Loyal to Me - Commentary

Hi, it's Nina Nesbitt here, and I'm gonna tell you a little bit about how my song "Loyal to Me" became a song

So I was really inspired by a lot of nineties and noughties R&B at the time

And I just kind got into it and I've gone back through the catalog

Listening to stuff like TLC, Lauren Hill, Destiny's Child

And I really wanted to write a song that sounded like that, I guess

But I never really imagined me singing it

So I was sittin' on my bed in London, with my laptop up

Just kind of trying out some melodies or some chords that I found and yeah

I just imagined it for like a girl band or something

I'm not surе who, I guess Little Mix maybe

And I had musical harmoniеs in it and stuff

Kind of started off as a bit of a joke song at first

Just a bit of fun for me on a day off

And then as I kept going, I was like, "Oh, maybe this is quite good, actually."

And it was originally called "Two Steps Back"

And the pre-chorus, the "If he never calls when he says he will" bit, was the chorus originally

I think when you're writing on your own, it's really hard to determine what part should be what

And if something's actually good or not

So I kind of just left it be for a while, and then I had a session

And they were like, "Do you have anything you've been working on?"

And I was like, "Yeah, I've been working on this, but I haven't finished it."

So I played it for them, and they were like, "Oh, this is really good, we should finish it."

So I finished the chorus in a session in London

And then I was like, "Oh, I actually really like this. I wanna keep this for myself."

So lyrically, I wrote this for one of my best friends that had just started dating a guy that she really liked

But she wasn't sure if he liked her back

Because they'd go on all these amazing dates, and he'd tell her that he really liked her and he wanted to be with her

And then she would go home and not hear for him for like a fortnight

And she was like, "Oh, he could be seeing other people."

So I said to her, "You know, you need to move away from this guy immediately. He's bad news"

He had a bit of a reputation

And yeah, it's basically about all the symptoms that come with dating what I would call a fuckboy, or a fuckgirl.

Because they're right there too

And just kinda saying, you know, if any of these things are happening

Maybe take a closer look at what's going on

But I think when you like someone it's easy to make excuses for their behavior

And, you know, kind of ignore that it's happening

So this is a song that will hopefully help people

It's like a self-help song for dating

And yeah, it's kind of the fun one on the album

So it's not to be taken too seriously, but yeah, hopefully people will like it

Thanks for listening!