Forever

## **forever** by Charli XCX

* Spotify
* Apple Music
* Tidal/Youtube Music

## Music video

**Forever** (stylized in lower-caps as *"forever"*) is a single by Charli XCX, it's the 2nd song from her fourth studio album How I'm Feeling Now. The song was released on April 9th, 2020, produced by A.G. Cook and BJ Burton.

## Background

The song was first revealed on Charli's Instagram Stories when she uploaded a screenshot of a conversation with BJ Burton, along with the release date on April 6th. The next day she posted various snippets of the song, including a demo instrumental, her self-made demo, A. G. Cook's demo and an outro snippet. She then posted a couple of lyrics of the song and a video of herself writing them.

On April 9th, Charli released the song along 3 album covers for each digital platform, along with official stems. On April 17th, the music video was released, which featured clips sent by fans. Charli did a live performance of the song in her house for L'Officiel Magazine on April 30th.

## Theme

The track is about Huck Kwong, her boyfriend. On May 14th, Charli talked about the song saying: *"The song is obviously about my relationship, but it’s about the moments before lockdown. It asks, ‘What if we don’t make it,’ but reinforces that I will always love him—even if we don’t make it.”*

## Leak History

* November 7th, 2021 - Demo leaks online.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Love suicide

You and I drove for miles

Knew I'd be here, be here, be here with you

Knew I'd be here, be here, be here with you

We took a dive in the blue, scared to lose

All my feelings, feelings, feelings for you

Knew I'd be here, be here, be here with you

[Pre-Chorus]

Yeah, now we gotta let this go

Drove the car off the road

I gotta give you time to grow

You're not a ghost, you're in my head

I didn't wanna leave you low

Drove the car off the road

I hope you get some time to grow

You're not a ghost, you're in my head (In my head...)

[Chorus]

I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever

Even when we're not together

I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever

Said, "I'll love you forever"

I know in the future (Future)

We won't see each other (We won't see each other)

Cold just like December

But I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever

Yeah, I'll love you forever

[Post-Chorus]

In my head, in my head

[Verse 2]

You take your time, I'll take mine, we'll be fine

Knew I'd be here, be here, be here with you

When the roof caved in and the water fell through

Hope when we're old, we'll be friends, reminisce

Hope we'll be there, be there, be there, us two

All the memories, all the photos we took

[Pre-Chorus]

Yeah, now we gotta let this go

Drove the car off the road

I gotta give you time to grow

You're not a ghost, you're in my head

I didn't wanna leave you low

Drove the car off the road

I hope you get some time to grow

You're not a ghost, you're in my head

[Chorus]

I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever

Even when we're not together

I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever

Said, "I'll love you forever"

I know in the future (Future)

We won't see each other (We won't see each other)

Cold just like December

But I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever

Yeah, I'll love you forever

I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever (Ever)

Even when we're not together

I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever

Said, "I'll love you forever" (I know-I know)

I know in the future (Love you)

We won't see each other

Cold just like December

But I will always love you (Love you)

I'll love you forever

Yeah, I'll love you forever

[Break]

I know-I know (Love you)

Oh, I love, oh-oh-oh-oh

I know, love you

I'll love you forever

I know-I know (Love you)

Oh, I love, oh-oh-oh-oh

I know, love you

(I know-I know)

Future, we won't see each other

I know-I know (Love you)

Love you

I know-I know (Love you)

Love you

I know-I know (Love you)

Love you

[Outro]

Front of my mind, at the front of my mind

You stay right in front, at the front of my mind

Front of my mind, at the front of my mind

You stay right in front, at the front of my mind

Front of my mind, never leave you behind

We say promises and we give up the lies

Front of my mind, at the front of my mind

You stay right in front of my mind

## Live Performances

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## Trivia

* This was the first song completely recorded for How I'm Feeling Now.
* This and *Party 4 U* are the only songs on the album that are above 4 minutes.
* The version of the song that was originally uploaded to YouTube was actually an earlier demo of the song with a different mixing and different vocal production, probably uploaded by mistake, the video was hidden after the music video was released.
* The artwork was made by Charli's friend and frequent collaborator, Caroline Polachek.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/FckyeahCharli/status/1247319619607633923
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/FckyeahCharli/status/1247627149827346434
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/FckyeahCharli/status/1247645558963081224
4. ↑ https://we.tl/t-BMMPs9FdUW