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Orla Gartland – Hot Mess* (2020) | Track profile | Dork

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Hot Mess*

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Hot Mess*

Release date: 4th April 2020

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"Hot Mess*" is a track by Orla Gartland, released 4th April 2020. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 18 articles about Orla Gartland.

About the Artist

Orla Gartland

Orla Gartland

Lyrics

Hot Mess*

Today is my birthday

You ask if i feel older

I said - i don’t know

But i feel a little colder

I’m a hot mess

And it feels good to care a little less about the small things

No way

I just blinked

Got a house

Got a baby

A dog and a ring

I’m still a hot mess

But it feels good to care a little less

About what other people think

Maybe i’m not a

Poet

A hero

A singer

That everyone likes

But fuck I just love to worry so much about what I’ve achieved all the time

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Hot Mess*

2020

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11 Oct 2024 • 2:00 pm

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Orla Gartland has teamed up with Declan McKenna for her "big old bratty song", 'Late to the Party'

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28 Aug 2024 • 8:41 am

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16 Jul 2024 • 12:00 pm

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Orla Gartland has released her vulnerable new single, 'Mine'

"I hope it can bring comfort and hope," she says.

18 Jun 2024 • 9:42 am

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