L.A.-based singer-songwriter Lavera joins Portlandian producer Mondgomery on “JuiceBoy”: where Lavera’s seductive & airy vocals weave the tale of obsessive love over Mondgomery’s funk-laden & synth-smothered production - like Prince meets synthpop & indie dance. Prince wasn’t exactly an insecure girl obsessing over how hot her date is, but the crushing standard of conventional attractiveness is universally relatable - with Lavera’s manic “beat down blues” & her “flipping tables” over it: “Wish I was you, babe”. Lavera’s impossibly light vocals fuse with Mondgomery’s rumbly bass & dirty four-on-the-floor beats to pick listeners up with “JuiceBoy”.
Pick me up, pick me up
I’m not a stranger to your love
(No, no, no, no)
Pick me up, pick me up
Yeah, you know I can’t get enough
(Yeah)
Wish I could be like you, babe (Yeah)
You’re such a dream come true
Nobody else but you, babe (Yeah, just you)
How can I be like you? (You, you)
Turn me inside out
All the things that I would do (I wouldn’t do)
(You, you)
Tell me what’s up, now
Baby, you control the mood (Yes, you do)
Oh (oh) so in love (so)
Get enough of everything you’re doing
Pick me up, pick me up
I’m not a stranger to your love, no
(No. no, no, no)
Pick me up, pick me up
Yeah, you know I can’t get enough (Oh)
Wish I was yours, babe
All the things you do
Contemplate my days
With you, you
Control the way I move, babe (Yeah)
Tell all my girls it’s true (True, true)
I got the beat down blues, babe (Yes, I do)
Falling in love with you (Don’t know what to do, babe)
Don’t know what to do
Got me going out
All the things I wouldn’t do
(All the things I wouldn’t do with you, you)
Said I’m inside out
Flipping tables just for you
(All just for you, you)
Oh (oh) so in love (so)
Get enough of everything you’re doing
Pick me up, pick me up
I’m not a stranger to your love. no
(No. no, no, no)
Pick me up, pick me up
Yeah, you know I can’t get enough (Oh)
Wish I was you, babe
All the things you do
Contemplate my days
With you, you
Pick me up, pick me up
I’m not a stranger to your love. no
(No. no, no, no)
Pick me up, pick me up
Yeah, you know I can’t get enough
Wish I was you, babe
All the things you do
Contemplate my days
With you, you
credits
from Girls,
released July 1, 2022
Mixed & mastered by FIBRE @ Montaime Studios in Washington, D.C.
Photography by Lavera
Cover by mightberomeo
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