SUBSTANCE

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“SUBSTANCE” is the second single from American singer Demi Lovato’s eighth studio album HOLY FVCK. The track was first teased by Lovato on an Instagram post in January of… Read More

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SUBSTANCE Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Is anybody happy with life in the backseat?
Trying to master the art of detaching
Is anybody driving? Is anyone asking?
Is anyone grasping that nothing lasts?

[Pre-Chorus]
Woah
I know we're all fucking exhausted
Woah
Am I in my head or have we all lost it?

[Chorus]
So I ask myself
"Am I the only one looking for substance?"
Got high, it only left me lonely and loveless
Don't wanna end up in a casket, head full of maggots
Body full of jack shit, I get in abundance
Am I the only one looking for substance?

[Verse 2]
I don't remember last week, got my head scratching
But everyone's acting like nothing is lacking
I think we might be crashing, everyone's laughing
Time is just passing, yet nothing lasts

[Pre-Chorus]
Woah
I know we're all fucking exhausted
Woah
Am I in my head or have we all lost it?

[Chorus]
So I ask myself
"Am I the only one looking for substance?"
Got high, it only left me lonely and loveless
Don't wanna end up in a casket, head full of maggots
Body full of jack shit, I get in abundance
Am I the only one looking for substance?

[Bridge]
Am I talking to myself?
Is anyone out there screaming at the walls?
I can't relate at all, relate at all
Fuck the theatrics, what happened to classic?
Give me the real shit, give me the magic

[Chorus]
So I ask myself
"Am I the only one looking for substance?"
Got high, it only left me lonely and loveless
(Don't wanna end up in a) Casket
(Head full of) Maggots
(Body full of) Jack shit
(I get in) Abundance
Am I the only one looking for substance?

[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

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About

“SUBSTANCE” is the second single from American singer Demi Lovato’s eighth studio album HOLY FVCK.

The track was first teased by Lovato on an Instagram post in January of 2022, using lyrics of the song’s pre-chorus. Later, they revealed audio of the bridge on March 22, 2022 in another Instagram story.

On June 29, 2022, Demi posted a video on TikTok showing another snippet of the song and the pre-save link was announced in the same day.

Q&A

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What is it about?

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Demi Lovato

The overall meaning behind substance is that I wanted to make a point that we live in a world where nothing is real anymore. There’s so much that’s lacking substance, from the content that we intake to the activities we do in our normal lives. We’re always on our phones, we’re always on the internet and I wanted to make a song that was saying how I missed the substance that used to be the world we live in.

What was the writing process like for “SUBSTANCE”?

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Demi Lovato

The writing process for this song was so easy, it just flowed effortlessly and the co-writers on this song were amazing and I’m just so grateful to have this song come out of this project.

What was the experience like for making the “SUBSTANCE” music video?

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Demi Lovato

Making the video for “SUBSTANCE” was so much fun, I had so much fun making that video. It was very very fast paced but we got it all done. It was a two day shoot and there was so much going on but so many fun set-ups. There even was a food fight that I had my friends in and we got to tear up a house on a set together. Paris Hilton was in it, on the red carpet, and she is just so iconic. We had a lot of fun.