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Even If It Hurts by Tei Shi (Ft. Blood Orange)
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Following their collaboration on Blood Orange’s “Hope,” Tei Shi invites Dev Hynes to co-produce and feature on “Even If It Hurts,” the third single from her upcoming album La Linda.
Even If It Hurts Lyrics
[Intro: Blood Orange & Tei Shi]
Ooh-ooh
Ohh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 1: Blood Orange]
What did you expect from me?
Or were you blind to see?
Everything I laid out at your feet
Break it down for me
2AM I'm waitin' for a leap of faith from you to me
Sweat drips from my apathy
[Verse 2: Tei Shi]
I wanna wake up in the middle of the night with you
I'll put it all out on table if you ask me to
And I don't tell you where to go and who to love that ain't me (That ain't me)
All I want is honesty
[Chorus: Tei Shi]
Even if it hurts, baby
Even if you're lost, baby
Say you wanna come
Say you wanna stay
Say you wanna leave, lately
Tell me what you need, baby
I don't wanna feel crazy
Even if it hurts
Even if it hurts
[Post-Chorus: Blood Orange]
I just don't mind (Ooh)
I just don't mind (Ooh, ooh)
I just don't mind (Ooh)
I just don't mind (Ooh)
[Verse 3: Blood Orange]
What is it you see (See)? What you wanna keep?
I've been on a high, I can never fight
Pretty from a scene, what do you believe?
Skin and tease you so, oh, what else do you know?
I just don't mind
[Verse 4: Blood Orange & Tei Shi]
What did you expect from me?
Or were you blind to see?
Everything I laid out at your feet
Break it down for me
2AM I'm waiting for a leap of faith from you to me
Sweat drips from my apathy
[Chorus: Tei Shi]
Even if it hurts, baby
Even if it hurts, baby
Say you wanna come
Say you wanna stay
Say you wanna leave, lately
Tell me what you need, baby
I don't wanna feel crazy
Even if it hurts
Even if it hurts
[Post-Chorus: Blood Orange & Tei Shi]
I just don't mind (Ooh)
I just don't mind (Ooh, ooh)
I just don't mind (Ooh)
I just don't mind (Ooh, ooh)
[Outro: Blood Orange & Tei Shi]
Come here boy
Even if it hurts, baby
Even if it hurts, baby (Even if it hurts)
Even if it hurts
I don't wanna feel crazy
Even if it hurts
Even if it hurts
I just don't mind (Ooh)
I just don't mind
Even if, even if it hurts
Even if it hurts (I just don't mind)
Even if it hurts (I just don't mind)
I just don't mind (I just don't mind)
I just don't mind (I just don't mind)
I just don't mind (I just don't mind)
Even If It Hurts Q&A
Who wrote Even If It Hurts's ?
Even If It Hurts was written by Devonté Hynes & Tei Shi & Noah Beresin & James Ghaleb.
Who produced Even If It Hurts's ?
Even If It Hurts was produced by Noah Beresin & Blood Orange.
When did Tei Shi release Even If It Hurts?
Tei Shi released Even If It Hurts on Fri Sep 27 2019.
What did Tei Shi say about "Even If It Hurts"?
The concept is really the realization and acceptance that pain is a natural consequence of love. It’s a duet about the ways in which we make ourselves vulnerable to those we love, sometimes at a high cost.
– Tei Shi, Exclaim
What have the artists said about the music video?
I wanted to capture the romantic and melancholic elements of the song but put them in a world that feels removed from the every day, its own little odd paradise where Dev and I existed parallel to one another but never really together.
– Tei Shi, Exclaim