TALKING ONLINE

**Talking Online**, stylized as **TALKING ONLINE**, is MIA GLADSTONE’s sixteenth studio single. It was released in the summer of 2022. The song features BELIS. It is the eighth track on LOOPY.

## Background

> Growing up, I was ashamed of my body. Felt like I had to conceal it to make others more comfortable. I faced a lot of sexualization as a developing teen and thought hiding my body would make life easier. A couple of years ago, I had a shift and decided to prioritize my freedom. […] TALKING ONLINE is an honest expression of my experiences on the internet as a female presenting person with big boobs.
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On December 5th, 2021, Gladstone posted a snippet of a song titled “U Been Talkin’ (Demo)” on Instagram. She later performed it live at Okeechobee 2022.

On June 25th, 2022, Gladstone shared on her Instagram story that she was filming a new music video with William Alan Harris, the creator of the EMPATHY music video. It appears as though the music video is being filmed or partially filmed on Zoom. On June 26th, Gladstone and artist Belis posted the same image of a green screened studio in Los Angeles on their Instagram stories. The next day, Belis posted a snippet of the song on her Instagram story, confirming that the song was U Been Talkin’. Filming for the music video wrapped on June 28th.

On July 25th, 2022, Gladstone confirmed that the song would be her next release, it’s coming very soon, and that the title was changed to “Talking Online” on an Instagram livestream. On August 1st, Gladstone teased that the song would be releasing this month. On August 3rd, Gladstone announced that the song would be released on August 17th and teased the album cover.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1, *MIA GLADSTONE***

Now you been talkin’ (I, I, I, I)

Way too much

You kill the garden

You burn it down

With your fuss, baby

Just be an object, yeah

Of my lies

You know I lust for you

I’m a concept

You can trust

**Chorus, *MIA GLADSTONE***

You been talkin’ online

Pipe down

Only clutter your mind

With doubt

I see my baby shining

Go global, change the climate

**Verse 2, *MIA GLADSTONE***

Nine to five couldn’t cut it

I’mma fly from the gutter

I apply from my mother, yeah

Get the pie then I cut it

Take a slice if you want it

Say goodbye to assumptions (yeah)

You be guessin’ shit

I’m illiterate

So fuck the signs

Be deliberate

Maybe we could synchronize

If you feelin’ it

I’m feelin’ it, yeah aye

**Pre-Chorus, *MIA GLADSTONE***

Fuck, I said it

I don’t regret it

Was stuck, embedded

Disconnected

Now I’m electric

Collected

Perceptive, yeah

**Chorus, *MIA GLADSTONE***

You been talkin’ online

Pipe down

Only clutter your mind

With doubt

I see my baby shining

But you’re too busy cryin’

**Verse 3, *MIA GLADSTONE***

In the lives of another

Empty ties, you’ll discover

Keep you locked in the gutter

Lift our eyes, from the covers

Free your mind, lucid lover

Lover, lover

Lover, lover

**Chorus, *MIA GLADSTONE***

You been talkin’ online

Pipe down

Only clutter your mind

With doubt

I see my baby shining

**Verse 4, *Belis***

All night you been talking crazy

Leave your opinions on the table

All night looking for my baby

Another one, another one, another one, another

I’m like I get a drink and then I

I take a shot and then I

Ayo, think I saw you last week and I (ayo)

I get to sleep and when I

Get to my home and I’m like

Ayo saw you in my dreams and I’m like

Tell him pipe down

Tell him pipe down

Iced it

You call me, I Bryce’d it

I see cake, no icing

I know that my baby stay so icy

Iced it

Ankle broke, I’m icin’

He get socked, I’m ricin’

Ask me ‘bout it, I tell you it’s my shit

Pining

Trees like me, I’m lively

She’s like me, I’m lively

She’s like me, I’m lively

Take me to the party, I get icy

Baby

I heard you been talking

I heard you been talking

Tell him pipe down

## Trivia

* On June 26th, 2022, both Gladstone and Belis posted the same photo of a music video set. Before this, Gladstone states that she was filming a “very exciting project” in Los Angeles, however she stated that she would not be on location. This indicates that the song would have a music video, and that the music video is being filmed in multiple places.
* On the single’s cover, the first background image in the third row is a distorted image of Gladstone’s father, Richard Gladstone. He also stars in the music video.

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
* BELIS - vocals (feature), writing
* Michael Ferranti - co-producer
* Sam Gladstone - Keys