Hollywood

"*I wrote this song after an extended stay in West Hollywood when I was feeling completely overwhelmed and really struggling as a young artist trying to make sense of it all...*"- Foxes talking about "Hollywood".

**Hollywood** is a song by English singer and songwriter Foxes from her second extended play, *Friends in the Corner*. The song was released as the fourth single in the United Kingdom on 4 December 2020. The song was the third track on the extended play.

## Lyrics

Remember the night
In slow motion
Say you don't cry
Yeah you do

Outside the cinema
Are hearts broken
Burning down
So I'll stay for a while

And all the lights went down in Hollywood
All the demons out in the neighbourhood
Got a lot to learn 'cause it didn't play out
Like I thought it would
In Hollywood
Hollywood

Welcome to the part where I break down
Sitting in the dark is you
And maybe you were right
I should've left when I could have
I should've left when I could have

And all the lights went down in Hollywood
All the demons roam in the neighbourhood
Got a lot to learn 'cause it didn't play out
Like I thought it would
In Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood

All the lights went down in Hollywood
All the demons roam in the neighbourhood
Got a lot to learn 'cause nothing ever works out
Like you think it should
In Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood
Hollywood

## Background

On 31 July 2020, during an Instagram Live session, Foxes revealed that in 'two singles time' after "Woman", which would later be "Hollywood", it would feature a clue to the title of Foxes' third album.

On 1 December 2020, Foxes teased the song with a video of a dusk sky with the words "Coming soon." featured on them with a link to pre-save Hollywood on streaming platforms. Foxes also changed her social media covers to promote the release date of the single: 04.12.20 with a yellow background.

On 2 December 2020, Foxes released a small part of the song's instrumental on her social media accounts which it was revealed to be the second ballad which would be part of her third album. On the video, it included a dark sky with stars with the name of the song "Hollywood" featured and on 3 December 2020, Foxes released another video with the word "Tomorrow" featured on her social media channels.

Explaining the meaning behind the song, Foxes stated:

"*I wrote this song after an extended stay in West Hollywood when I was feeling completely overwhelmed and really struggling as a young artist trying to make sense of it all...*"

The song features in the Friends in the Corner EP playlist on Foxes' YouTube channel. It also features with the other songs from *Friends in the Corner EP* features on a separate disc in the deluxe version of *The Kick*, Foxes' third studio album which released in 2022.

## Lyric video

A lyric video was released with the song on 4 December 2020 which was posted on Foxes' YouTube channel.

### Features

The lyric video features the songs' lyrics on a movie theatre billboard as the sky goes from sunset to night to sunrise. In the video, it has a stylised version of Foxes' logo.

When Foxes' sings "Demons roam in the neighbourhood" in the song, a shadow which resembles Foxes goes past the movie theatre.

**The Kick songs**

**Track listing:**
"Sister Ray" • "The Kick" • "Growing on Me" • "Potential" • "Dance Magic" • "Body Suit" • "Absolute" • "Two Kinds of Silence" • "Forgive Yourself" "Gentlemen" • "Sky Love" • "Too Much Colour"