Cover art for Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene by ​beabadoobee

Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene

Oct. 16, 20201 viewer17.3K views

Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene Lyrics

[Intro]
He—, hold up, fuck
He—, what the fuck?
Sounds like a fart
(One, two, three, four)

[Verse 1]
He smells very nice
Oh, so nice
Wears clothes that I like
He doesn't even try
He doesn't even try

[Chorus]
And I think I wanna marry him
But I really don't wanna freak him out
I know all our children's names, they're called
Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene
Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene
Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene
Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene
Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene
Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene


[Verse 2]
Love me 'til I die
I'll be his corpse bride
And when I smell, he says it's fine
Oh, how nice

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Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene is the twelfth and final track on her debut album Fake It Flowers. On August 5, 2020, beabadoobee revealed the album’s Tracklist, cover art and official release date of this song which is October 16, 2020. The title is composed of three names, ones beabadoobee would like to give to her possible future children.

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What did ​beabadoobee say about "Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene"?
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The name of this song is simply the names I want to call my children. I’m literally saying in the song, ‘You’ll never leave me because you think I’m pretty, so we’ll have lots of babies called Yoshimi, Forest, Magdalene.’ And it’s supposed to be really stupid and fun to finish the album off on a positive note. I wanted it to be very messy—like so disgustingly distorted that you can’t even hear a sound. We recorded it live in Wandsworth in a studio. There were two drum kits and we were just bashing the drums. It was fun, and very Flaming Lips-inspired. The last mood of this album is the really strange, weird Bea. And I think that’s my favourite one.

– via Apple Music

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Synthesizer
Background Vocals
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
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Recorded At
DH00270 and Urchin Studios (London, UK)
Release Date
October 16, 2020
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