Nothing Matters (song)

## Nothing Matters

* Single cover
* Vinyl cover

## Apple Music London Sessions Chronology

**"Nothing Matters"** is the highly anticipated debut single by The Last Dinner Party released April 19, 2023 through Island Records, and the lead single from their debut album, *Prelude To Ecstasy*. It will serve as the eleventh track from the album.

On the 14th of June 2023, the band announced on their socials that a limited edition 7" vinyl would be released, with the B-side being the orchestral prelude "Prelude to Ecstasy".

## Background

The band would test out their material in pubs and small venues around London where they gained a fan base, they started to build a reputation in the london live circuit and had a bit of a buzz around their first release.

“*This wasn’t a dress rehearsal. You only get one debut.*”
―Abigail Morris in an interview with *Billboard*.
The band signed with Island Records after being discovered for a video posted by Lou Smith in 2022, and they immediately started to work on recording their songs after being introduced to the producer James Ford.
After two years of honing their identity on the live circuit, with a team in place, the band prepared to officially launch their recording career, teasing that something is coming at the beginning of 2023.

“*I’m kind of going to miss our era of being like, ‘Yeah, we don’t have any songs.’ It’s kind of a flex to be like, ‘We’ve got nothing out, come to the show’. We’ve worked so hard on the songs and the recording of the songs, and everything. The build up has been immense. So yeah, it will be a relief to get out there, and show our families!*”
―Georgia Davies in an interview with *NME* following the release of their debut single.
The song was written by Abigail Morris in 2021 about her then-boyfriend on a piano he had in his bedroom. She sat down and started to play on it while he wasn’t there and felt the need to write the truest love song that she could, capturing that euphoria of being in love, and also that sense of unbridled, untamed love that’s also a little perverse.
This was a rare departure for Abigail, who typically writes heartbreak anthems as they're "easier and more dramatic." But, she told Billboard with a laugh, "I was with my boyfriend at the time, and I was very happy."

## Composition

The song started out as a slow piano ballad but became itself once it was in the hands of the band, with the bandmates "throwing everything at" the simple piano ballad in the studio, adding guitar solos, horn sections, and experimented with vocal textures, transforming the track into a baroque art-rock anthem.

The song is mostly inspired by cinema and how they make you feel rather than bands, with the band likening the song to Nick Cage's film "Wild At Heart".

“*It’s got that energy of a runaway horse in a desert*”
―Abigail Morris in an interview with DORK.
In the beginning, the guitar solo by Emily Roberts was more classic rock-inspired, but after a producer put a bunch of glitch stuff over it Emily realised it might not be good enough and decided to change it while away for Christmas to the current one which Abigail calls "fucking iconic” and “definitely one of the best live moments of the show".

“*I realised that might be a sign that it wasn’t good enough. I knew what I didn’t want to do. By eliminating those things, I found the thing I did want to do.*”
―Emily Roberts in an interview with DORK.
## Lyrics

* Single Version
* Clean Version
* First Version

I have my sentence now
At last I know just how you felt
I dig my fingers in
Expecting more than just the skin

‘Cause we’re a lot alike
In favour like a motorbike
A sailor and a nightingale
Slow dancing in convertibles

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters
And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters

We’ve got the highway tight
The moon is bursting with headlights
One more and we’re away
Love tender in your Chevrolet

And we’re a lot alike
In favour like a motorbike
A sailor and a nightingale
Slow dancing in convertibles

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters
And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters

Even when the cold comes crashing through
I’m putting all my bets on you
I hope they never understand us

I put my heart inside your palms
My home in your arms
Now we know
Nothing matters
Nothing matters

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters
And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters

I have my sentence now
At last I know just how you felt
I dig my fingers in
Expecting more than just the skin

‘Cause we’re a lot alike
In favour like a motorbike
A sailor and a nightingale
Slow dancing in convertibles

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will have you
Like nothing matters
And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will have you
Like nothing matters

We’ve got the highway tight
The moon is bursting with headlights
One more and we’re away
Love tender in your Chevrolet

And we’re a lot alike
In favour like a motorbike
A sailor and a nightingale
Slow dancing in convertibles

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will have you
Like nothing matters
And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will have you
Like nothing matters

Even when the cold comes crashing through
I’m putting all my bets on you
I hope they never understand us

I put my heart inside your palms
My home in your arms
Now we know
Nothing matters
Nothing matters

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will have you
Like nothing matters
And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will have you
Like nothing matters

