Moonlight

*Moonlight* is the first single off of Grace VanderWaal’s debut album, *Just The Beginning*.

## The making of *Moonlight*

Grace told *Genius* “*Moonlight* is a specific story, I knew someone struggling with mental health. At the time it was still going on. Now it’s all gucci, it’s all good. When someone’s going through that, they’re not them anymore, they lose that spark. Things like that don’t go away. It only escalates. Watching that, it’s so hard to watch that. I liked to try and put that in the song.”

Grace told *Genius* how *Moonlight* came about saying, “This was my first writing session with a producer/writer named Ido, who’s very talented. He actually produced a lot of my album. We later became friends, but at the time, I had no idea who he was and I was super duper awkward and super weird. I was like, ‘So do you wanna like write a song now?’ Because I just felt so weird like I had never done anything like that. We started getting the first line, and it kind of started developing itself. As we were writing it, we were discovering the story until we understood what the song was about, if that makes any sense.”

*Moonlight* was produced by Ido Zmishlany.

## The music video and live performances

Grace VanderWaal - Moonlight (Official Music Video)Grace VanderWaal - Moonlight (Live from YouTube's VidCon)America's Got Talent 2017 Grace Vanderwaal Live Shows Results S12E14Grace VanderWaal - Moonlight - Live Billboard Rising Star Award 2017
The music video for *Moonlight* was Grace VanderWaal’s first music video. Blythe Thomas directed the video, which was filmed in Brooklyn, New York. The video concept was Grace’s idea. Grace tells *Paste Magazine* “I had so much fun making my very first music video, I really wanted a visual aspect to show the story behind the song which is about having a friend go through depression and seeing them change as a result of it.”

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

She always has a smile

From morning to the night

The perfect poster child

That was once in my life

[Pre-Chorus]

A doll made out of glass

All her friends think that she's great

But I can see through it all

And she's about to break

[Chorus 1]

Remember last year when you told me

To always stay here and never leave me

The light from your eyes made it feel like

We-e-e-e were dancing in the moonlight

Remember last year when you told me

That these will be lifelong stories

The light from your eyes made it feel like

We-e-e-e were dancing in the moonlight

[Post-Chorus]

You-ou-ou-ou were dancing in the moonlight

And I, I, I, I was dancing in the moonlight

[Verse 2]

Now she lost her way

And she forgets to smile

Never gets a break

From this life in denial

[Pre-Chorus]

A doll made out of glass

All her friends think that she's great

But I can see through it all

And she's about to break, oh!

[Chorus 1]

Remember last year when you told me

To always stay here and never leave me

The light from your eyes made it feel like

We-e-e-e were dancing in the moonlight

Remember last year when you told me

That these will be lifelong stories

The light from your eyes made it feel like

We-e-e-e were dancing in the moonlight

[Post-Chorus]

You-ou-ou-ou were dancing in the moonlight

And I, I, I, I was dancing in the moonlight

[Bridge]

I, I, I, miss those me-mo-ries

We used to share, just you and me

[Chorus 2]

I remember last year when I told you

I would always stay here and never leave you

I told you the light in your eyes made it look like

We-e-e-e were dancing in the moonlight

Remember last year when you told me

To always stay here and never leave me (Dancing in the moonlight)

The light from your eyes made it feel like

We-e-e-e were dancing in the moonlight

[Outro]

The light from your eyes made it feel like

Dancing In the moonlight