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“3am” is the aftermath of the preceding song, “I HATE EVERYBODY”. Halsey talks about the calls to friends and lovers early in the morning to feel loved. It’s also about how drinking can seriously affect your mental state and make you doubt yourself.
3 AM is a culturally significant hour as it is kn...
[Verse 1]
Darling, I've just left the bar
And I've misplaced all my credit cards
My self-preservation and all of my reservations
Are sittin' and contemplating what to do with me, do with me
Think I took it way too far
And I'm stumblin' drunk, getting in a car
My insecurities are hurtin' me
Someone please come and flirt with me
I really need a mirror that'll come along and tell me that I'm fine
I do it every time
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep on hanging on the line, ignoring every warning sign
Come on and make me feel alright again
[Chorus]
'Cause it's 3 AM
And I'm callin' everybody that I know
And here we go again
While I'm runnin' through the numbers in my phone
And yeah, I'll take fake moans and dial tones
Let 'em spill right down the microphone
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
[Post-Chorus]
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
[Verse 2]
And every night, I wanna live in color through a white-blue screen
I got a technicolor vision going vivid in my white-blue jeans
I know it's complicated
'Cause everyone that I've dated says they hate it
'Cause they don't know what to do with me, do with me
Know that my identity's always getting the best of me
I'm the worst of my enemies
And I don't really know what to do with me
Yeah, I don't really know what to do with me
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep on hanging on the line, ignoring every warning sign
Come on and make me feel alright again
[Chorus]
'Cause it's 3 AM
And I'm callin' everybody that I know
And here we go again
While I'm runnin' through the numbers in my phone
And yeah, I'll take fake moans and dial tones
Let 'em spill right down the microphone
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
[Post-Chorus]
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
[Bridge]
I'm reckless, treat it like a necklace
Take a different version and I try it on for size with everybody that I know
And will you please pick up the fucking phone?
[Chorus]
'Cause it's 3 AM
And I'm callin' everybody that I know
And here we go again
While I'm runnin' through the numbers in my phone
And yeah, I'll take fake moans and dial tones
Let 'em spill right down the microphone
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone, end up alone
[Post-Chorus]
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I need it digital 'cause, baby, when it's physical
I end up alone
[Outro: John Mayer]
Your, your best song is a song that's currently on the radio
How many people can say that?
That their best song is the one that's currently about to be a massive hit?
It's already a hit, it's just gonna get more massive
How many people can say it? Not very many
Congratulations!
3am was written by Halsey & Greg Kurstin.
3am was produced by Greg Kurstin.
After a night out where I came home and was ringing everyone in my contacts cause I was dying to talk to literally ANYONE so I wouldn’t have to sit with my own thoughts. I realized ‘hmm this is…bad.’ and wrote a song about it!
– Halsey, via Twitter
Ashley shared via Twitter:
Putting the John voicemail at the end of ‘3am’ I thought was a really cool way of introducing ‘Without Me’ as the next track. Because it came out so far in front of the album, and it had, obviously, commercial success, and an album usually doesn’t know that it has a hit o...
Yes! Halsey admitted on Twitter in May 2022 that their label “blocked” them from releasing the song as a single. She elaborated about a music video concept:
there was a music video concept that was camp horror like Scream with the killer calling everyone and a reveal on ‘will you please pick up the...