LA Lights

*LA Lights* is the eighteenth single released by NetNobody, but is considered to be their "first official single" according to the music videos description. The song is about Adam's recent move to Los Angeles, California to further pursue making music. It has also been said that the songs lyrics at points deal with spirituality, with Adam once saying in a Twitter video that the song talks about how "...it has been a struggle for finding the light inside of my body." It was produced by both Konus and Squatch, and featured Doqtor Q, a long time friend of NetNobody who had also moved to Los Angles at the time to pursue music.

## Release

The first mention of the song came on October 15th, 2017, when netNobody tweeted: "Music. Video. Saturday. Show some love for my first single music video." Two days later, in a reply to a now deleted tweet by NetNobody after he had been hit with a brick, Squatch hinted at the song saying, "Those La light clouding your Eyes? Or is it the blood rushing to your head??" That same day, NetNobody posted a promotional photo of the music video to their Instagram account. A second image was posted on October 21st. On the following day, a video titled "*Tomorrow is a New Day*" was uploaded to the NetNobody YouTube channel, which acted as a trailer presumably taking place minutes before the events of the music video. The video ended with the release date and time appearing on screen. A third and final promotional photo was also posted on this day. On October 23rd *Tomorrow is a New Day* was posted to Instagram and the full music video ans song was released later that day at 6:00pm PST.

## Music Video

The music video for *LA Lights* was the first non-lyric video to be made for any NetNobody songs. The video features Adam abonding a bag with the head of his old YouTube persona in a desert, then in a parking lot, only for it to be found by Konus at the end. Inbetween are shots of Adam throughout downtown Los Angeles and around the *Urban Light* sculpture. Filmming began on October 17th, 2017. The day prior, Adam was hit on the head with a brick by a man who appeared to be on drugs while walking down the street. The video was directed by Adam, with all camera work being done by Philip Engle and editing by Jordan Troyer and Foxy. Most of the video features Adam, but Doqtor Q (Quentin) and Konus are also both featured. Adam's then girlfriend, Falicia Teodosio, did on-set photography and shot behind the scenes footage that has never been released.

## Reception

After only four days *LA Lights* had gained over 1,000,000 views and 87,000 likes on YouTube alone. As of 2021 the song stands at over 10,000,000 plays across YouTube, Soundcloud, and Spotify. The song is generally regarded as one of NetNobody's best songs and is the second most listened to NetNobody song, with the first being *Cabin Crazy*. The day after it's release Keemstar played the chorus on his YouTube show *DramaAlert* and urged his fans to listen to the song. In an interview with Adam22 on his podcast *No Jumper* Adam said about *LA Lights* reception, "I got really emotional because I was like oh my god, I got to tell tell people this message and I got to express my feelings vocally, and I got to write and put together a track and people really liked it." Doq said on twitter about the song: "Homies keep quoting my verse from LA Lights to me and it makes my motherfucking day every time."

## Remix

On July 3rd, 2018, musical artist Rob Gasser tweeted "what will it take to remix la lights," to which someone responded in a now-deleted reply. A conversation then occured between Konus and Rob, ending with Konus writing "When I find the stems, yeah," but the remix has not been mentioned since and it is unknown if it ever actually existed.

## Lyrics

**Opening Verse (NetNobody):**

Spent so much time grinding for the money

Worked nine to five but accomplishing nothing

Deams on the back burner

To be a bread earner

For people who could give two shits

When I’m fucking hurting

Fuck ‘em

I’ma do me

They can watch, they can see

I’ma take my dreams, make realities

Push past travesty

Bullshit lifes thrown at me

I’ll take my dreams

By the fucking neck, till every fake bitch, bows in respect

**Chorus (NetNobody):**

LA lights cloud my eyes

Days come and go

LA dreams cloud my eyes

I’ll just go with the flow

LA lights cloud my eyes

Days come and go

LA dreams cloud my eyes

I’ll just go with the flow

**Verse 2 (NetNobody):**

Another mental battle

Another fucking day

People act like cattle for a chance at pay

What can I say?

