Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara & Sebastian Kole
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara
“Here” is Alessia Cara’s first single, released prior to her 2015 EP, Four Pink Walls. The Ontario-born Def Jam signee told The FADER the story behind the track:
“Here” is a song for all the antisocial, awkward, and miserable party-goers of the world. This one time I went to a party and while there...
[Written by Alessia Cara & Sebastian Kole]
[Produced by Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole]
[Intro: Isaac Hayes]
I guess right now you've got the last laugh
[Verse 1]
I'm sorry if I seem uninterested
Or I'm not listenin' or I'm indifferent
Truly I ain't got no business here
But since my friends are here, I just came to kick it
But really, I would rather be at home all by myself
Not in this room with people who don't even care about my well-being
I don't dance, don't ask, I don't need a boyfriend
So, you can go back, please, enjoy your party
I'll be here, somewhere in the corner
Under clouds of marijuana with this boy who's hollerin'
I can hardly hear
Over this music I don't listen to and I don't wanna get with you
So, tell my friends that I'll be over here
[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh, here, oh-oh-oh, here
Oh-oh-oh, I ask myself, what am I doin' here?
Oh-oh-oh, here, oh-oh-oh, here
And I can't wait 'til we can break up out of here
[Verse 2]
Excuse me if I seem a little unimpressed with this
An anti-social pessimist, but usually I don't mess with this
And I know you mean only the best
And your intentions aren't to bother me, but honestly, I'd rather be
Somewhere with my people, we can kick it and just listen to
Some music with a message, like we usually do
And we'll discuss our big dreams, how we plan to take over the planet
So, pardon my manners, I hope you'll understand that I'll be here
Not there in the kitchen
With the girl who's always gossipin' about her friends
So, tell them I'll be here
Right next to the boy who's throwin' up
'Cause he can't take what's in his cup no more
Oh God, why am I here?
[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh, here, oh-oh-oh, here
Oh-oh-oh, I ask myself, what am I doin' here?
Oh-oh-oh, here, oh-oh-oh, here
And I can't wait 'til we can break up out of here
[Bridge]
Hours later, congregatin' next to the refrigerator
Some girl talkin' 'bout her haters, she ain't got none
How did it ever come to this? I should've never come to this
So holla at me, I'll be in the car when you're done
I'm stand-offish, don't want what you're offerin'
And I'm done talkin', awfully sad it had to be that way
So tell my people when they're ready that I'm ready
And I'm standin' by the TV with my beanie low
Yo, I'll be over here
[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh, here, oh-oh-oh, here
Oh-oh-oh, I ask myself, what am I doin' here?
Oh-oh-oh, here, oh-oh-oh, here
And I can't wait till we can break up out of here
Here was written by Alessia Cara & Pop Wansel & Coleridge Tillman & Isaac Hayes & Bobby Brass & Samuel Gerongco & 林家謙 (Terence Lam) & OAK.
Here was produced by Sebastian Kole & Kevin “Batos” Guardado & Pop & Oak.
Alessia Cara released Here on Mon Apr 27 2015.
Yes. “Here” was certified 4x platinum by the RIAA on October 2nd, 2020.