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St. Vincent – New York
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“New York” is the first single from St. Vincent’s MASSEDUCTION. Clark debuted the song a year prior to the record’s release at a benefit concert. Originally, the song lacked a
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St. Vincent – Los Ageless
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Los Ageless, the fifth track on St. Vincent’s MASSEDUCTION, was released on September 6th along with the full announcement of the album.
The title is a play on the city of Los
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St. Vincent – Masseduction
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The title track of Masseduction. St Vincent said in her Facebook press conference that the title is “a little play on words. Mass seduction, seduction of masses, my seduction. Am I
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St. Vincent – Regret
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“Regret”, track 7 from St. Vincent’s self-titled album, seems to be about realizing the folly in one’s past actions. Annie was afraid of being left behind, and that fear made her
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St. Vincent – Happy Birthday, Johnny
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Another ode to Annie Clark’s (perhaps figurative, perhaps not) dear friend Johnny. “Happy Birthday, Johnny” could very well be interpreted as a continuation of St. Vincent’s
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St. Vincent – Pills
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“Pills” is the 3rd single released from St. Vincent’s Masseduction. It was released on October 10, 2017.
The inspiration for the song came “when [Annie] was having trouble
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St. Vincent – These Days
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“These Days” is the third track on Paris is Burning, an EP released by St. Vincent in 2006. It is a cover of a song off the album Chelsea Girl by Nico. “These Days” was originally
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St. Vincent – Rattlesnake
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The song Clark herself calls “a new mythology,” “Rattlesnake” is a new creation story styled around the isolation of a person stripped away of their 21st century dependencies and
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St. Vincent – Prince Johnny
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Thoughtful, precise, and devotedly emotional, “Prince Johnny” remains one of St. Vincent’s most tender songs, deconstructing gender and acceptance.
This is the second in a “
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St. Vincent – Slow Disco
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“Slow Disco” originated from the leftovers of a song meant for the Civil Wars' Joy Williams. Annie Clark and Williams worked on the track but never finished it. It was dug up and
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St. Vincent – The Antidote
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[Verse 1] / I am the antidote / I’ll suck your venom out / Show me where it really hurts / I’ll show you where it really hurts / [Chorus] / Should’ve stopped for the wind / Should’
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St. Vincent – Savior
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On the surface, “Savior” is a song about experimentation with sexual role-play by dressing up as characters that wield power and discipline (nurse, teacher, nun, policeman
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St. Vincent – Bicycle
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“Bicycle” is a bonus track from the 2009 album Actor that was released exclusively by Amazon on digital downloads of the album. A second bonus track, “Oh My God,” was available on
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St. Vincent – Cheerleader
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In “Cheerleader,” Clark reclaims her dignity and self-worth against those she felt she had to uproot her lifestyle for.
The idea of being a cheerleader denounces Clark’s
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David Byrne & St. Vincent – Who
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[Verse 1: David Byrne ] / Who’ll be my valentine? / Who’ll lift this heavy load? / Who’ll share this taxi cab? / Who wants to climb aboard? / [Refrain: St. Vincent] / Who is an
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St. Vincent – Marrow
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A song that’s both growling and pleading at the same time, “Marrow” hints at the sonic grooves St. Vincent would later explore in her selftitled release.
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St. Vincent – Digital Witness
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The second single released off St. Vincent’s self-titled album, “Digital Witness” is Annie Clark’s scathing satire of the selfie age.
Its heavy brassy beats are reminiscent of
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St. Vincent – Cruel
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Cruel to be kind.
That’s how Annie Clark described the core theme of Strange Mercy. In the single “Cruel”, the former is explored as she details the subtle cruelties society
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St. Vincent – Pietà
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“Pietà” was officially released as a 10" on Record Store Day / Black Friday of 2014 along with its B-Side, “Sparrow”. They were recorded in the same sessions as her 2014 eponymous
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St. Vincent – Smoking Section
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The closing track on MASSEDUCTION sees St. Vincent dive into the darker themes of the album. The subdued production and somewhat hesitant vocals reflect the uncertainty and
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St. Vincent – The Laughing Man
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[Verse 1] / 9-1-1 (9-1-1, what's your emergency?) / I'm in love (I see, so how can I help you?) / I can hear the angels weepin' / So why do I feel like sleepin'? / Little birds
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St. Vincent – Black Rainbow
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[Verse 1] / There's a black rainbow above my house / Match the curtains and the floors / Think I'm glass, I think I'm breaking it / Wrecking ball outside the door / [Verse 2] / Let
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St. Vincent – Sad But True
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[Verse 1] / Hey (Hey) / I'm your life, I'm the one who takes you there / Hey (Hey) / I'm your life, I'm the one who cares / They (They) / They betray, I'm your only true friend now
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St. Vincent – Somebody Like Me
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[Verse 1] / Paint yourself white / Clip on the wings / Climb high to the top of a building / Does it make you an angel / Or some kind of freak / To believe enough / In somebody
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St. Vincent – Consideration (Recorded At Spotify Studios NYC)
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Along with a cover of her own track “Los Ageless,” St. Vincent reimagines Rihanna and SZA’s 2016 track “Consideration” for a Spotify Singles Sessions in 2018.
