Cover art for Yuck by Charli XCX

Yuck

Charli XCX
Track 10 on CRASH 

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Mar. 18, 20221 viewer46K views

Yuck Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Not supposed to feel this way, I'm such a hypocrite
I always frown on love, it's giving me a tummy-ache

(All these butterflies make me sick) Make me fly away
(It's some hocus pocus shit, I'm bewitched) Fly away


[Pre-Chorus]
Calling too much, you're breaking my phone
Mad when you do and sad when you don't

Chivalry, ooh, you taking my coat
Too cute, no, this ain't me now
Candlelight
Out on a starry night
You brush my hair to the side
And you tell me I'm pretty

[Chorus]
Yuck, now you got me blushin'
Cheeks so red when the blood starts rushing
Yuck, that boy's so mushy
Sending me flowers, I'm just tryna get lucky

Yuck, lookin' at me all sucky
Yuck, quit acting like a puppy
Fuck, going all lovey-dovey on me (All lovеy-dovey on me)

[Verse 2]
You got your hopes high, thinking 'bout it most nights
Put mе on a pedestal 'cause my love's incredible

Don't wait up for me
I can't make those plans, catch me if you can (Come catch me)
Just flew into Japan, come catch me (But don't you catch feels, that's so—)
[Chorus]
Yuck, now you got me blushin'
Cheeks so red when the blood starts rushing
Yuck, that boy's so mushy
Sending me flowers, I'm just tryna get lucky

Yuck, lookin' at me all sucky
Yuck, quit acting like a puppy
Fuck, going all lovey-dovey on me

[Bridge]
All lovey-dovey on (Yuck)
All lovey-dovey on me (Why you do this to me?)
All lovey-dovey on (Yuck)
All lovey-dovey on me (Going all lovey-dovey on me)
All lovey-dovey on (Yuck)
All lovey-dovey on me (Why you do this to me?)
All lovey-dovey on (Fuck)
All lovey-dovey on me (Why you do that? Why you do that? Why you do that?)

[Outro]
Yuck (Why you do that? Why you do that? Mmm)
Yuck (Why you do that? Why you do that? Mmm)
Yuck (Why you do this to me?)
Yuck

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Genius Annotation

On the 10th track of CRASH, Charli deals with conflicting feelings toward a developing situationship. While she was just trying to “get lucky” the other person is showing a bit too much affection. At first, she instinctively feels icked out by the displays of affection—but not entirely.

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What did Charli XCX say about "Yuck"?
Genius Answer

I like the drastic gear change here. I like that it makes you laugh. I like those jarring moments on albums and in live shows where you’re going from the most intimate, quiet song to the most hilarious or poptastic. That was the reasoning behind putting “Every Rule” and “Yuck” back to back. I really struggle with that feeling of being smothered. It’s probably an only-child thing, or something. When you’re like, ‘Get away from me, give me some fucking space'—that is seriously how I feel 50% of the time. It also reminds me of that gang vocal element of “Boom Clap” and “Boys”. Not sonically, but more in terms of the way that I’m singing. I’m definitely not the most technical singer ever—if you put me next to Ariana Grande and made us both sing the same song, I would sound absolutely insane, and she would sound absolutely gorgeous—but when it comes to singing like this, I feel pretty confident. That’s really nice for me, just in a technical way. It’s really fun to be like, 'Yeah. You know what? I can sing this song.’ Which I know sounds stupid because I am a professional ‘singer’.

—via Apple Music

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