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Clairo
Immunity
North

TRACK

North

Release date: 1st August 2019

From Immunity

Track 4

3:33

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About This Track

'North' finds Clairo caught between desire and self-preservation. She sings about someone she knows she cannot have, the realisation dawning across verses thick with physical longing and emotional uncertainty. The track builds on the vulnerability that defines her debut album, but here that openness becomes a kind of trap: she wants to stay, but knows she should leave. "Maybe I should just go up north" becomes both escape route and impossible fantasy. The production mirrors this tension. Lo-fi guitars and hazy synthesisers create the intimate bedroom-pop atmosphere that made her earlier work distinctive, but the album's studio polish gives them weight and space. Her voice floats above it all, natural and unguarded, the emotional core around which everything else orbits. A Dork five-star record, 'Immunity' transforms the rawness of her previous recordings into something more expansive without sacrificing the sorrow that defines her songwriting.

"North" is a track by Clairo, from the album Immunity, released 1st August 2019. The track is 3:33 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 19 articles about Clairo.

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Lyrics

North

I'm nervous, couldn't tell you why
Touching me, hands warm on my thighs
And I know I could turn a blind eye
Afraid of what I'm gonna find
Does it really have to be this way?
Oh, and my body hasn't felt the same
Since you left my apartment
Think my pillows still have your scent

I just want to let you know
I'm seeing the sides that you don't show
And I know that we've got some potential
'Cause that look you gave me was so gentle

Do you think that you could stay?
I need more time, I need to get away from here
Pour my love out
Spill it all on the ground
Is it all in my head? What are you saying?
Usually I'd be fine, but my head is spinning
I never let anybody in
Somehow you got under my skin

Never seen a face like yours
I got it together, but my breath feels short
I don't wanna close the door
Maybe I should just go up north

All I'm tryna say
Is I miss you in every way
Fingertips on my back
Things I know that I can't have

Never seen a face like yours
I got it together, but my breath feels short
I don't wanna close the door
Maybe I should just go up north

Maybe I should just go up north
Maybe I should just go up north

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Track details

From Immunity

3:332019

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Album

2nd August 2019

Track number

4

Release year

2019

1Alewife
3:33
2Impossible
3:50
4North
3:33
6Softly
3:05

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Clairo
Producer: Clairo, Rostam
Keyboards: Peter CottonTale
Vocals: Clairo
Additional Production: Peter CottonTale
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Chris Allgood
Bass Synthesizer: Rostam
Drum Programmer: Clairo, Peter CottonTale, Rostam
Electric Guitar: Clairo
Mastering Engineer: Emily Lazar
Mellotron: Rostam
Mixing Engineer: Dave Fridmann, Mike Fridmann
Recording Engineer: Cary Singer, Dalton Ricks, Nick Breton, Rostam
Synthesizer: Rostam

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