Die A Little

* Single
* 13 Reasons Why

"**Die A Little**", released 23 August 2019, is the second track on 13 Reasons Why (Season 3 Soundtrack). It's also the third single to be included on the 13 Reasons Why Soundtrack, following *"Tin Pan Boy"* and *"Falling Skies"*.

## Background

On 2 August 2019, iTunes revealed the soundtrack to the third season of 13 Reasons Why. YUNGBLUD's name appeared on the soundtrack while the title of his song was hidden under the placeholder "Track 2", iTunes revealed that the soundtrack was expected 23 August 2019.

On 18 August 2019, YUNGBLUD announced through his social media that the song was called *"**Die A Little**"*, he revealed the cover art for the single, separately to 13 Reasons Why and revealed three lines in the song

In an interview YUNGBLUD stated *"This song is kind of Nine Inch Nails inspired, a bit Marilyn Manson-esque. This song is about the dark part of your mind, the dark parts of your way of thinking that everyone has. That everyone doesn’t understand why they have it. It’s the knot in your stomach that you wake up and the sun’s shining, and you don’t know why it’s there. But when you figure out it is there, and when you figure out there’s other people that feel the same way with you, you learn to control it. And you learn to be alright and accept it."*.

On 30 October 2019, YUNGBLUD announced that a music video for *"Die A Little"* would be dropping on Halloween on his Twitter  and to his Instagram. On the day of the release he tweeted out a clip of the music video with a link to the video from YouTube

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Just when life gets messed up

Just when you can't turn back

Sometimes, life gets like that

It's my addiction

Take my foot off the gas

Step on paper-thin glass

Play the music and dance

It's my addiction

[Pre-Chorus]

'Cause we are the lonely ones

We are the lonely ones

We are the lonely ones

[Chorus]

All you gotta do is die a little, die a little

Die a little to survive

Help me take my precious time

All you gotta do is cry a little, cry a little

Cry a little to be fine

Help me figure out my mind

[Verse 2]

You help me sleep at night

Help me turn off the lights

Calm down my obsessed mind

You're my religion

You can follow the lines

Piece by piece, time by time

Hold my hands when I'm blind

Like a magician

[Pre-Chorus]

We are the lonely ones

We are the lonely ones

We are the lonely ones

[Chorus]

All you gotta do is die a little, die a little

Die a little to survive

Help me take my precious time

All you gotta do is cry a little, cry a little

Cry a little to be fine

Help me figure out my mind

[Bridge]

We are the lonely ones

We are the lonely ones

We are the lonely ones

'Cause we are the lonely ones

We are the lonely ones

We are the lonely ones

[Outro]

And just when life gets messed up

Just when you can't turn back

Sometimes, life gets like that

It's my addiction

## Trivia

* A few fans of his have criticised him being on the soundtrack of a controversial Netflix show. However in an NME interview, he defended the show being controversial, stating *"There’s so much controversy around this show because people think it’s glamorising anxiety. I do not. It’s doing what good art should do: it’s highlighting a subject that people wouldn’t normally talk about."*, *"People say that it’s triggering and uncomfortable. I suffer from anxiety and depression, and I have a lot of my life. Do you know what’s more uncomfortable than that? Someone not understanding what you’re going through."*
* The song plays at the end of Season 3 Episode 9, "Always Waiting for the Next Bad News".

## Buy/Stream

* YouTube (Audio)
* YouTube (Music Video)
* SoundCloud
* Apple Music
* Deezer
* Tidal
* Google Play
* Spotify

## References

1. ↑ YUNGBLUD SPAIN (@YungbludSP) on Twitter — "En el soundtrack @13ReasonsWhy season 3 aparece una canción de @yungblud 🤟🏽" Posted 2 August 2019.
2. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Instagram — "DIE A LITTLE out 8/23. u ready? 🖤 - just when life gets messed up, just when you can’t turn back, sometimes life gets like that ..." Posted 18 August 2019.
3. ↑ Rocksound Magazine — "YUNGBLUD is releasing new music this Friday". Published 19 August 2019.
4. ↑ YouTube — "Yungblud Interview On 'The Underrated Youth' EP, Halsey Collab & Album 2 - Reading & Leeds 2019". Published 23 August 2019.
5. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "happy halloween. die a little video out tomorrow. u ready? 🖤🎃🖤" Posted 30 October 2019.
6. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Instagram — "happy halloween. die a little video out tomorrow. u ready? 🖤🎃🖤" Posted 30 October 2019.
7. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "all u gotta do is die a little to survive 🖤 video out now..." Posted 31 October 2019.
8. ↑  NME — "Yungblud: “I suffer from anxiety and depression, and ’13 Reasons Why’ highlights a difficult subject”" (29 July 2019)