BLACKOUT

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* Unplugged

"Blackout" (stylized as **BLACKOUT** or BLAƆKOUT) is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter AViVA from her first studio album, *VOLUME I* (2020). It was released as a single on January 25, 2019.

## **Background**

On January 4, 2019, AViVA announced a new song with an image from BLACKOUT's trailer.

On January 7, 2019, the new song's the title was announced, being BLACKOUT.

On January 10th, 2019, the release date for the song was revealed with the song's trailer.

The song's artwork was revealed on January 17th.

Lyrics from the song's chorus were revealed a day before the release of the song, on January 24, 2019.

After the release of BLACKOUT, a video of a live version of the song from the House of Blues in San Diego was released on April 11, 2019.

Later, on August 27th, 2020, AViVA released *THE LYRICS BLACKOUT* and explained the meaning of the song.

On March 4, 2021, YouTube accidentally leaked the unplugged (acoustic) version of the song. After the song was leaked, the song officially released BLACKOUT Unplugged to YouTube.

## **Theme**

"BLACKOUT is my commentary on society's suppression of the self and individualism. There is a lot of media, in a broader sense, that say 'Yeah, be you!' And that's all great- but it's not true. And, a lot of that kind of supportiveness is skewed: 'Be you, but be you in the way that we want you to be you.' And that is not a healthy way for any society to exist. So I guess, the song is about that and my opinion on that, which is that it is existing because they're afraid of what will happen if we all are unique. If people think for themselves, and are unique, it makes everything diverse. And diversity creates a healthy ecosystem, and that is a threat to the things that don't want change. Like the media. Like some different elements of our societies as a whole, globally.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is if it scares you, then you're never gonna get it. And if it scares you, but you're excited by that and you want to do more, then you're already halfway on the path of being who you're meant to be.

My favorite lyric in BLACKOUT is, 'They're calling for your blood, they'll never get enough.' And that is basically media. Social media, the media that we read, all the different things that constitute media in this world and time that we live. And, especially during this period, it feels like it's kind of non-stop, the inundation of stuff. And, I guess that makes this song more relevant now than it even was when I wrote it."

- AViVA

## **Lyrics**

**[Verse 1]**

Sneaking out and creeping 'round

There’s nothing you haven't seen now

Say I'm lost but I feel found

Think you’re gonna turn me

But you don't see behind the shutters

But you don't wanna see behind the shutters

**[Verse 2]**

A perfect house, a perfect smile

There's nothing you haven't seen now

Think I'm crazy, stay a while

I know you say you want to

But you don't see behind the shutters

But you don't wanna see behind the shutters

**[Pre-Chorus]**

There’s something dark inside

So don’t let in the light

Just don't let in the light-ight-ight

**[Chorus]**

Blackout, blackout

I hear them calling

Blackout, blackout

They’re calling for your blood

They'll never get enough

Not until you blackout, blackout

Hear them calling

**[Verse 3]**

Keeping back until it's found

There's nothing you haven’t seen now

Want to change me but I'm fine

Think you're gonna brave me

But when you see, you start to shudder

'Cause you don't wanna see behind the shutters

**[Pre-Chorus]**

There's something dark inside

So don't let in the light

Just don't let in the light-ight-ight

**[Chorus]**

Blackout, blackout

I hear them calling

Blackout, blackout

They're calling for your blood

They'll never get enough

Not until you blackout, blackout

Hear them calling

**[Bridge]**

Ooh, hear them calling, ooh

**[Pre-Chorus]**

There's something dark inside

So don't let in the light

Just don't let in the light-ight-ight-ight-ight-ight

**[Chorus]**

Blackout, blackout

I hear them calling

Blackout, blackout

They're calling for your blood

They'll never get enough

Not until you blackout, blackout

Hear them calling

## **Video**

AViVA - BLACKOUT (OFFICIAL AUDIO)Official Audio
## **Alternate Versions**

AViVA - BLACKOUT LIVE (THE HOUSE OF BLUES SAN DIEGO)Live VersionAViVA - BLACKOUT (UNPLUGGED)Acoustic Version
## **Trivia**

* The cover art for the song was done by Max Prentis.
* BLACKOUT Unplugged was leaked by YouTube by an auto-generated audio for the song.
* The distribution link used in BLACKOUT Unplugged's description is DGAF Unplugged's link, instead of BLACKOUT's.

## **Gallery**

BLACKOUT's cover.BLACKOUT Unplugged's cover.AViVA - BLACKOUT (OFFICIAL TRAILER)TrailerAViVA - THE LYRICS BLACKOUTTHE LYRICS BLACKOUT
## **References**

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/thisisaviva/status/1080784866189295616
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/thisisaviva/status/1082019866494722048
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/thisisaviva/status/1083090758633025536
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/thisisaviva/status/1085829438284095489
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/thisisaviva/status/1088256683850162177
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peJ8YaFLWy0
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvv63aM7txE
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iIGapPYoRc
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvv63aM7txE