Birthday Party

**"Birthday Party"** is the second track on AJR's third album, *Neotheater*. It was also the second single to be released from the album.

This song was also performed at the One Spectacular Night live show in 2020.

## Description

"Birthday Party" is in the perspective of a baby who has just been born. The song touches on politics, social media, and immigrants in a somewhat comedic way.

Ryan Met said this about the song:

*"The way we wrote 'Birthday Party,' we tried to get inspired by like, a really good movie. You know like, in a movie when it cuts to a new scene and it’s like a close-up of the character and then it kind of zooms out and reveals wherever they are. Like they’re on a therapist’s bed! Then you realize the scenario they’re in, like starting a scene out of nowhere. We tried to do that with 'Birthday Party.'"*

## Lyrics

This hospital's got lots of crying kids
A minute ago, I did not exist
It's nice to finally meet my relatives
I bet it's always gonna stay this fun
I bet it's easy staying away from drugs
I bet our parents always stay in love
Always stay in love

Me, my
Oh, what a life
So lean on my people
We'll be stepping in time (wow)
Me, my
Oh, what a life
So lean on my people
We'll be stepping in time

So thank you
For coming to my birthday party
I'm one minute old today
And everything is going great
Thank you
For coming to my birthday party
I'm one minute old today
And my minute's been going great
And I hope it stays that way

I bet this Instagram's a load of fun
It's best to show the best of everyone
I bet it never bites us in the bum
I bet my ignorance is always bliss
Except ignoring pigment in our skin
I bet my country's nice to immigrants
And that's just how it is

Me, my
Oh, what a life
So lean on my people
We'll be stepping in time (wow)
Me, my
Oh, what a life
So lean on my people
We'll be stepping in time

So thank you
For coming to my birthday party
I'm one minute old today
And everything is going great
Thank you
For coming to my birthday party
I'm one minute old today
And my minute's been going great
And I hope it stays that way

In heaven, everything is fine
In heaven, everything is fine
You've got your good things
And I've got mine
Heaven, everything is fine
In heaven, everything is fine
You've got your good things
And I've got mine

Thank you (thank you)
For coming to my birthday party
I'm one minute old today (one minute old today)
And everything is going great (and I've got mine)
Thank you (thank you)
For coming to my birthday party
I'm one minute old today (one minute old today)
And my minute's been going great
(And I hope it stays that way)

This hospital's got lots of crying kids
A minute ago, I did not exist
It's nice to finally meet my relatives
I bet I'll never outgrow all my friends
I bet I'll see our female president
Yeah, I can tell this life will be a synch
And that's just how it is

## Audio

* Spotify
* YouTube

AJR - Birthday Party (Official Audio)Birthday PartyAJR - Birthday Party (Official Instrumental)Birthday Party (Instrumental)
## Videos

* Performances

Birthday Party - AJR live - NYC 10-10-19Live in NYCAJR- Birthday Party- Live in Columbus OhLive in Columbus Oh
## Trivia

* The song includes an audio clip from the "lady in the radiator" scene of the 1977 film *Eraserhead*.
* A slowed-down version of the chorus of "Don't Throw Out My Legos" can be heard at 2:12.
* The line "And everything is going great" is also used near the end of "Break My Face".