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I Want Out

by LIJO

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LIJO releases new claustrophobic single ‘I WANT OUT’ 

Artpop songstress LIJO continues her journey of new material with her darkest track so far. I WANT OUT is a stark contrast to the minimalistic previous release SPELL; it’s a feverish, rhythm driven song revolving around the theme of anxiety. 

I WANT OUT is a powerful song about feeling powerless. It’s a captivating trip from gnarling synths to dreamy pianos. It’s unexpected and daring, showing off LIJOs eccentricity and genre bending vision once again.

In previous releases LIJO has already shown literate songwriting and inventive approach to melody, as well as an observing eye fixed on the world around her. In LIJO’s eyes, everything seems like a show: on a small scale, we all are the main characters of our own little stages, and on a bigger one we act like we are the main character in this world. LIJO addresses this and its consequences, but then decorates it with a sense of lightheartedness and danceability, innovative melodies and feverish sounds. Because as she puts it, all we can and should do is add beauty to a world that needs it.

lyrics

I hide dynamite under the sink and I

Fold my fingers round a pocket knife and I

Keep one eye on the bedroom door

While I leech in someone else



I roll my dice

But they seem loaded

Hear advises

But they seem coded

Fuel to fire, fire takes over

Breaks my bones so slow



Inside I cry like a wolf to the moon

But in these lights I’m blind and mute

I’m scared, what’s everybody doing

I want out



And all you do is talk about you

All you do is you



Maybe next time, is the bottom line

I put my hope into your sons and daughters

I feel the water up to my lips

Search for words from the mouths I kiss



Inside I cry like a wolf to the moon

But in these lights I’m blind and mute

I’m scared, what’s everybody doing

I want out



Come and get me, make me wild

It’s not our fault, it’s not our time



And all you do is you



Inside I cry like a wolf to the moon

But in these lights I’m blind and mute

I’m scared, what’s everybody doing

I want out

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released April 22, 2022
Written by LIJO
Produced by Erwin Tuijl @ Studio Apparatus
Additional vocals by: Desirée Coumans, Mirthe De Jonge, Erwin Tujl
Mix & master by Wessel Oltheten
Distribution by Revanche Records
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LIJO Utrecht, Netherlands

LIJO mirrors the weirdness of human behaviour in music.

“There’s an element of Kate Bush and PJ Harvey to it - that oddball female solo artist quality that’s rare to find these days.” - Thnksfrthrvw (UK)

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