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Selfish by Madison Beer

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Madison Beer

Selfish

Release date: 26th February 2021

From Life Support
Track 10
3:44
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About This Track

Released on Valentine's Day 2020 as the second single from her debut album 'Life Support', 'Selfish' is a slow-tempo breakup ballad built around stripped-down production that foregrounds Beer's vocal. Co-written and produced with Leroy Clampitt, the track addresses the aftermath of a nearly two-year relationship, the narrator cataloguing emotional labour spent on someone unwilling to confront their own problems. Beer sings of trying to repair someone fundamentally resistant to change, the central metaphor of thread and needle running through the chorus as she refuses to keep stitching. The lyrics move from specific grievance (time wasted in nightclubs, New Year's spent alone) to broader indictment, the bridge locating responsibility squarely with the subject: 'not responsible / For your self-made obstacles'. The song frames toxic attachment with clear-eyed hindsight, the title less accusation than diagnosis.

"Selfish" is a single by Madison Beer, from the album Life Support, released 26th February 2021. The track is 3:44 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about Madison Beer.

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Madison Beer

Madison Beer

Lyrics

Selfish

Boy, you're such a lost cause
Now your name is crossed off
How you gonna fix this?
You can't even fix yourself
It was almost two years
That I chose to spend here
All alone on New Year's
Thinkin', "What the Hell?"

I don't wanna break your thread and needle
Tryna stitch you, but I can't, I refuse

Shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it
Had a feeling that you never felt it
I always knew that you were too damn selfish
Don't know why I looked the other way
I wanted you to change, yeah
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it
I always knew that you were too damn selfish

I bet you thought you gave me real love
But we spent it all in nightclubs
All you ever wanna do is lie
Why you always such a Gemini?
Baby, who you tryna run from?
Me or all your problems?
You know you will never solve 'em
You don't even know yourself

I don't wanna break your thread and needle
Tryna stitch you, but I can't, I refuse

Shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it
Had a feeling that you never felt it
I always knew that you were too damn selfish
Don't know why I looked the other way
I wanted you to change, yeah
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it
I always knew that you were too damn selfish

(I don't wanna break your thread and needle)
(Tryna stitch you, but I can't, I refuse)
But it's not possible
Plus I'm not responsible
For your self-made obstacles
Put my heart in the hospital, woah, woah-oh

Shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it
Had a feeling that you never felt it
I always knew that you were too damn selfish
Don't know why I looked the other way
I wanted you to change, yeah
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it
I always knew that you were too damn selfish

Oh-oh, mm

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Track details

From Life Support

3:442021Single
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Album
Life Support
Life Support
Madison Beer
26th February 2021
Track number
10
Release year
2021
  1. 1The Beginning
    0:58
  2. 2Good In Goodbye
    2:23
  3. 3Default
    1:57
  4. 4Follow The White Rabbit
    3:00

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    JRM, Kinetics, Leroy Clampitt, Lowell, Madison Beer, One Love
    Lyricist
    Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Jaramye Daniels, Jeremy Dussolliet, Leroy Clampitt, Madison Beer, Tim Sommers
    Composer
    Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Jaramye Daniels, Jeremy Dussolliet, Leroy Clampitt, Madison Beer, Tim Sommers
    Producer
    Leroy Clampitt, Madison Beer
    Producer
    Leroy Clampitt, Madison Beer
    Bass
    Leroy Clampitt
    Drums
    Leroy Clampitt
    Keyboards
    Leroy Clampitt
    Vocals
    Leroy Clampitt, Madison Beer
    Cello
    Kinga Bacik
    Executive Producer
    Leroy Clampitt, Madison Beer
    Mastering Engineer
    Chris Gehringer
    Mixing Engineer
    Mitch McCarthy
    Performer
    Madison Beer
    Programmer
    Leroy Clampitt
    Recording Engineer
    Leroy Clampitt
    Video Art Director
    Amber Park
    Video Best Boy Electric
    Connor Burns
    Video Best Boy Grip
    ZONE-tan
    Video Camera Crew
    Ashley Petrie, Javaun Crane-Bonnell
    Video Clapper Loader
    Danaya Wattanapan
    Video Colorist
    Bryan Smaller
    Video Director
    Jason Lester, Madison Beer
    Video Director Of Photography
    Powell Robinson
    Video Editor
    Brodin Plett
    Video Focus Puller
    Kyle Frank
    Video Gaffer
    Dimitri Christoforidis
    Video Graphic Designer
    Isabella Santos
    Video Hair Stylist
    David Stanwell
    Video Key Grip
    Andrew Enloe
    Video Makeup Artist
    Brooke Hill
    Video Post-Production Department
    Frame 48
    Video Post-Production Supervisor
    Julian Conner
    Video Producer
    Ameer Collier, Bryan DeLeon, Chanler Allegaert, Laura Burhenn
    Video Production Assistant
    Ameer Collier, Chloe Siegel, Ellissa Starr
    Video Production Company
    Our Secret Handshake
    Video Production Designer
    Amber Park, Kyle Leeser
    Video Set Dresser
    Raymond Schmidt
    Vocal Producer
    One Love
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