Released on October 26, 2018 as the second single from his debut EP Sunset Season, “Crush Culture” portrays the dissonance Conan feels towards the culture of modern crushes, and addresses the delusions and dishonesty of adolescent romantic pining.
The teaser for “Crush Culture” was first released o...
[Intro]
Crush culture
[Verse 1]
My God, don't look at your phone
No one's gonna call you
Quit checking your volume (Crush)
I don't care if I'm forever alone
I'm not falling for you
'Cause this baby is loveproof (Culture)
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't care what you're saying
I don't wanna participate in your game of manipulation (Crush)
And no, I don't want your sympathy, all this love is suffocating
Just let me be sad and lonely
'Cause
[Chorus]
Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out
I know what you're doing, tryna get me to pursue ya
Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out
Spill my guts out, spill my guts out
[Verse 2]
Oh no, don't look in their eyes
'Cause that's how they get you
Kiss you then forget you (Crush)
All they feedin' you is beautiful lies
So hide in the bathroom
'Til they find someone else new (Culture)
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't care what you're saying
I don't wanna participate in your game of manipulation (Crush)
And no, I don't want your sympathy, all this love is suffocating
Just let me be sad and lonely
'Cause
[Chorus]
Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out
I know what you're doing, tryna get me to pursue ya
Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out
Spill my guts out, spill my guts out
[Bridge]
Shut your damn mouth
You're talking too loud
And no one cares if you two made out
I'm sick of the kissing cult
[Chorus]
Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out
I know what you're doing, tryna get me to pursue ya
Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out
Spill my guts out, spill my guts out
Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out
I know what you're doing, tryna get me to pursue ya
Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out
Spill my guts out, spill my guts out
Crush Culture was written by Conan Gray.
Crush Culture was produced by Conan Gray & Dan Nigro.
Conan Gray released Crush Culture on Fri Oct 26 2018.
When asked about the inspiration for the song during a Sidewalk Talk interview with Lauren Engel, Conan shared:
I’ve never dated anyone before. I’m like nineteen and I still haven’t even had my first kiss yet. But like, throughout high school all my friends were always dating people and going throu...
So I’m 19 years old and I still have not had my first kiss yet which isn’t the coolest thing in the world to admit but, I don’t know, I just haven’t had my first kiss yet. I don’t know why, if someone wants to kiss me they can, I’m down, but yeah. My friends were all dating tons of people in high sc...
I grew up around a lot of old people and so the thing about old people is that they just like, they don’t give a fuck, like they don’t care, you know? They’ll tell you exactly what they think about you and so growing up me and my friends always kinda heard the same things from them like: oh, you’re...
The process of writing the song was pretty fast. I remember coming up with the chorus in the shower. I was in the shower and I was like: “Crush culture makes me wanna spill my guts out.” Just because it kind of does, like seeing people who are so in love and so happy when you’re so alone just makes...
With songwriting, I never really know. It happens different every single time. Sometimes I get hooked on, like, a single word or sometimes I come up with a verse and then forget about it for six months and then fall upon it again a couple months later. It’s always different and it’s always fast but...