Lonely

"**Lonely**" is the tenth track off Chloe x Halle's sophomore album *Ungodly Hour*, released on June 12, 2020, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. The song was written and produced by Chloe and Halle Bailey with Scott Storch, Vicent van den Ende, Paimon and Nima Jahanbin, and Felicia Ferraro.

## Background

According to Halle, this song is "so very important" to them. "We did this with Scott Storch, and it ended up just kind of writing itself", she explained, "I think one friend that we had in particular was kind of going through something in their life, and sometimes, a lot of the situations that we're around we take inspiration from to write about. We were also feeling just stuck in a way, and we wanted to write something that would uplift whoever it was out there who felt the same way we did, whether it was just being lonely and knowing that it’s okay to be alone. And when you are alone, owning how beautiful you are and knowing that it’s okay to be by yourself." She also revealed that she and her sister Chloe wrote the story "thinking about us alone in our apartment and what we do, what we think when we’re in our room, and what they think when they go home."

> I mean, what is everybody thinking about in all of this? When people are waiting by the phone, waiting for somebody to call them, and the call never comes—you don’t have to let that discourage you. At the end of the day, you are a beautiful soul inside and out, and as long as you’re okay with loving yourself wholeheartedly, then you can be whoever you want to be, and you can thrive.
>
> —

## Live performance

The song was performed at Amazon's Represent the Future Summit 2020 in October 2020.

Represent the Future Summit 2020 - "Lonely"
## Lyrics

I know sometimes, you feel alone

I know some nights, you wait by your phone

I know you wish you had somebody to hold

It don't have to be lonely being alone

Who are you when no one's watchin'?

You close the door to your apartment

Are you afraid of the silence?

Are you afraid of what you'll find in it?

Three in the morning, stayed up

Feels like the world won't wait up

All in your mind, it's made up

I know sometimes, you feel alone

I know some nights, you wait by your phone

I know you wish you had somebody to hold

It don't have to be lonely being alone

I remember, just the other day

Brought all my problems, had myself to blame

There my friends go, there my love go

I'm just sittin' here, yeah, feelin' solo (Woah)

It's not like money gonna save me (Oh-oh, oh)

Or poppin' bottles on the daily (Oh-oh, oh)

I had to learn to love me lately (Lately)

Hey

I know sometimes (Times), you feel alone (Alone)

I know some nights (Nights), you wait by your phone (Your phone)

I know you wish you had somebody to hold (Oh, oh)

It don't have to be lonely being alone

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

It don't have to be lonely being alone

I know (I know) sometimes (Sometimes), you feel (You feel) alone

I know (I know) some nights (Some nights), you wait by your phone

I know (I know) you wish (You wish) you had somebody to hold (Somebody to hold, body to hold)

It don't have to be lonely being alone

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

It don't have to be lonely being alone

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

Ah, ah, ah (Oh woah)

It don't have to be lonely being alone

## **"Lonely" credits adapted from Tidal**

### Written by:

Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Felicia Ferraro, Scott Storch, Vincent Van Den Ende, Wallis Lane

### Engineered by:

Assisted by Halle Bailey and Najeeb Jones

## References

1. ↑ "Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle". Tidal.
2. ↑ "Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle on Apple Music". Apple Music.
3. ↑ "Credits / Ungodly Hour / Chloe x Halle". Tidal. Retrieved on March 9, 2021.