“Not So Bad in LA” looks at the state of the music industry and the everyday life of Hollywood residents through a satirical lens. It was the second single released from Allie X’s sophomore EP, Super Sunset
The official music video was released on August 9, 2018, and features The Hollywood Starlet...
[Verse 1]
In a city that lives while its bright stars die
And you start to get old when you turn 25
Where else can you go when you got that drive?
And everybody says when they arrive
[Chorus]
It's not so bad in LA
The parking's cheap and valet
Those blue skies day after day
It's not so bad in LA
Backyard got two lemon trees
Ten grams at the dispensary
Angels all left, but we'll stay
It's not so bad in LA
LA (La la, la la, la la)
[Verse 2]
And the ghosts of the nineties walk the streets
And the Venice girls smile with the whites of their teeth
All licking their lips for a quick fifteen
Your appetite fades but you're still starving
[Chorus]
It's not so bad in LA
The parking's cheap and valet
Those blue skies day after day
It's not so bad in LA
Backyard got two lemon trees
Ten grams at the dispensary
Angels all left, but we'll stay
It's not so bad in LA (LA)
It's not so bad in LA
The parking's cheap and valet
Those blue skies day after day
It's not so bad in LA
Backyard got two lemon trees
Ten grams at the dispensary
Angels all left, but we'll stay
It's not so bad in LA
LA (Ah, la la, la la, la la)
[Outro]
Two lemon trees
Ten grams at the dispensary
Angels all left, but we'll stay
It's not so bad in LA (LA)
I've been thinking so big
I think I need to lie down
I've been thinking so big
I think I need to lie down
Not So Bad in LA was written by xSDTRK & Pierre-Luc & Das Kope & Allie X.
Not So Bad in LA was produced by Chiiild.
Allie X released Not So Bad in LA on Fri Jul 13 2018.
In her Not So Bad in LA and Focus Xplanation Video, Allie stated the meaning behind the song:
I think I just got back to Los Angeles from being away for a few weeks, wherever. I was out running errands and I got in my car, I think I was driving down Beverly Boulevard and kind of like, looking at th...
In a Billboard interview, Allie X responded to this:
Oh, all of it. I mean, it’s sarcastic and demented. “Angels all left, but we’ll stay.” I mean, it’s a song about how L.A doesn’t suck, but it’s also a song about how L.A does suck. It’s very sarcastic.