just mislead, so I’ll say

it once again — you’ve got me

Now it’s easier to compromise when you’re seeing all the sides

But my visions blurred — won’t ever stop me

**Chorus**

Melancholy, you’ve got me, you’ve got me

Now you’ve got me dragging the chain

Melancholy, you’ve got me, you’ve got me

Feels I’ve got some blood on the brain

**Verse 2**

Hear me scream and shout

Caught in this roundabout

Tang - gled thoughts wrapped up in cotton thread

Didn’t want to leave my bed, once again I’ve been mislead — on my knees

Caught, stuck in all of this spiders web but

I know I’m just mislead, so I’ll say

it once again — you’ve got me

Now it’s easier to compromise when you’re seeing all the sides

But my visions blurred — won’t ever stop me

**Chorus**

Melancholy, you’ve got me, you’ve got me

Now you’ve got me dragging the chain

Melancholy, you’ve got me, you’ve got me

Feels I’ve got some blood on the brain

**Bridge**

One two three four

Vicious, knocking at my door

Seven eight nine ten

Burn the candle at both ends

One two three four

Vicious, knocking at my door

Seven eight nine ten

Burn the candle at both ends

**Chorus**

Melancholy, you’ve got me, you’ve got me

Now you’ve got me dragging the chain

Melancholy, you’ve got me, you’ve got me

Feels I’ve got some blood on the brain

**Outro**

Melancholy, you’ve got me, you’ve got me

It will never be the same

## **Video**

AViVA - MELANCHOLY (OFFICIAL VIDEO)Official Video
## **Gallery**

MELANCHOLY's cover.AViVA - MELANCHOLY (TEASER)First TeaserAViVA - MELANCHOLY (TEASER)-2Second Teaser
## **Trivia**

* The teaser's animation was made by Lewis Griffin.
* The cover art was made by Max Prentis.
* It is the only song after *Volume II* not included in the trailer for THE OUTSiDE.

## **References**

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRyb69TNTZh/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQTZY-DEqQ0
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CSME095pD9P/
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CSeMhjYJYq9/
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3lXqcXMhA8
6. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisaviva/video/6997288896639945986?lang=en&is\_copy\_url=1&is\_from\_webapp=v1
7. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/754650276828545136/754650277298044983/925141596918403112
8. ↑ https://www.islandrecordsaustralia.com/introducing-aviva-and-new-single-video-melancholy-touring-australia-november/