“Fair” is Normani’s first single released in 2022 and the second single from her upcoming untitled debut studio album. The song is her first solo song since 2019’s “Motivation.”
This song was teased by Normani on December 31, 2021, on a tweet containing the following caption:
Dear 2022
Soon after...
[Verse 1]
Two-hundred days and countin', I know
You're my favorite still
When I say I won't, tell myself I don't
But I always will feel the way I feel
You had time to heal, I got time to kill
[Pre-Chorus]
Play in my mind like I rehearsed it
I know I should repurpose
Ain't no fakin' hurt like this, no
You carry her and all I carry are burdens
Time for me ain't workin'
I know heartbreak ain't perfect, but
[Chorus]
Is it fair that you moved on?
'Cause I swear that I haven't
Is it right that you've grown
And I'm still stuck in habits?
'Cause I'm finding it strange
That you're better than average
Hearts didn't break down the middle
Tеll me, how did that happen?
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh (Yeah, yеah)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh (Better, better)
[Verse 2]
Maybe if we could trade places
So you'd feel betrayed and, and I could feel shameless
I carry all of the weight and you get all of the gains
I can't take all the ways that she might touch you
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause it plays in my mind like I rehearsed it
I know I should repurpose
Ain't no fakin' hurt like this, no
You carry her and all I carry are burdens
Time for me ain't workin'
I know heartbreak ain't perfect, but
[Chorus]
Is it fair that you moved on? (No fair)
'Cause I swear that I haven't (No, ooh)
Is it right that you've grown
And I'm still stuck in habits?
'Cause I'm finding it strange
That you're better than average
Hearts didn't break down the middle
Tell me, how did that happen?
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh (Yeah, yeah)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh (Better, better)
Fair was written by Felisha King & HARV & ABSOLUTELY & Normani.
Fair was produced by HARV.
This song is one that captures me in a super vulnerable moment. Literally went through every possible emotion one could feel when experiencing heartbreak. Love is scary as hell especially when it seems like the other person has effortlessly moved on and you just can’t seem to, no matter how hard you...
Normani performed “Fair” live for the first time on live television on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 17, 2022.
I’m working with her now and wrapping up her debut album. People know who Normani is, and know she came from Fifth Harmony. She’s this beautiful Black star. With “Fair,” and as I’m working with her album, we wanted to create a nice, solid body of work that people can start identifying themselves wit...