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St. Vincent – Sugarboy
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“Sugarboy” is the fourth track in St. Vincent’s fifth studio album Masseduction. It’s a fast-tempo rock song that features some of Clark’s most impressive guitar work yet and ends
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St. Vincent – Surgeon
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“Surgeon” was born out of a single line Annie Clark found while reading Marilyn Monroe’s diaries.
Best, finest surgeon – Lee Strasberg, come cut me open
In an NPR interview in
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St. Vincent – Teenage Talk
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The last demo holdover from St. Vincent’s eponymous album’s recording sessions. “Teenage Talk” is bittersweet and brief, reflective of its coming-of-age subject matter.
The single
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St. Vincent – Now, Now
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“Now, Now” lays out the thesis for Marry Me: a direct attack on your preconceived notions, whatever those notions might be.
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St. Vincent – Psychopath
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“Psychopath” revisits a date that Clark once went on that didn’t end up sparking any romantic emotions.
The song nearly found life as a track for Madonna after it was first demoed
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St. Vincent – The Bed
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[Verse 1] / We're sleeping underneath the bed / To scare the monsters out / With our dear daddy's Smith and Wesson / We've gotta teach them all a lesson / [Pre-Chorus] / Don't move
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St. Vincent – Young Lover
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“Young Lover” dresses up a startling and depressing encounter as an energetic, glam-rock adventure. The song recounts the moment where someone, as Clark never specified if it was
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St. Vincent – Dilettante
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“Dilettante” is the ninth song on Indie/Art Pop-artist St. Vincent’s 2011 album, Strange Mercy.
It was her third full studio album, and came to be with Clark writing in an
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St. Vincent – Actor Out of Work
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Running in the spirit of Annie Clark’s anti-love songs in Marry Me, “Actor Out of Work” is a scathing affair about a lying lover and the speaker who just can’t quite figure out her
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St. Vincent – Down
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[Verse 1] / You've hit me one time / Imagine my surprise / When you hit me two times / You got yourself a fight / I was a patsy / You were a creep from the cheap seats / Thinking
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St. Vincent – Marry Me
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The first of what St. Vincent would eventually nickname, “The Johnny trilogy”. “John” would soon return in later tracks.
Deceptively sweet at first listen, “Marry Me” slyly
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St. Vincent – Huey Newton
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A lush ballad that turns razor sharp by its end, “Huey Newton” continues to reflect on the 21st century anxieties St. Vincent spins on her eponymous album. It was written during
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St. Vincent – Piggy
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[Verse 1] / Hey, pig / Yeah, you / Hey pig, piggy, pig, pig, pig / All of my fears came true / Black and blue and broken bones / You left me here, I'm all alone / My little piggy
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St. Vincent – Fear the Future
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In “Fear the Future”, St. Vincent exaggerates the feelings and the atmosphere of an important and full of tension moment in her relationship with somebody. She is afraid of what is
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St. Vincent – Paris Is Burning
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St. Vincent paints a picture about a a reclusive American soldier in Paris, which by the end of WWII was lying in ruins.
According to Annie Clark, the track was “written for the
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David Byrne & St. Vincent – Optimist
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“The thing about optimism is that it’s not optimism unless things are kind of bad. Otherwise you’re just a realist.”
— Annie Clark
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St. Vincent – The Neighbors
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[Verse 1] / Sister, say a prayer for us / One we learned from nuns and such / I won't believe, not a word you speak / Just make it sweet to hear / Let's pour wine in coffee cups
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St. Vincent – The Party
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[Verse 1] / Honey, the party, you went away quickly / But oh, that's the trouble with ticking and talking / I lick the ice cube from your empty glass / Oh, we've stayed much too
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