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26

Release date: 4th August 2022

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'26' finds Lauv in unflinching territory. The song unfolds as a confession, its narrator wrestling with the gap between external success and internal collapse. He counts the cost of early achievement: money, he observes, buys happiness but not time. The introspection cuts deeper as he admits to a creeping dependence on numbness, the weight of feeling broken without quite being able to say it aloud. What makes the track work is its refusal to soften the edges. Lauv doesn't dress up the vulnerability in metaphor or distance. The chorus lands with real force, the contradiction of "26 and rich" becoming not a boast but a genuine question, almost a plea. A Dork four-star record, it sits at the heart of an album that understands pop music's highest calling: the ability to hold complexity and directness in the same breath.

"26" is a single by Lauv, from the album All 4 Nothing, released 4th August 2022. The track is 2:40 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Lauv.

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Lauv

Lauv

Lyrics

26

Can I tell you a story
'Bout a boy who broke his own heart?
And he always blamed everybody else
But the truth is that he did it to himself
He made a couple song and they got big
And he thought that he could do whatever he wanted
But it all left him with a hole in his heart

Ooh, oo-ooh
Money buys you happiness
But, ooh, oo-ooh
Doesn't buy you time

The more that I get older
The less I wanna be sober
And I can't quit, goddamnit
And maybe I'm just broken
And I'll never admit it
But I wish that I was younger
Yeah, 26 and rich
How the hell did it come to this?

And I wish I could tell you
Everything is perfect, but it's not
I was starin' at the ceilin' for, like, ten days
But I'm pretty sure that I forgot
What it's like to be a person that doesn't think
That everything he does just sucks
Ooh, it's a perfect world until it's not

Ooh, oo-ooh
Money buys you happiness
But, ooh, oo-ooh
Doesn't buy you time

The more that I get older
The less I wanna be sober
And I can't quit, goddamnit
And maybe I'm just broken
And I'll never admit it
But I wish that I was younger
Yeah, 26 and rich
How the hell did it come to this?

The more that I get older
The less I wanna be sober
Yeah, 26 and rich
How the hell did it come to this?

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Track details

From All 4 Nothing

2:402022Single
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All 4 Nothing
Lauv
5th August 2022
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1
Release year
2022
  1. 126
    2:40
  2. 2Stranger
    2:45
  3. 4Molly In Mexico
    2:59
  4. 5All 4 Nothing (I'm So In Love)
    3:03
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Lauv — 26

Lauv — 26

 

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Digi, John Cunningham, Lauv, Ryan OG, Simon Says, Sophie Cates
    Writer
    Ari Leff, Jamil Chammas, John Cunningham (11), Ryan Ogren, Simon Rosen (2), Sophie Cates
    Producer
    Digi, John Cunningham, Lauv, Ryan OG, Simon Says
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    Digi (2), John Cunningham (11), Lauv, Ryan OG, Simon Rosen (2)
    Vocals
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    Mastering Engineer
    Dale Becker
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    Mike Crossey
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