In the fourth and final single before the release of LP3, “Bang Bang” abstractly touches on the end of a long-distance relationship.
Following the track’s release, band member Zach Sutton revealed that the song was his favorite from the album.
Over six months since their latest show, Hippo Campus...
[Verse 1: Jake]
Dead winter gonna take my life
Got a bad impression from some bad advice, it's a
Cold cut from a hard knock life
Bang-bang, cheep cheep, back it up, back it up now
Dead winter gonna take my life
Got a bad impression from some bad advice, it's a
Cold cut from a hard knock life
Bang-bang, cheap cheap, back it up, back it up now
[Verse 2: Jake]
Dead winter gonna snow me in
I got a bad thing going but I'm into it
I'll lick you up, lay you down
You're a sweet girl, like your...
It's a shitshow and I'm wearing the crown
Just call me Prince George and I'll go right down
Hard to speak with my tongue in your mouth
Bang-bang, cheep cheep, back it up, back it up
[Chorus: Jake]
Our strange divide
We're pulled in two directions
I'm not that guy
I'm barely keeping it together
[Bridge: Jake & Whistler]
Dead winter, gonna hang mе, hang me
Choked up, gotta open up gеt me through the
Dead winter, gonna hang me, hang me, hang me
Cold cut, looking bleak, fuck, try another
Dead winter, gonna hang me, hang me, hang me
Showed up with the construct feeling like a
Dead winter, gonna hang me, hang me, hang me
Big what, take a look at us getting tougher
Back it up, had enough, kick 'em off now
[Pre-Chorus: Jake]
Dead winter gonna take my life
Got a bad impression from some bad advice, it's a
Cold cut from a hard knock life
Bang-bang, cheep cheep, back it up, back it up
[Chorus: Jake & Whistler]
Our strange divide (Got a bad impression from some bad advice, it's a)
(Cold cut from my hard-knock life)
We're pulled in two directions (Bang-bang, cheap cheap, back it up, back it up now)
(Dead winter gonna take my life)
I'm not that guy (Got a bad impression on some bad advice, it's a)
(Cold cut from a hard-knock life)
I'm barely keeping it together (Bang-bang, cheep cheep, back it up, back it up now)
Bang Bang was written by Whistler Isaiah & Mono Moon & brotherkenzie & Lupin.
Bang Bang was produced by Caleb Wright & Lupin.
Hippo Campus released Bang Bang on Tue Feb 01 2022.
I was in a long-distance relationship for a long time and I knew that it wasn’t working. But instead of us talking about it, we ignored it. It was a situation where our attraction to each other caused us to neglect all the very logical issues that were at hand.
– Jake Luppen for Grand Jury Music