“Ordinary Superstar” is the opening track of the debut EP RINA. The song is a commentary on millionaire YouTube vloggers whose brand is being “just like you".
[Intro]
You know
It's not all it seems
Underneath it all
We're all human beings
[Verse 1]
Girl on the screen, look at me
I never woulda guessed that we'd be friends
Oh, but you don't want to be seen
With me
I wanna see what you see
We're living in a world that’s full of hate
Oh, but you don't care what they say
Do you?
[Chorus]
Because I'm just an ordinary superstar
So far but always hanging where you are
I'm just an ordinary superstar
I'm just like you
I'm just an ordinary superstar
So far but always hanging where you are
I'm just an ordinary superstar
I'm just like you
[Post-Chorus]
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me?
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me?
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me?
Don't you wanna be, don't you wanna be?
[Verse 2]
Girl on the screen, you're a queen
But you're livin' in a cloud where there's no rain
Oh, what if it all went away
Today?
(Then what's left inside?)
[Chorus]
Because I'm just an ordinary superstar
So far but always hanging where you are
I'm just an ordinary superstar
I'm just like you (I'm human too)
You're just an ordinary superstar
So far removed from who you really are
You're just an ordinary superstar
[Bridge]
So look at me, oh, I
I'm doing this for myself only
Or so I thought
[Chorus]
I'm just an ordinary superstar
So far but always hanging where you are (Where you are)
I'm just an ordinary superstar
I'm just like you (I'm human too)
[Post-Chorus]
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me? (Superstar)
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me? (Where you are)
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me? (Superstar)
I'm just like you
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me?
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me?
Don't you wanna be ordinary with me?
Don't you wanna be, don't you wanna be?
Ordinary Superstar was written by Clarence Clarity & Rina Sawayama.
Ordinary Superstar was produced by Clarence Clarity.
Rina Sawayama released Ordinary Superstar on Fri Oct 27 2017.
On Ordinary Superstar, a track from her self-titled mini-album, Rina Sawayama imagines what it is like to be a famous vlogger, ‘so far removed from who you really are’.
- The Guardian