“Heather” is the tenth track of Conan Gray’s debut album, Kid Krow. Conan previously mentioned “Heather” multiple times in tweets, including one saying:
The album was first teased on January 5th on twitter and the tracklist including 12 songs, 4 of which were already released, was announced 5 days...
[Verse 1]
I still remember, third of December
Me in your sweater, you said it looked better
On me than it did you, only if you knew
How much I liked you, but I watch your eyes as she
[Pre-Chorus]
Walks by
What a sight for sore eyes
Brighter than a blue sky
She's got you mesmerized while I die
[Chorus]
Why would you ever kiss me?
I'm not even half as pretty
You gave her your sweater, it's just polyester
But you like her better, wish I were Heather
[Verse 2]
Watch as she stands with her holding your hand
Put your arm 'round her shoulder, now I'm getting colder
But how could I hate her? She's such an angel
But then again, kinda wish she were dead as she
[Pre-Chorus]
Walks by
What a sight for sore eyes
Brighter than a blue sky
She's got you mesmerized while I die
[Chorus]
Why would you ever kiss me?
I'm not even half as pretty
You gave her your sweater, it's just polyester
But you like her better, I wish I were Heather
[Bridge]
(Oh)
Wish I were Heather
(Oh, oh)
Wish I were Heather
[Chorus]
Why would you ever kiss me?
I'm not even half as pretty
You gave her your sweater, it's just polyester
But you like her better, wish I were
Heather was written by Conan Gray.
Conan Gray released Heather on Fri Mar 20 2020.
Conan has expressed his love for the song in several occasions. Back in January 10, 2020, when he unveiled the title of his debut album and its tracklisting, he described “Heather” as a song that makes him “want to decompose and melt through the floorboards”:
Weeks later, he once again mentions the...
‘Heather’ is the song on the album that I always cry to. I think it’s the most honest recount of my love life at the moment. It’s about a girl named Heather—I think everyone has a Heather in their life. The person that I really, really liked was in love with Heather. They were not in love with me, a...
On April 26, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Conan Gray posted a one-minute virtual performance of “Heather” on his Instagram with the caption:
and that’s on always being the second choice : )
When I was in high school, I had a crush on the same one person all four years. But that one person did not love me back, instead my crush liked a girl named heather,“ Gray said in a press statement. "Heather was gentle and beautiful, inside and out. She was warm like a summer day, and had so many...