Sad Girl Summer Lyrics
One of us was married
To an ex-marine, with a blonde down the block, he
Said commitment's scary
Then he left her alone with a house and a dog, so
So she ran to Daddy
And he said "That man's a loser, call your friends up"
And we pulled a chair up (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
[Pre-Chorus]
Pass your phone to the right (To the right)
Text an ex-love goodbye
[Chorus]
It's another sad girl summer
Flowers on the side of the road
Travellin' beside each other
No one has to dance on their own
Oh, oh, so
Take my hand and
Lose his number
You don't have to have another sad girl summer
Raise your glass, let it go
[Verse 2]
One of us is messy
She got dumped by "he-who-won't-be-mentioned"
She's vodka-coke unsteady
So we're secretly staging an intervention
Change your shoes, get ready
That boy is such a loser, put your hair up
And she pulls a chair up (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
Pass your phone to the right (To the right)
Text an ex-love goodbye
[Chorus]
It's another sad girl summer
Flowers on the side of the road
Travellin' beside each other
No one has to dance on their own
Oh, oh, so
Take my hand and
Lose his number
You don't have to have another sad girl summer
Raise your glass, let it go
[Post-Chorus]
La, la-la, la
La, la-la, la
La, la-la, la, la-la-la-la
La, la-la, la
La, la-la, la
La, la-la, la, la-la-la-la
[Bridge]
Find your lip gloss
Blow a kiss
Forget the boy ever existed
Find your lip gloss
Blow a kiss
Forget the boy ever existed
Pass your phone to the right (To the right)
Text an ex-love goodbye
[Chorus]
It's another sad girl summer
Flowers on the side of the road (On the side, on the side of the road)
Travellin' beside each other
No one has to dance on their own
Oh, oh, so
Take my hand and (Take my hand)
Lose his number (Lose his number)
You don't have to have another sad girl summer (Oh, oh, oh)
Raise your glass, let it go (Let it go)
About
This song was teased with a collection of comics released on Peters’ Instagram and Twitter account on Monday the 22nd of June, 2020, with the release date.
It was only official what the name of the song was on Wednesday 25th June, 2020.
Q&A
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In an 2020 interview with womeninpop, Maisie talked about the song, and its origin:
“Thank you so much! This song came from a really fun day in LA with a couple of my friends. We just came into the studio that day and I think there was just a real "good times” energy which is not often in the Maisie Peters studio, I will be honest. It’s not a classic emotion! I came up with the title ‘Sad Girl Summer’ because somebody had said it to me over brunch. And i was like ‘oh that’s kind of funny’. So I came into the studio and then we just had so much fun creating the whole story and the narrative and it really reminded me of old, Christina Aguilera songs and songs that tell a story like ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ [Madonna] – whole narrative vibes. That was really fun for everyone because it’s not often that you get to do that and step into somebody else’s shoes. All of my friends keep asking me which one of us is married to a marine? Who got divorced? I’m like no, it’s not you. It’s not all about you!"
In an 2020 interview with womeninpop, Maisie talked about the how she got her friends to join in on the video:
It was, it was in my parent’s house. It was so much fun. It was me and the directors thinking how can we make the ultimate girl gang but the lockdown addition meant all of my girl gangs are spread very far over the world. It was just trying to figure out a way to get everyone together for that real power of all of us and just fighting the good fight of hating terrible boys. So, yeah, we kind of just got, I got in touch with everybody and we just FaceTimed everyone and got them to do little things with their sunglasses and their hats. One of my friends lives in Jakarta and some people were in America, London, Brighton. It was really fun to get everyone involved".
