Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek & Grimes & Dido
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
“Welcome to My Island” is the fourth single from Caroline Polachek’s sophomore album “Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.” The song was first announced in an instagram post on December 1, 2022 before being released on December 6, 2022. An accompanying music video was released on December 12, 2022.
The...
[Intro]
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
[Verse]
Welcome to my island
See the palm trees wave in the wind
Welcome to my island
Hope you like me, you ain't leavin'
Welcome to my island
See the palm trees wave in the wind
Welcome to my island
Hope you like me, you ain't leavin'
[Chorus]
Desire (Hey, hey, hеy, hey)
I wanna turn into you
Desire (Hеy, hey, hey, hey)
I wanna turn into you
Float on (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
The ocean blue
Float on (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
The ocean blue
[Non-Lyrical Vocals]
[Verse]
Welcome to my island
See the palm trees wave in the wind
Welcome to my island
Hope you like me, you ain't leavin'
[Chorus]
Desire (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
I wanna turn into you
Desire (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
I wanna turn into you
Float on (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
The ocean blue
Float on (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
The ocean blue
[Bridge]
I am my father's daughter in the end
He says, "Watch your ego, watch your head, girl
You're so smart, so talented
But now the water's turning red
And it's all your fault and it's all your mess
And you're all alone and can't go to bed
Too high on your adrenaline
You gotta go somewhere where you can't pretend
Go forget the rules, forget your friends
Just you and your reflection
'Cause nothing's gonna be the same again
No, nothing's gonna be the same again"
[Non-Lyrical Vocals]
[Chorus]
Desire (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Float on (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
The ocean blue
Float on (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
The ocean blue
[Outro]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Welcome to My Island was written by Caroline Polachek & Dan Nigro & Jim-E Stack.
Welcome to My Island was produced by Caroline Polachek & Dan Nigro & Jim-E Stack & Danny L Harle.
Caroline Polachek released Welcome to My Island on Mon Dec 05 2022.
Wrote this song with Dan Nigro back in 2018 when I was still making Pang. It obviously didn’t belong there though, it was too bratty and stupid (if you know me you know that‘s a compliment) but i knew it was the start of something new. And now, as track one on Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, it lit...
That howling, 40 seconds of vocals at the top is a bit of a manifesto for where we’re gonna go. It’s bratty as in the perfect intersection of irrationally entitled and angsty, and maybe a bit destructive. It’s about simmering in your own ego, not getting out of your own head and spiralling.
—via Cr...
The wild acapella intro was totally improvised, and only afterwards did I realize it includes a two-octave drop at the end! There was no other choice than to open the album with it.
—via Spotify Storyline
“Welcome to my island” is a bit of a joke about being trapped in your own head — you’re totally in charge, yet totally isolated.
—via Spotify Storyline
“Welcome to My Island” was the first song written on this album. And it definitely sets the tone. The opening, which is this minute-long non-lyrical wail, came out of a feeling of a frustration with the tidiness of lyrics and wanting to just express something kind of more primal and urgent. The song...