2023 single by Beabadoobee
"Glue Song" is a song by the Filipino-English singer Beabadoobee. The chamber pop ballad was produced by Jacob Bugden and Iain Berryman and released on 14 February 2023, through Dirty Hit.
A music video for the song was released along with the single. A remix with Clairo was released on 17 April 2023. The song has charted in several countries.[1]
Background and release
The song was released on Valentine's Day. Beabadoobee stated:
I wrote a lot of this song while on tour across Australia and Asia in the back of cars and traveling. It’s a heartfelt song that means a lot to me.... A love song and the first one I've written in my new relationship. I usually write these songs that are sad, in the past with my writing even when it doesn’t sound sad looking back, the lyrics usually have been. For the first time this is just me being really happy. I'm in a really positive place for the first time in a long time and feeling love. We recorded the song with my guitarist and producer Jacob [Bugden] in his house and added in trumpets and strings. This song feels really personal and I went to my home town in Iloilo to film the music video. It’s where I was born and so that also added another personal touch to the song.
Beabadoobee to Pitchfork in February 2023.[2]
Composition and lyrics
Musically, the song is a chamber pop ballad with slow and sensual guitars, with strings in the background. The beginning of the song experienced rotation on TikTok before it's release after it was teased months prior by the singer, in the snippet she sings, “I've never known someone like you/Tangled in love stuck by you/From the glue.”.[3][4][5]
Critical reception
The song was well received by critics. The Gryphon's Emie Grimwood wrote that the song introduces a new era for her music in a beautiful way, further writing that other return with a statement of love and gratitude, while also paying homage to the city she grew up in, calling it "touching and unflawed."[6] Stereogum called it a love song, one that takes listeners back to the acoustic sound of her past releases, continuing stating that at this point in her career she can spring for an elegant string section to flesh it out, though.[7]
Music video
The video was directed by her boyfriend Jake Erland and shot on 16mm film. She is seen hanging around with her family and her love interest Erland in her home town of Iloilo City in the Philippines. As of February 2024, it has over 16 million views on YouTube.[8][9]
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