Pity Party

**PITY PARTY** is a Neoni song featuring **Ellise,** and is their eighth release of 2023. It was on September 15, 2023.

Listen to **PITY PARTY**

## Theme

*"The song is a moody girl-gang anthem, obviously, because it's three of us. And it's just kind of about being able to share your struggles with other dope people so that life doesn't feel so hard all the time. But we do it in a kind of more moody, everything sucks kind of way." - Neoni*

*"Very brooding, very yeah, and I love that vibe, that sort of, you know, you're talking about some real stuff and real emotion that people go through, but it gets wrapped up in that sort of like grungy, fun, aesthetic way, and I feel like that's an amazing way to keep harder topics still a little more playful and not so sad and depressing, so I love that." - Ellise*

In the trailer, Neoni explain the song:

*"So obviously, it's moody, it's dark, it's basically about inviting people into your life so that you don't have to be in bad vibes all by yourself. It's kind of about knowing that you're in a bad place, and you're in a bad mood, but not letting that slow you down, and you're going to throw a party with it, why not? But like, I'm sorry because it's a pity party. So you invite them, but beforehand you know that you're going to be sour. It's gonna be a sour party. But there is cake so.*

*But also in the second verse, it kind of questions why we aren't all sour, because the world is a sour, rough place. And so we're just calling out the reasons why maybe we should be sour. When life gives me lemons, they stay as lemons, and they just stay lemonade.*

*So yeah, it's basically a girl gang party of pessimists."*

## Background

* The song's title was first revealed in the **HYPNOTIZED** music video, where "PITY PARTY" is hidden in the video.

* In an Instagram livestream on August 25, 2023, Neoni invited Ellise to livestream with them, and they announced the song's release date and briefly what the song was about.
* The song won't have a full music video, but they said it's going to be a more visualiser-style music video of a loop of them hanging out.
* Neoni posted a snippet of the song on their discord on August 26, 2023.
* Neoni posted a TikTok teasing **PITY PARTY** on August 31, 2023.
* The visualiser video was edited by Sidney.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1: Ellise]

I got issues that I can't deny

I'm the pretty little victim so I'll cry if I want to

Take a pin and pop all my balloons (Mmm)

[Pre-Chorus: Neoni]

Congratulations

Here's your invitation

I know you've been waiting

I go all out

[Chorus: Neoni]

Welcome to my pity party

If you're here, I'm sorry, sorry

We're just starting

Welcome to my pity party

[Post-Chorus: Neoni]

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Welcome to my pity party

[Verse 2: Neoni]

It's a mental breakdown on the playground

Only way out, is to slide all the way down

And you think that I do it for the hell of it (Hell of it)

But really, I'm just calling out the elephant (Elephant)

[Pre-Chorus: Ellise]

Congratulations

Here's your invitation

I know you've been waiting

I go all out

[Chorus: Neoni & Ellise]

Welcome to my pity party

If you're here, I'm sorry, sorry

We're just starting

Welcome to my pity party (Oh, oh)

[Post-Chorus: Neoni & Ellise]

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh (Oh)

Welcome to my pity party

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh (So wel-)

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh (So welcome to my pity party)

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh (So wel-, so)

Welcome to my pity party

[Outro: Neoni & Ellise]

Pity party

It's a mental breakdown, breakdown-down-down

We're just starting

Welcome to my pity party

Pity party

It's a mental breakdown, breakdown-down-down

We're just starting

Welcome to my pity party

## Sources

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwOoOmzNig
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/9D75lib2xbQ?t=110
3. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7273532379732413742?lang=en
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/XHwOoOmzNig?si=Ayvqw7zCB1p2HF\_G&t=115