Waiting on the Weekend

* EP
* Album

"**Waiting on the Weekend**" *(stylised in lowercase)*, released 18 October 2019, is the sixth and final song on YUNGBLUD's third EP *the underrated youth* and the eighteenth and final song on the Japanese version of the second studio album *weird!*.

## Background

Harrison stated that he wrote "waiting on the weekend" when he was 17: After a fan asked him if he wrote the song knowing he sounded like Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), he stated that he was *"17, and very into the Arctic Monkeys, so, probably"*. This makes the song the only track on the EP that was written before he was YUNGBLUD, and not written in the same time frame. Based on the fact, the song would have been written in the time frame of August 2014 — August 2015. Harrison revealed that the song was recorded during a single take in LA *"with a mic that cost more than my rent"*, he also stated *"It really means a lot to me, that song. It’s just a moment you can get completely lost in."* in an interview with the BBC.

It is a slower, softer song in comparison to the other tracks (with regards to casual sabotage) in which YUNGBLUD sings of unrequited love. He co-wrote the track with Shane Gilliver, who taught Harrison how to play guitar. His father owned a guitar shop in Soho, Harrison decided to apply to work there and began taking lessons from the store manager, Shane Gilliver: *"He'd just hang around, constantly playing guitar, so I showed him a few things, gave him a few lessons and he just ran with it."* Shane also compelled Harrison to leave his Disney TV role seeing his passion for music: *"He looked at me and said, 'Screw what's going on around you, you write what you want to write, and you sing what you want to sing...'"*, Harrison recalled. *"I just believed in him. He's lived his life, hasn't he? So he understands the stuff he's writing about more than his record label or whoever."*, Shane added.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm holding out

When I pass your house

I'm waiting on the weekend

I'm waiting on the weekend

[Verse 2]

I contemplate the words

To make you feel safe and sound

Waiting on the weekend

I'm waiting on the weekend

[Verse 3]

Will we ever meet again?

Will you be stood waiting in white for your train?

Tomorrow, waiting on the weekend

Are you waiting on the weekend?

Waiting on the weekend

[Verse 4]

I spend four days messin' 'round in my head

Could she be my lover or is this pretend?

Till then, I'm waiting on the weekend

I'm waiting on the weekend

Waiting on the weekend

[Verse 5]

She always looks so sad, and I don't know why

And all I wanna do is ask

But I just walk by, by

So maybe on the weekend

Maybe we could speak then

I'm waiting on the weekend now

## Trivia

* This is the only song not written in the same time frame as the rest of the songs, the song was written when Harrison was 17 years old *(so between 5 August 2014 and 4 August 2015)*.
* This song is the only song on the EP that doesn't have a chorus, a pre-chorus, a bridge, an intro or an outro. It is also the only song released, besides *"Eulogy"* that doesn't have a chorus, a pre-chorus, a bridge, an intro or an outro.
* This is the only clean/non-explicit song on the EP.
* This is the only song on the EP that was recorded in one take.

## Buy/Stream

* YouTube (Visualizer Audio)
* SoundCloud
* Apple Music
* Deezer
* Tidal
* Google Play
* Spotify

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 YouTube — "Spotlight on YungBlud | Dominic Richard Harrison Interview | MCM Comic Con" (13 November 2019)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 BBC News — "Yungblud: A mouthpiece for the underrated youth" (17 October 2019)