People Are Strangers debuted live as part of Zella Day’s opening set for Lana Del Rey in Santa Barbara. Prior to her performance, Day said, “I think everybody’s felt this way, once or twice, or maybe all the time.”
A teaser video came out two days prior to the song release on April 24, 2020.
[Chorus]
People are strangers
I'm getting stranger
The moment they wanna get closer
I push them further
[Verse]
You're only alone for a little while
So do what you can to sit back and smile
They tell you that they'll never tell you a lie
Put you in a spell to get you on their side
They're trying to hide, but they're crossing the line
And it's bad behavior
[Chorus]
People are strangers
I'm getting stranger
The moment they wanna get closer
I push them further
Ah, ah, ah
[Verse]
You're only alone for a little while
So do what you can to sit back and smile
They tell you that they'll never tell you a lie
Put you in a spell to get you on their side
They're trying to hide, but they're crossing the line
And it's bad behavior
[Chorus]
People are strangers
I'm getting stranger
The moment they wanna get closer
I push them further
People are danger
It's human nature
The moment they wanna get closer
I push them further
[Outro]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
People Are Strangers was written by Dan Auerbach & Zella Day.
People Are Strangers was produced by Dan Auerbach.
Zella Day released People Are Strangers on Fri Apr 24 2020.
An April 2020 Idolator article quotes Day saying:
I began writing ‘People Are Strangers’ on the bathroom floor after a night of learning an ugly truth about my lover. I brought the idea to Nashville where I finished the song by taking a dark subject matter and approaching it with simplicity. There...