On “Kick,” FIDLAR singer/guitarist Elvis Kuehn draws parallels between coming off drugs and dealing with a breakup—something a friend of his had just experienced. The opening line came form something Kuehn overheard in an L.A. diner.
[Verse 1]
Took your career and you put it up your nose
Saw you down at Monty you were lookin' low
Threw back a fifth of Jack, oh man, I know it’s bad
I was lookin' for a friend, you were lookin' for the doorman
[Chorus]
Kick
You’re sick
KIck
You're sick
[Verse 2]
I really wanna do some drugs, I think I'm suicidal
I really wanna fuck someone, go full on fuckin' primal
Tell me what I wanna hear and we both know I don't wanna be here
'Cause I don't care about your shitty friends, can I get an Amen?
[Bridge]
Took your career and you put it up your nose
Took your career and you put it up your
[Verse 1]
Took your career and you put it up your nose
Saw you down at Monty you were lookin' low
Threw back a fifth of Jack, oh man, I know it’s bad
I was lookin’ for a friend, you were lookin' for the doorman
[Outro]
(Kick)
I really wanna do some drugs, I think that I’m entitled
(You're sick)
I really wanna fuck someone, go full on fuckin' tribal
(Kick)
Wake up when it's all over, I don’t need your fuckin' closure
(You're sick)
If money can't buy me love, maybe it could buy me drugs
Kick was written by FIDLAR.
Kick was produced by Ricky Reed.
It was just this thing I had come up with when I was driving around L.A. I had that verse, but I didn’t have any sort of music to it.
Zac sent me this track and was like, “See if you have anything that would go with this.” It was just instrumental. That verse that I had, that I’d kept just saying t...
It’s got a druggy vibe. I guess it’s a pretty good assumption we’ll write something related to drugs or breakups or whatever. So yeah, it worked out.