I have my sentence now
At last I know just how you felt
I dig my fingers in
Expecting more than just the skin

‘Cause we’re a lot alike
In favour like a motorbike
A sailor and a nightingale
Slow dancing in convertibles

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters
And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters

We’ve got the highway tight
The moon is bursting with headlights
One more and we’re away
Love tender in your Chevrolet

And we’re a lot alike
In favour like a motorbike
A sailor and a nightingale
Slow dancing in convertibles

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters
And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters

Even when the cold comes crashing through
I’m putting all my bets on you
I hope they never understand us

I put my heart inside your palms
My home in your arms
Now we know
Nothing matters
Nothing matters

And you can hold me
Like he held her
And I will fuck you
Like nothing matters
Nothing matters
Nothing matters
Nothing matters
Nothing matters

## Music video

The music video, directed by Saorla Houston and the band, was released on the same day as the single and is a cinematic video that opens with a shot of Victorian era-inspired funeral before the drama unfolds.
The video pays homage to the Lisbon sisters from Sofia Coppola’s 1999 film *The Virgin Suicides*.

### Behind The Scenes

* Credits
* Video
* Look 1
* Look 2
* Look 3
* Look 4
* Look 5
* Look 6
* Look 7
* Look 8

## Critical reception

Both critics and fans were united in declaring it song of the year.
Alyshea Wharton of *Dazed* called the song "a seductively crude and unashamedly vulnerable love song", and Michael O'Connor Marotta of Vanyaland believed it is likely the song would be added in best-of-decades lists in 2030 with it's "stunning piece of theatrical indie art-rock and decadent elegance", comparing the song to Kate Bush, Suede, Sinead O’Connor, and Feist.
The song was also described as "art-rock bombast" by *Rolling Stone UK*.

## Chart performance

The song entered Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart at #39. It later climbed into the Top 10, becoming a significant radio hit.

## Videos

The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters (6 Music Live Session)The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters (Later... with Jools Holland)The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters (Live) - DSCVR Artists To Watch 2024FM102-1 Secret Session with The Last Dinner Party - Nothing MattersThe Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters (BRITs 2024 Rising Star Session)The Last Dinner Party - "Nothing Matters" (Recorded Live for World Cafe)The Last Dinner Party — Nothing Matters - StuBru LIVE LIVEThe Last Dinner Party live performance of Nothing Matters - MTV UK & IRE PUSH 2024“Nothing Matters” - The Last Dinner Party (LIVE at The Late Show)The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters (Live on The Graham Norton Show)
## Trivia

* While figuring out how to replace the "fuck" in the chorus of the song, Courtney Love handed them an empty box of painkillers with lyric suggestions written on it after she overheard them backstage at a festival.
	+ They didn’t use any of them but Abigail has the box framed.

## Credits

### The Last Dinner Party

* Abigail Morris - Vocals
* Georgia Davies - Bass, Additional Vocals
* Emily Roberts - Guitarr, Additional Vocals
* Aurora Nishevci - Suynthesizer, String Arranger, Piano, Organ, Additional Vocals
* Lizzie Mayland - Guitar, Additional Vocals

### Additional personnel

* Jimmy Robertson - Engineer
* Chris Gehringer - Mastering Engineer
* Alistar Goodwin - Bass Trombone
* Robyn Blair - French Horn
* Lucy Humphris - Trumpet
* Bradley Jones - Trumpet
* Serafina Steer - Harp
* Alan Moulder - Mixing Engineer

## References

1. ↑ https://x.com/lastdinnerparty/status/1667165392991662082?s=46&t=TGML588DkXBbqj7ms0CMpQ
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-last-dinner-party-nothing-matters-interview-september-2023-chartbreaker-1235415311/#!
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CqqZlWpNdLI/?igshid=ZWI2YzEzYmMxYg==
4. ↑ https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/the-last-dinner-party-band-debut-single-nothing-matters-interview-radar-3429553
5. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/features/the-last-dinner-party-nothing-matters-interview-september-2023-chartbreaker-1235415311/#!
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://readdork.com/features/the-last-dinner-party-hype-cover-april-2023/
7. ↑ https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/59755/1/the-last-dinner-party-nothing-matters-interview
8. ↑ https://vanyaland.com/2023/05/22/the-last-dinner-party-serve-a-decadent-elegance-on-nothing-matters/
9. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/the-last-dinner-party-we-like-to-go-between-the-grotesque-and-the-beautiful-30706/
10. ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-last-dinner-party-london-band-glastonbury-debut-2023-b1089155.html

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