Kamikaze

## **Kamikaze***The Loveliest Time*

**Kamikaze** is the second track on Carly Rae Jepsen's sixth studio album The Loveliest Time (2023). It was released on July 28th 2023, through 604, School Boy, and Interscope Records.

## **Lyrics**

**Verse 1**

I saw you in the deep end

A shipwreck underwater

And I know I shouldn’t want that

I’m just here for the weekend

A wordless kind of offer

And I’m hoping that you saw that

**Pre-Chorus**

'Cause I see you

I fall back into the feeling

Like we've just begun

Tell me, ooh

Are you tired of being alone?

You're not the only one

**Chorus**

I know it sounds fatal

I know we made fires

The ending’s real clear

And it won’t take us higher

Tonight I might need to come

Kamikaze crash into your way

*(Kamikaze, kamikaze)*

I love the beginning

The moonlight is calling

I know we’ll go up but

We’ll end up free-falling

You mind if I need to come

Kamikaze crash into your way

*(Kamikaze)*

**Post-Chorus**

Crash into your way, way, way

**Verse 2**

You kiss me on the cheek, and

We say hello like it's goodbye

I should've called that

But I still feel the heat

Like a secret kind-of language

When your fingers fall down my back

**Pre-Chorus**

Tell me, ooh

Are you tired of being alone?

You're not the only one

**Chorus**

I know it sounds fatal

I know we made fires

The ending’s real clear

And it won’t take us higher

Tonight I might need to come

Kamikaze crash into your way

*(Kamikaze, kamikaze)*

I love the beginning

The moonlight is calling

I know we’ll go up but

We’ll end up free-falling

You mind if I need to come

Kamikaze crash into your way

*(Kamikaze)*

**Outro**

Crash into your way, way, way

Tonight I need to

Come crash into your

Way, way, way

Crash into your way *(Kamikaze)*

## **Song credits**

#### **Writing and production**

* **Written by:** Carly Rae Jepsen • Jakob Hazell • Svante Halldin
* **Produced by:** Jack & Coke

#### **Instrumentation**

* **Bass:** Jakob Hazell • Svante Halldin
* **Drums:** Jakob Hazell • Svante Halldin
* **Keyboards:** Jakob Hazell • Svante Halldin

#### **Technical credits**

* **Engineering:** Jakob Hazell • Svante Halldin
* **Mastering:** Ruairi O'Flaherty
* **Mixing:** Alex Ghenea
* **Programming:** Jakob Hazell • Svante Halldin

## **Background**

Kamikaze is a song from Jepsen's sixth studio album The Loveliest Time. The song's title was first revealed alongside the announcement of the album's track listing on July 18th 2023. The title Kamikaze describes a deliberate aircraft crash, a metaphor for "the type of chaos caused by visiting an ex-partner over the weekend."

## **Writing and development**

Kamikaze was originally written by Jepsen with Jakob Hazell and Svante Halldin during the development of The Loneliest Time, over Zoom, likely between 2020 and 2021. The song was reworked in 2023 for its inclusion on The Loveliest Time.

Jepsen discussed that the song was written about "human nature" and the idea of causing a "little chaos" in her personal life, because it's fun; "It’s hard not to press that button." She explained, "it's this idea that you’re traveling, and you come in for the weekend, and you see somebody whom you could cause chaos to — or you could just be good and not tell him you’re in town."

"Generally, we press that button. So this idea that it’s like, 'I’m going to come in, I’m going to blow up both of our lives.' I like the idea that it ends in flames, but we’re going to do it anyways. We’ve all been there, I’ve been there. There’s even eye contact you make with yourself in the mirror as you’re getting ready to go to that person, and you’re like, 'This is a bad idea. But somebody stop me, because I cannot be stopped!'"

## **References**

1. ↑ @carlyraejepsen "...Crossword puzzle that is. Here are some cutie clues to get you guessing our track list." July 18th 2023 - via Twitter
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Seo, Rachel "Carly Rae Jepsen on ‘Experimental’ Album ‘The Loveliest Time’: It’s a ‘Place to Get Wild and Freaky’" Variety, July 28th 2023