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“Mile High,” a collaboration between James Blake, Travis Scott, and Metro Boomin, is about joining the ‘mile high club,’ as asserted on the song’s chorus:
We just be mile high clubbing
I’m on a thousand mile running
The song premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show on January 17, 2019.
[Intro: James Blake]
Don't wanna see you by yourself, by yourself
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself
[Verse 1: Travis Scott]
We on a drive, looped in
Two seat ride, couped in
Who gon' slide? Who's in?
Big rocks 'round, new tint
Fleetwood down, new sand
Two seat ride, couped in
Don't leave 'round loose ends
Don't be around new friends, yeah
[Chorus: Travis Scott]
We just be mile high clubbin'
I'm on a thousand miles runnin'
Hit it, go downtown Sunday
Then move it uptown Monday
[Post-Chorus: James Blake]
Don't wanna see you by yourself, by yourself
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself
[Verse 2: Travis Scott]
If I give it to you, will you leave?
Tell it to you, will you speak?
Got it tatted on my sleeve
Fell in love overseas
Ass fatter than a peach, uh
Ocean water kinda deep, uh
Rollin' up out the reef, uh
Put me down, straight to sleep
[Refrain: Travis Scott & James Blake]
Lasting like Duracell
Lasting like Duracell
40 days, 40 nights
Feel like a holy night
The lesson's always there
That less is always more
And in the back and forth
I'm not keeping score
Lesson's always there
That less is always more
When you're alone with me
You never come up short
You never come up short
(Never come up short, never come up short, never come—)
[Verse 3: James Blake]
Watch the fan as it spins
In my arms, wrapped in
Don't know where you stop
And where I begin
Like I found myself an imaginary friend
And when we stay in
Not missin' anything
[Chorus: Travis Scott]
We just be mile high clubbin'
I'm on a thousand miles runnin'
Hit it, go downtown Sunday
Then move it uptown Monday
[Post-Chorus: James Blake]
Don't wanna see you by yourself, by yourself
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself
[Verse 4: James Blake]
Hi-Vis, never seen
Low-key as it's been
Fell in love overseas
Fell in love like it's easy
Put to sleep without dreams
Under the moonbeam
Call you for no reason
Hold on like it's greasy
[Refrain: Travis Scott, James Blake & Both]
Lasting like Duracell
Lasting like Duracell
40 days, 40 nights
Feel like a holy night
The lesson's always there
That less is always more
And in the back and forth
I'm not keeping score
Lesson's always there
That less is always more
When you're alone with me
You never come up short
You never come up short
(Never come up short, never come up short, never come—)
[Outro: James Blake]
Don't wanna see you by yourself, by yourself
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself
Mile High was written by Wavy & Dre Moon & Metro Boomin & Travis Scott & James Blake.
Mile High was produced by James Blake & Wavy & Dre Moon & Metro Boomin.
James Blake released Mile High on Fri Jan 18 2019.
This is Blake’s first collaboration with Metro, and Metro also provides production on the next song on the album, “Tell Them.”
This song marks the duo’s third collaboration. Blake provided background vocals on Travis’ 2016 song, “the ends,” and featured on Travis’ 2018 song, “STOP TRYING TO BE GOD.”
James walked into the studio session and Travis was already laying down the vocals to the song
having any type of sex on an airplane
Travis is just exceptionally talented at melodies; the ones he wrote on that track are brilliant. And it was made possible by Metro—the beat is a huge part of why that track feels the way it does.
-James Blake (via his iTunes interview)
On January 21, 2019, on the official channel of James Blake, was released in teaser of the clip, which was soon hidden, in it there is the phrase “comming soon”.
An official video was later released on February 3, 2019.