Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie shared a video on May 29th called “I Let Instagram Write My Next Song” to explain the making of the song. The original title was “This Is Gonna Hurt.” However, when one of her producers, Elli Moore, asked if the song was called “Butterflies,” Gabbie realized that it was a better title.
In th...
[Verse 1]
I knew who you were from the start
I just hoped you'd prove me wrong (Hold it)
I could spend all year just letting down my guard
While you're stringing me along
Gave it our best shot but we just missed the mark
Sad to say, "Our love is gone"
I could spend all day just picking you apart
But instead, I'll write a song
[Refrain]
It'll go ooh, ooh
Ooh, so, instead
I'll write a song
[Verse 2]
Said I wouldn't date for a while
Still, I couldn't help but flirt (Hold It)
From the day I kissed your smile
I thought, "This is gonna hurt"
[Refrain]
And it goes ooh, ooh
Ooh, I thought
"This is gonna hurt"
[Chorus]
This is gonna hurt, this is gonna hurt (Gonna hurt)
Give it all we can, it'll never work (Never work)
This is gonna hurt, this is gonna hurt
Beware of butterflies, they'll break your heart, your heart
[Verse 3]
Told me you'd never been in love
Thought that I could be the exception
It was too much to ask of you
I guess I learned my lesson
I'm bracin' for impact
Leave my heart intact
I wish you never came around
New situation with low expectations
You still manage to let me down
[Refrain]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, I thought
"This is gonna hurt"
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, I thought
"This is gonna hurt"
[Chorus]
This is gonna hurt, this is gonna hurt (Gonna hurt)
Give it all we can, it'll never work (Never work)
This is gonna hurt, this is gonna hurt (Gonna hurt)
Give it all we can, it'll never work, no!
This is gonna hurt, this is gonna hurt (Gonna hurt)
Give it all we can, it'll never work (Never work)
This is gonna hurt, this is gonna hurt
Beware of butterflies, they'll break your heart
[Outro]
Butterflies, butterflies
Butterflies will break your heart (Hold it)
But if I, but if I
But if I knew from the start
Why would I? Why would I?
Why would I give this a try?
Maybe I, maybe I
Maybe I like to hurt sometimes
Butterflies was written by Alina Smith & Elli Moore & Gabbie Hanna.
Butterflies was produced by LYRE.
Gabbie Hanna released Butterflies on Fri May 31 2019.
Gabbie Hanna performed an acoustic version this song live at VidCon 2019. She posted about it on her second YouTube Channel:
Gabbie Hanna:
Butterflies was originally supposed to be a YouTube one-off, where I- People kept saying “we want to see your writing process.” So I was like “alright, I’m going to write a song, in studio, record it, and just kinda have a song to put out.”
But then the night before I was supposed to...
Gabbie Hanna:
I wrote “Butterflies” laying in bed the night before a session. It went viral and caught the attention of high-profile managers. In our first meeting, they told me I need help on song structure. I remember thinking, “Wow, people really don’t understand what it is to create something u...
In the beginning process of the production of “Butterflies”, the song structure was fitted to be the normal Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Pop structure, but was scrapped because Gabbie wanted to have the emotional rollercoaster of a toxic relationship. As each chorus goes into play, it represents th...
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