Happy Ever After

**HAPPY EVER AFTER** is Neoni's third release of 2023. It was released on March 17, 2023.

Listen to **HAPPY EVER AFTER**

> *"It's definitely an angry anthem" - Neoni*
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## Theme

"Don't let the title fool you, there's nothing magical about this song, nor happy. It's not happy at all. The hook line is "Happy ever after you", like ever since you've not been involved in my life, I've been much better. My life is better when you're out of it, delete yourself from my life. I think, in life we come across people that are built to be challenges. There are people that just do not go, they're made to test you, they are not the peanut butter to your jelly, they are the mint to your orange juice. Some people are put into your life to challenge you.

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They test your patience with bullshit, and this song is about that person. This song is about how good you feel without them. How good you feel like when you finally get back in control of your own life, and start doing things that you wouldn't do again, and being you, and having them be gone. Basically, it's a big f-you anthem.

If you're part of BookTok, this one has a hyper-fantasy vibe too in an angry, dark, murderous way. We couldn't come at the song without doing something ridiculously dramatic with it."

## Background

* The song was confirmed on January 2, 2023 during a Discord Q&A with Neoni.
* A small snippet of **HAPPY EVER AFTER** was played in a Discord LIVE VC after the Doomsday premiere. They also said that it's set to be announced in March but no release date has been announced yet.
* It was announced on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter on March 13, 2023.
* It was announced on YouTube and TikTok on March 14, 2023 with a small snippet.
* A small snippet was posted on Neoni's Instagram story on March 15, 2023.
* **HAPPY EVER AFTER** was added to SALT on March 17, 2023
* When promoting the song on TikTok where they showed books that fit the theme of their songs, **HAPPY EVER AFTER** was linked to **A Court Of Mist And Fury** by Sarah J Maas.

## Lyrics

[Verse]

This is not a fairy tale, yeah

It's a horror movie

Everything was great 'til you decided to screw me

Use me, oh, you did a doozy

Somebody call Newsweek

[Pre-Chorus]

‘Cause I’d like to report a crime

Of lies

And wasting all my time

I found paradise waiting on the other side

[Chorus]

‘Cause I’m happy ever, happy ever after you

And it’s funny ‘cause there’s nothing you could ever do to

Buy my forgiveness, you lost all my interest

I got some good news

I’m happy ever after you, you

I’m happy ever after you, you

I’m happy ever after you, you

I’m happy ever after you, you

I’m happy ever after

[Verse]

Tale as old as time

And I wish it was fiction

Now you’re all surprised

I canceled my subscription

Listen, I heard you talking shit and

Painting me like the villain

[Pre-Chorus]

But you’re the one that did the crime

You lied

And wasted all my time

I found paradise waiting on the other side

[Chorus]

‘Cause I’m happy ever, happy ever after you

And it’s funny ‘cause there’s nothing you could ever do to

Buy my forgiveness, you lost all my interest

I got some good news

I’m happy ever after you, you

I’m happy ever after (after) you, you

I’m happy ever after

[Bridge]

[I’m happy ever, happy ever after you)

(And it’s funny cause there’s nothing you could ever do to)

(Buy my forgiveness, you lost all my interest)

(I got some good news)

(I’m happy ever after) you, you

I’m happy ever after you, you

I’m happy ever after you, you

I’m happy ever after you, you

I’m (happy ever after)

[Outro]

You, you (after you)

You, you(‘cause there’s nothing you could ever do to)

(Buy my forgiveness)

(You lost all my interest)

I got some good news

I’m happy ever after

## Trivia

* **HAPPY EVER AFTER** was written over two days, which is longer than what it usually takes them (1 day).
* The music video was directed by Carson Charles Butcher, and produced by Preston Long.
* The art for **HAPPY EVER AFTER** was done by Jigar Mistry/oblivion1501.
* When asked about if there were any books in particular that inspired HAPPY EVER AFTER, after mentioning BookTok in the trailer, Caitlin said that: "There was this one book, I don't know if you guys have read it, it's a demented version of Cinderella, and she's like a cyborg, and all this ... the book is amazing and definitely has a lot of the themes, so I wouldn't say it's like a direct 'I wrote it because of that book', but it definitely inspired as we were going through it, that energy definitely was present". The book could possibly be "Cinder" by Marissa Meyer, but they never confirmed this.
* It was a funny session when they were writing **HAPPY EVER AFTER**. In a TikTok Live, they said that they were working on DEBBIE DOWNER the whole day from 10 to 5, and they were working on different vocals, and then they decided they wanted to write, so David pulled up a beat, and so they wrote the first verse and chorus of **HAPPY EVER AFTER**, and finished the song later.
* When asked during the **VILLAIN** Discord LIVE if the song was about a specific person, Neoni said that yes, it was, and it was someone that they had worked with.

## Sources

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/nMSnzGCBndA
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvC7xUuD0z/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=755252569282152&set=a.285505416256872
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/WeAreNeoni/status/1635313830644580353
6. ↑ https://youtube.com/shorts/pFZqYlsrsi0?feature=share
7. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7210487973295476011?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7157031650173421061
8. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7243845815737814314
9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5LNymoxB3/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
10. ↑ https://youtu.be/I\_JhRGnCBr8?t=923