June Gloom

"**June Gloom**"is a song by Allie X written in sessions with Oscar Görres and James Ghaleb. It is featured as the sixth track on her fourth studio album and second major-label studio album, *Cape God*. It was released with the album on February 21, 2020.

A lyric video was released on May 6, 2020, and the Track Xplanation from Apple Music was uploaded on May 11 of the same year.

## Background

The song was announced on December 19, 2019, alongside the official tracklist of the album in all Allie's social media.

This song is one of the more personal songs on *Cape God*, is about Allie’s experience with contracting a chronic illness at a young age. In general terms the song is about being stuck inside all Summer due to an autoimmune disease.

Allie spoke about the song in her track-by-track rundown on Apple Music:

## Gallery

### Photoshoot by Brendon Burton

Single artworkOriginal photoLyric video Gif
## Video

**June Gloom** **(Lyric Video)**
**Released:** May 6, 2020 **Length:** 3:09 **Photography by:** Brendon Burton **Visual Gif by:** Skeleton Crew **Styled by:** Kieley Kimmel

## Official Versions

* Album version — 3:09
	+ Studio instrumental — 3:10

## Lyrics

**[Intro]**

(La-la, la-la)

(La, la-la, la-la)

**[Verse 1]**

One too idle

Oh, I'm in a spiral

Take me for a Sunday drive

Three or four glasses

Hot and heavy ashes

Falling like a snow in July (Snow in July)

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Free time for memories (Free times)

Places I'll never be (I'll be)

People I'll never see

I know why

**[Chorus]**

June gloom in my room

These days, I like to stay inside

Watching the kids get high

June gloom, oh, doom, doom

And we're feeling the big decay

So put up your hands and say

**[Post-Chorus]**

June gloom

What a beautiful sadness

June gloom

What a beautiful day

**[Verse 2]**

Season passes

Jerseys for the masses

Put me in the very front row (In the very front row)

A clear blue sky and

All the stars are dying

Like everyone that I'll ever know, uh (I'll ever know)

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Free time for memories (Free times)

Places I'll never be (I'll be)

People I'll never see

I know why

**[Chorus]**

June gloom (June gloom) in my room (In my)

These days, I like to stay inside

Watching the kids get high

June gloom (June gloom), oh, doom, doom (Oh)

And we're feeling the big decay

So put up your hands and say

**[Post-Chorus]**

June gloom

What a beautiful sadness

June gloom

What a beautiful day

**[Interlude]**

Ah

**[Outro]**

(La-la, la-la)

(La, la-la, la-la)

And the weather in my room

(La-la, la-la)

(La, la-la, la-la)

And the weather in my room (June gloom)

(La-la, la-la)

(La, la-la, la-la)

And the weather in my room (June gloom)

(La-la, la-la)

(La, la-la, la-la)

Da-da-da

## Trivia

* When Allie first sent the song to her inner team, nobody liked it. She sent the same demo a year later and everyone said they loved it and that it was so much better, even though nothing had really been changed.
* The vocal production reminds Allie of songs by the Cardigans.
* The booklet of both the LP and CD versions of Cape God contain additional lyrics that are not present in the released song. The lyrics read "Looking at the smoke in the sky" and are placed after the choruses.

## References

1. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/cape-god/1486659663

## Navigation

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