First teased in December 2022 with a preview on social media, “Church Outfit” was finally released on April 4, 2023 as the lead single from Poppy’s fifth album Zig. The track was accompanied with a music video, along with the news of Poppy’s return to Sumerian Records, shortly after signing with Rep...
[Chorus]
This is the dress I want to be buried in
Leave the rings, I might need them
Unholy water, take a sip
This is my church outfit
[Verse]
Life is a commercial for death
Anger is something I work to manifest
Life is a commercial for death
And you're hypnotized by the advertisement
I'll dress to the nines, show up on time
You can wear whatever you like
Dress to the nines, show up on time
You can wear whatever you like
[Chorus]
This is the dress I want to be buried in
Leave the rings, I might need them
Unholy water, take a sip
This is my church outfit
[Outro]
It's my confession and my testament
Don't need your weapons, I got my own
And you said I couldn't commit
This is my church outfit
It's my confession and my testament
Don't need your weapons, I got my own
And you said I couldn't commit
This is my church outfit
Church Outfit was written by Ali Payami & Poppy & Simon Wilcox.
Church Outfit was produced by Ali Payami.
Poppy released Church Outfit on Tue Apr 04 2023.
When we went into the studio on that day, I was reading something on the internet, and I said to Simon, ‘I want to write a song about the last dress I’ll ever wear.’ And that’s how “Church Outfit” came about. And we wrote the song in its entirety and recorded it, and then maybe three weeks later, ‘c...