Just Desserts

## Audio

"**Just Desserts**" (originally called "**The Other Foot**") is a single by MARINA and Charli XCX, released on May 1st, 2013.

## Background

The collaboration was announced by the producer Dan Parry on April 25th, 2013, when he posted a photo on Instagram with a label written "Charli XCX Feat Marina and the Diamonds".

In a 2013 interview Marina said about the collaboration: *"We met about a year ago and got along really well, and she was like “do you want to do something together?” and we e-mailed back and forth together on different tracks. I actually had this track already that I’d written for a rapper, and he’d never used it, so I was like “how about this?” and she really liked it. So I added a few things, called it “Just Desserts”, and we put it out! It was just for pleasure, it wasn’t for any particular reason."*

"The Other Foot" was the original version, a snippet of it was leaked on January 3rd, 2013, with fans believing it to be a solo version. After the song was rejected by the rapper it was updated in May with new verses from Charli XCX.

Two slightly different versions of the duet exist, one uploaded (which was later deleted quickly) by Charli XCX, and the final version uploaded a few hours later by both artists.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1: Charli XCX with MARINA]

Oh, heartbreak's hard when you don't have a plastic heart

You sucked me in through the cinnamon stars

'Cause you tasted so bitter, but the bitter was sweet

I'm the lovelorn princess and I'm yours to eat

I gave you too much, gave you too much to touch

Was the hardcore iron through the velvet glove

You were a lullaby, and you had me blind

But now I laugh 'cause you're the one who's being left behind

I see you cry

[Pre-Chorus: MARINA]

Now that the shoe's on the other foot

Yeah

[Chorus: MARINA]

Now that the shoe's on the other foot

You suddenly decided to knock on wood

Waking everybody in the neighborhood

Telling everybody that I'm no good

Karma came around like I knew it would

Like I knew it would

And it feels so good when the shoe is put

On the other foot

[Post-Chorus: Charli XCX & MARINA]

Yeah, baby, I know that it hurts

When you're about to get your just desserts

[Verse 2: Charli XCX with MARINA]

Oh, heartbreak's hard, harder than glittering cars

Harder than living life fast

Harder than crashing and burning

Hope you that learned your lesson

(I hope that you learned your lesson)

They always said I was a mess of a girl

Ever since you stepped your toes into my perfect world

You flipped me upside down, but I see clear from here

That you're a mess of a boy

You'll cry these tears for years

Look in the mirror, baby

[Pre-Chorus: MARINA]

Now that the shoe's on the other foot

Yeah

[Chorus: MARINA]

Now that the shoe's on the other foot

You suddenly decided to knock on wood

Waking everybody in the neighborhood

Telling everybody that I'm no good

Karma came around like I knew it would

Like I knew it would

And it feels so good when the shoe is put

On the other foot

[Post-Chorus: Charli XCX & MARINA]

Yeah, baby, I know that it hurts

When you're about to get your just desserts

[Bridge: MARINA]

I'm glad that you crashed and burned

Guys like you, they never learn

Never learn

Baby, revenge is sweet

When I am playing you on repeat

[Chorus: MARINA]

Now that the shoe's on the other foot

You suddenly decided to knock on wood

Waking everybody in the neighborhood

Telling everybody that I'm no good

Karma came around like I knew it would

Like I knew it would

And it feels so good when the shoe is put

On the other foot

[Outro: MARINA]

Now that the shoe's on the other foot

Karma came back, like you knew it would

Like you knew it would

## Trivia

* The title is also a play on the phrase “justice hurts,” which ties to the lyrics' themes of karma and revenge.

## References

1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20130614042341/https://www.confrontmagazine.com/2013/06/marina-and-the-diamonds-2/