Whatever

from Somewhere Nowhere by HUNDREDTH

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This is the first song we wrote for this album, in Fall of 2018. We knew we wanted to do something different on this album and this song was definitely the catalyst. We knew we wanted to incorporate more synths and slow it down just a bit from our last album RARE. Alex and I wrote this song at my apartment one day when I was living in LA. It definitely felt like a new wave for us immediately. We went and tracked the drums up at Panda and it became the first single for this album. The main riff goes over a count of 3 in the verses and choruses but in the bridge it waits and goes over a count of 4. I think it really makes the bridge settle in and become its own world. It’s the first time we’ve ever just looped the entire song for a transition, like the end of the bridge. Lyrically, the song is pretty self-explanatory. It’s about escapism and just saying “fuck it” for a day. Without this song, I think this album would be much different. It was definitely a confidence builder for us and helped us go deeper into the new sound.

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it's like walking on a tight rope don't wanna come down
just in case i can't cope
and sometimes it's like pulling a flower from the vine and taking it home
just to find you're all alone it's been dead the whole time
i just wanna run, run, run away
i just wanna feel something good today i don't wanna think about anything
i just wanna be whatever i wanna be
be whatever i wanna be
it's like dosing in a circle
we're floating around
trying to find something beautiful
sometimes it's like rushing the trip just to find that i'm all alone at the top and i wanna turn around
but there's not enough time
i just wanna run, run, run away
i just wanna feel something good today i don't wanna think about anything
i just wanna be whatever i wanna be
be whatever i wanna be

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from Somewhere Nowhere, released October 9, 2020
Produced by Chadwick Johnson, Alex Blackwell & Sam Pura
Written by Chadwick Johnson & Alex Blackwell
Mixed by Sam Pura
Mastered by Sam Pura

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Hundredth is Chadwick Johnson, Alex Blackwell & Andrew Minervini.

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