Are you different

If you’re living life the same, as every single person in front of your fucking screen?

Nah

We so focused on the shit that we’re watching

We don’t see the world changing while we talkin’

Consuming eye vomit

Just to get our brain off for the moment

People acting like they know shit about shit they’d never fuck with if they saw it

I’ll be honest, it’s exhausting

As you make bank people want it ‘till its gone

They forget shit

Like you're garbage

Had to lose to let myself loose

In my veins I’m feeling brand new

I don’t give a fuck lately

I’ma do me, mask off on the daily

Love the free me, hate please you, only feed me

I wanna be me (Ah!)

I wanna be me (Ah!)

**Chorus (NetNobody):**

LA lights cloud my eyes

Days come and go

LA dreams cloud my eyes

I’ll just go with the flow

LA lights cloud my eyes

Days come and go

LA dreams cloud my eyes

I’ll just go with the flow

**Verse 3 (Doqtor Q):**

Tryna change my lane in cars imported

Act important

In the Range Rover

It’s a take over, call the warden

Game over

You can win what you risk

And you ain’t risk shit

This a game of champs lil bitch

Ain’t been paid but I’m staying laid, aye

Taking flights out to the bae, aye

No fakes dodge ‘em ole

Mistakes made out in LA, aye

**Verse 4 (NetNobody):**

Be who I want to be

If everything falls apart

LA nights, LA lights

They lead me through the dark

Life’s a game I’m here to win

Put to shame those who cloud my art

Grind insane I’m killing this

You clowns know this is just the start

It’s from my heart

From my fucking core

There’s no fucking scores

‘Cause I’m killing shit the point you people can’t ignore anymore

Anymore, nah

**Chorus (NetNobody):**

LA lights cloud my eyes

Days come and go

LA dreams cloud my eyes

I’ll just go with the flow

LA lights cloud my eyes

Days come and go

LA dreams cloud my eyes

I’ll just go with the flow

**Closing Verse (NetNobody):**

LA lights

Cloud my eyes

LA lights

Cloud my eyes

LA lights

Cloud my eyes

LA lights

Cloud my eye

## Trivia

* Doqtor Q once jokingly tweeted "my favourite part of the *LA Lights* music video is 2:38 when it goes "woah" and it's straight up to a shot of my junkus."
* In 2021 NetNobody made a tweet telling his followers to download *LA Lights* because it will be "gone tomorrow" but nothing ever came of this and the song is still public on all platforms and the tweet has been deleted.
* *LA Lights* is both the first and last NetNobody song known to be produced by Squatch.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]La Lights music video.
2. ↑ [2]A Twitter video about the spirituality of LA Lights.
3. ↑ [3]The first tweet mentioning LA Lights.
4. ↑ [4]A tweet from Squatch
5. ↑ [5]LA Lights promotional photo.
6. ↑ [6]The second promotional photo.
7. ↑ [7]A reply to a tweet containing the link to "Tomorrow is a New Day"
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 [8]A reupload of "Tomorrow is a New Day"
9. ↑ [9]The third promotional photo.
10. ↑ [10]"Tomorrow is a New Day" on Instagram.
11. ↑ [11] DramAalert epsiode featuring a segment about the brick incident.]
12. ↑ No Jumper interview.[12]
13. ↑ [13]A Tweet from Falicia about her involvement.
14. ↑ [14]A tweet from the day LA Lights reached 1,000,000 YouTube views.
15. ↑ [15]LA Lights on DramaAlert.
16. ↑ [16]The NetNobody *No Jumper* interview.
17. ↑ [17]Doq's tweet about the song.
18. ↑ [18]A tweet thread about an LA Lights remix.
19. ↑ [19]Doqtor Q's tweet.
20. ↑ [20]A tweet about LA Lights deletion that didn't end up happening.