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GIVĒON

STRANGERS

Release date: 11th July 2025

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About This Track

'Strangers' traces the wreckage of a relationship that has collapsed into estrangement. GIVĒON moves through the aftermath with a mix of disbelief and accusation, watching someone he loved slip into the company of another whilst he remains fixed in the memory of what they were. The song's central ache is the speed of the transformation: from declarations of devotion to the hollow courtesy of "How you been?" in the space of weeks. He suspects she is performing indifference, that beneath the surface she knows what she has discarded, yet the evidence of her moving on is undeniable. The chorus crystallises the paradox at the song's heart. Two people who were intimate enough to sleep in each other's arms have become strangers, and the blame lands on her inability to sustain the love she once offered. GIVĒON doesn't plead; he documents the distance with a kind of wounded clarity, noting how her family still asks about him, how her friends remember what they could have been. By the outro, the word "strangers" repeats like a mantra, a fact he is learning to accept.

"STRANGERS" is a track by GIVĒON, from the album BELOVED, released 11th July 2025. Full lyrics are available below.

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GIVĒON

GIVĒON

Lyrics

STRANGERS

[Verse 1]

Look like you don't miss me at all

At least that's what I see on the surface

Memories got lost in the fog

But is it even worth it? You look like you're movin' on

Heard you're seeing someone else, this time you're really gone

Trading pictures on a shelf, 'cause you can't be alone

It's only been a couple weeks, so I'm comin' off strong, my baby (Yeah)

[Pre-Chorus]

How we go from "I love you" to "How you been?"

All the nights in my arms, how could you forget?

Guess I'm takin' this hard

You told me I'm the one, now I'm a stranger once again

[Chorus]

Strangers again (Again)

We become strangers again (Again)

All because you can't love me yet

We become strangers again, uh

[Interlude]

Strangers, what did we become?

[Verse 2]

I know your fam' still ask about me, why you playin' dumb?

I know deep down you'd snatch me back if we get time alone

I know your group been chattin' 'bout me when it's said and done

They listen to you, fantasize 'bout what we can become

I knew you was gone for sure that time

When you barely even cried

My muse, showed your colors

Went blue to green, now you out of reach, oh

[Pre-Chorus]

How we go from "I love you" to "How you been?"

All the nights in my arms, how could you forget?

Guess I'm takin' this hard

You told me I'm the one, now I'm a stranger once again

[Chorus]

Strangers again (Again)

We become strangers again (Again)

All because you can't love me yet

We become strangers again, uh

[Outro]

We become strangers

Strangers

We become strangers

We become strangers

We become strangers

We become strangers

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Track details

From BELOVED

2025
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Album
BELOVED
BELOVED
GIVĒON
Release year
2025
  1. —GOOD BAD UGLY
  2. —NUMB
  3. —STRANGERS
  4. —SIX:THIRTY
  5. —AVALANCHE
  6. —DIAMONDS FOR YOUR PAIN
  7. —KEEPER
  8. —I CAN TELL
  9. —MUD
  10. —DON'T LEAVE
  11. —BACKUP PLAN
  12. —BLEEDING

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BELOVED
BELOVED
2025
Give Or Take
Give Or Take
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When It's All Said And Done... Take Time
When It's All Said And Done... Take Time
2021
When It's All Said And Done - EP
When It's All Said And Done - EP
2020
TAKE TIME
TAKE TIME
2020
BELOVED: ACT II
BELOVED: ACT II

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  7. BELOVED*
  8. BLEEDINGBELOVED
  9. Call U Back
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Ari PenSmith, Beat Butcha, D. Phelps, GIVĒON, Jahaan Sweet, Lawson (USA), NinetyFour, Sevn Thomas
Producer
Beat Butcha, D. Phelps, Jahaan Sweet, Matthew Burnett, NinetyFour, Sevn Thomas
Engineer
Brian Cruz
Drums
Matthew Burnett
Keyboards
Jahaan Sweet
Assistant Engineer
Collin Clark, Danforth Webster, Ivan Marcelo
Background Vocals
Sevn Thomas, Sevyn Streeter
Harp
Megan Tibbits
Mastering Engineer
Colin Leonard
Mixing Engineer
John Kercy
Programmer
NinetyFour
Strings
Peter Lee Johnson
Vocal Producer
Brian Cruz
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