The Cigarette Duet

Single Cover

**The Cigarette Duet** is a song by Princess Chelsea. It's the sixth track from her debut studio album, Lil' Golden Book. It was released as a digital download on June 9, 2011, with Positive Guy Meets Negative Man as a b-side. The music video was released on YouTube on 7 June 2011 and has over 70 million views.

## Background

In an interview, Chelsea shared:

*I sort of knew when I wrote it, if any of my songs are going to get big, it’s probably this one that’s going to be successful, and it has put a lot of people onto my music. But in some ways, I think, I worry, because we’re in the generation now with the internet and YouTube. People have very short attention spans and I worry that people won’t make that further step to investigate the album and really understand what the album’s about. Which may be the case for a lot of people that have discovered that track. But then I think at least some of those people will discover that album, so that’s great. Generally I’m happy about it but it brings up some weird insecurities!*
She also added:

*‘The Cigarette Duet’ is great but I wouldn’t say it’s indicative of necessarily the rest of the album at all. It’s almost like a wild card.*
## Meaning

The song is about a couple who fight over the health risks of smoking. The woman in the song is a (light) smoker, while the man is trying to encourage her to stop smoking. In the song, we learn the man was a previous smoker, but later quit. The lyrics are often compared to Nancy & Lee with its dialogue.
A friend named Jamie-Lee is mentioned in the song, who later wrote the song No Church on Sunday for Princess Chelsea's second studio album The Great Cybernetic Depression.

## Filming the music video

The video was directed by Jonathan Bree and released on 7 June 2011.
In an interview, when asked about how many take it took to film the video, Chelsea responded:

*So many. It was at my parent’s house and we did a day of takes, so maybe about 20. And then I decided that I didn’t like my hair after watching it! I’m not usually that vain, but I guess I was having a diva moment that day. So we did another day of takes with the pink wig on. Yeah, I think maybe 50 takes or so? So the deadpan, bored expressions by the end are so honest!*
## The Cigarette Duet (European Tour Edition)

*The Cigarette Duet (European Tour Edition)* is the first extended play by Princess Chelsea. The extended play follows the official release of Chelsea's single "The Cigarette Duet" and includes one new song and three previously released songs. It was released on May 14, 2012 through Lil' Chief Records and was produced by Chelsea Nikkel and Jonathan Bree.

* Extended play cover

* Tracklist

## Lyrics

It's just a cigarette and it cannot be that bad

Honey, don't you love me? And you know it makes me sad

It's just a cigarette like you always used to do

I was different then, I don't need them to be cool

It's just a cigarette and it harms your pretty lungs

Well, it's only twice a week so there's not much of a chance

It's just a cigarette, it'll soon be only ten

Honey, can't you trust me? When I want to stop, I can

It's just a cigarette and it's just a Marlboro Light

Maybe but is it worth it if we fight?

It's just a cigarette that I got from Jamie-Lee

Oh, she's gonna get a smack, and I'm gonna give you three

It's just a cigarette and I only did it once

(It's just a cigarette, it'll soon be only ten)

It's only twice a week so there's not much of a chance

(It'll make you sick, girl, there's not much of a chance)

It's just a cigarette and I'm sorry that I did it

(It's just a cigarette, you'll be sorry that you did it)

Honey, can't you trust me? When I want to stop, I can

## References

1. ↑ https://www.electricity-club.co.uk/princess-chelsea-interview/
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Cigarette\_Duet
3. ↑ https://www.electricity-club.co.uk/princess-chelsea-interview/