Love Song

"**Love Song**" *(stylised in lowercase)*, released 4 December 2020, is the sixth song on the physical version and the seventh song on the digital version of YUNGBLUD's second studio album *weird!*.

## Background

When on BBC Radio 1 with Jack Saunders , YUNGBLUD said that “love song” talks about his perception of love. He first believed that love was violent and abusive because he watched his parents be abusive to each other while being in love. However, he fell in love for the first time with his ex-girlfriend, Halsey, and started changing his mind about love. Throughout the relationship he realises how love should be and he talks about being scared of loving her wrong due to growing up learning love equaled abuse, he wants to love her right and reciprocate the love she’s giving to him. In Halsey’s previous relationship she was abused and cheated on, YUNGBLUD promises her that although he’s fragile with love, he won’t be the same, he won’t let her down.

Ultimately their relationship mutually ended after 10 months, the pair remain good friends and support each other. He took with him his changed perception of love, an understanding of his sexuality and how he views himself both romantically and sexually. In an interview with Attitude Magazine he stated:

> "I owe a lot to that girl, in terms of my growth and my sexuality, in terms of everything."
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In December, he was interviewed by People Magazine, when the chorus of the song was complimented lyrically he stated:

> "That song is so important to me because I never write love songs, man. I grew up in quite a violent home. My parents used to fight a lot and sometimes physically. And I was always loved by them, they always loved us but they used to fight each other. And I was like, "If that's love, I don't want any f—ing part of it." But then I met someone who completely changed my world inside out and upside down and made me go, *"Oh my God, this is what it feels like to be loved. This is insane."* And that didn't end well, and I got my f—ing heartbroken, but f—, it felt good. No one's going to prepare you for love. No one's going to prepare you for heartbreak. But I want that song to be there for people when they f—ing fall in love".
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## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

All I learned growing up was that love chewed me up

Spit me out on the pavement next to the cuts

And the blood that my mum and dad would

Always take out on each other

Only thing that I knew that a love could lead me to

Was protecting my sisters from all the cuts

And the blood that my mum and dad would

Always take out on each other

[Pre-Chorus]

Sweetheart, you are

Changing my mind

Sweetheart, you are

Changing my mind

[Chorus]

Nobody taught me how to love myself

So how can I love somebody else?

There ain't no excuses

I swear that I'm doing my best

Nobody taught me how to love myself

So how can I love somebody else?

I'm so new to this

I swear that I'm doing my best

[Post-Chorus]

I won't let you down

I won't let you down

[Verse 2]

Standing there, you look at me

Understanding everything

Yeah, it's so fascinating

You patch up the blood and the cuts

But our blood got mixed up

So I guess we belong to each other

[Pre-Chorus]

Sweetheart, you are

Changing my mind

Sweetheart, you are

Changing my mind

[Chorus]

Nobody taught me how to love myself

So how can I love somebody else?

There ain't no excuses

I swear that I'm doing my best

Nobody taught me how to love myself

So how can I love somebody else?

I'm so new to this

I swear that I'm doing my best

[Bridge]

They will try to pay for me to erase all the memories

But I can't

But you shine so bright in a spotless mind

Someone gets left behind

[Chorus]

Nobody taught me how to love myself

So how can I love somebody else?

There ain't no excuses

I swear that I'm doing my best

Nobody taught me how to love myself

So how can I love somebody else?

I'm so new to this

I swear that I'm doing my best

[Outro]

I won't let you down

I won't let you down

I won't let you down

I won't let you down

## Trivia

* Jack Saunders invited YUNGBLUD on BBC Radio 1 to give a track-by-track guide explaining songs on the album. Jack asked him about the outro *"I won't let you down"* asking him who he didn’t wanna let down, he responded.

> *”Probably [Halsey], it was a very big public relationship and I wrote that when we were together, you know what I mean, it was like: I have a bit of a broken heart from when I was younger, my idea of love is a bit skewed but I love you and I’m gonna try my best to make sure I do that every day, and make sure to do that right.”*
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## Credits

*Credits adapted from TIDAL*

* Dominic Harrison — producer, composer, lyricist, guitar, background vocalist, percussion, vocals
* Chris Greatti — producer, composer, lyricist, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, strings
* Zakk Cervini — producer, drums, programming, recording engineer, studio personnel
* Benjamin Jackson — composer, lyricist
* Omer Fedi — programming
* Chris Gehringer — mastering engineer, studio personnel
* Neal Avron — engineer, mixer, studio personnel
* Mike Crossey — composer, lyricist
* Nick Mira — programming

## Buy/Stream

* YouTube (Audio)
* SoundCloud
* Apple Music
* Deezer
* Tidal
* Spotify

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BBC Sounds — "YUNGBLUD on Radio 1" (4 December 2020)
2. ↑ Attitude Magazine — "YUNGBLUD NOW CONSIDERS HIMSELF A PART OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY" (1 December 2020)
3. ↑ People Magazine — "Yungblud Opens Up About His Album Weird!, His 'Violent' Childhood and 'Pushing Boundaries'" (4 December 2020)
4. ↑ TIDAL — "Credits / weird! / YUNGBLUD - TIDAL" (4 December 2020)