Ur So Beautiful

*Ur So Beautiful* is the second single off of Grace VanderWaal’s EP, *LETTERS: Vol. 1*.

## The making of *Ur So Beautiful*

Grace said she “wanted to make the term ‘beautiful’ less gendered, since she sees both that and ‘pretty’ almost exclusively used to describe women. Grace told *Rolling Stone* “I’ve seen so many very pretty boys, we’ve always thought about incorporating that into a song. It was kind of the perfect moment to really make that idea we’ve had for years really come alive.”

Grace told *Refinery29* how *Ur So Beautiful* came about saying "I just did whatever, and I think that's why I like it so much. I let the song flow in the natural way that it wanted to, from production inward. This song is about having such a strong admiration for someone, that it's almost frustrating. All my songs evolve a lot from when they're first written or recorded. The cool thing about *Ur So Beautiful* is that pretty much the second after it was written, [producer] Ido Zmishlany and I looked at each other and knew that we heard the same magical things about it. It pretty much made itself. Then we had to overcome the challenge of making what the song was telling us into real sounds."

*Ur So Beautiful* was produced by Ido Zmishlany.

## The music video, lyric video, and live performances

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Grace told *Refinery29* how the lyric video was made and her experience filming the video herself saying, "The video is my best friends and I going around New York City and singing the song live. We had the best day ever doing it and filming ourselves...I chose New York because I live here and I love it. I feel like 'UR So Beautiful' is a very New York-y song. I wrote it here, I made it here, and the words literally have the Lower East Side in it because it's one of my favorite parts of the city."

Joakim Carlsson directed the music video, which was filmed in New York City.

In the music video, *Billboard* says “The 15-year-old songstress is seen smiling and grooving as she sings around the streets of the Big Apple, in the Grand Central Terminal subway station, backstage at her show opening for Florence + the Machine, snacking on pizza and hanging around with her band.”

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Lower East Side and it's pourin' out

Don't you look right at me now

Is it you or are the lights

Gettin' brighter in the night?

Let's get coffee at a vibey spot

We can sit around, I talk a lot

But you're so chill, you keep it cool

I am not, I'm such a fool

[Chorus]

Damn, you're so beautiful

And don't you know it?

Don't you? Don't you?

Don't you? Don't you?

Damn, you're so beautiful

And don't you know it?

Don't you? Don't you?

I think you do

[Verse 2]

Walkin' along but not sayin' a thing

Let's sit down and think of what we could be

If you wanted to say something

You would say it, promise me

Walkin' lightly to my surprise

Fallin' over the fear of looking in your eyes

But now I am questioning

I caught you lookin' at me

[Chorus]

Damn, you're so beautiful

And don't you know it?

Don't you? Don't you?

Don't you? Don't you?

Damn, you're so beautiful

And don't you know it?

Don't you? Don't you?

I think you do (Ooh)

[Bridge]

And who do you think you are?

Who do you think you are?

Messin' with my eyes

Make me overthink my lines

I think I'm fallin' blind

Who do you think you are?

Who do you think you are?

Not looking back to say goodbye

Is it all in my mind?

I think it's all in my mind

[Chorus]

Damn, you're so beautiful

And don't you know it?

Don't you? Don't you?

Don't you? Don't you?

Damn, you're so beautiful

And don't you know it?

Don't you? Don't you?

I think you do

Damn, you're so beautiful

And don't you know it?

Don't you? Don't you?

I think you do (Ooh)

(Who do you think you are?)

(Who do you think you are?)

I know you do (Ooh)

(Who do you think you are?)

(Who do you think you are?)

I think you do