Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
Holly Humberstone
On “Please Don’t Leave Just Yet”, Holly is heavily inspired by Matty Healy’s The 1975’s both sonority and lyricism, exploring the scenario of falling for someone online and giving them a little too much, without thinking about the possibilities of this person to just leave.
This is a recurrent them...
[Verse 1: Holly Humberstone, Matthew Healy]
I know you're getting over it and working on your next step
Spend three cold weeks on a mattress and a sleepless head
(I know you're getting over it)
I heard her on a phone, when you said “I'm having a cigarette”
(I'm having a cigarette)
And I know I'm only young, but I'm not a fucking idiot
[Pre-Chorus: Holly Humberstone]
And even if it's all just a waste of my breath
For five minutes, can we, please, just talk before you jet?
And you said, “Honey, there's no use in getting all upset”
(I know you're getting over it)
And I said, “Please, don't leave just yet”
[Chorus: Holly Humberstone with Matthew Healy]
I don’t wanna need your love, your love, anymore
But I just do, I just do
I don't wanna need your love, your love, anymore
Like I used to— I just do, I just do
(I know you're getting over it)
[Verse 2: Holly Humberstone]
Maybe, I'll find a piece of you in someone else's bed
Maybe, in the next life, there's some other time when I'm less obsessed
(I know you're getting over it)
[Pre-Chorus: Holly Humberstone with Matthew Healy]
And I can tell you're over it by the amount you're on the internet
And I'll even help you pack your shit
But, please don't leave just yet— Don’t leave just yet
[Chorus: Holly Humberstone with Matthew Healy]
I don't wanna need your love, your love, anymore
But I just do, I just do
I don't wanna need your love, your love, anymore
Like I used to— I just do, I just do
[Post-Chorus: Holly Humberstone]
I think I gave a little too much, didn't I?
(I think I gave a little too much)
Think I gave a little too much, didn't I?
[Bridge: Holly Humberstone]
And even if it's all just a waste of my breath
For five minutes, can we, please, just talk before you jet?
Don’t leave just yet
[Chorus: Holly Humberstone with Matthew Healy]
I don’t wanna need your love, your love, anymore
But I just do, I just do (I just do)
(Just do) I don't wanna need your love, your love, anymore
Like I used to— I just do, I just do
[Outro: Holly Humberstone]
I just do
(I know you're getting over it)
Please Don’t Leave Just Yet was written by Rob Milton & Holly Humberstone & Matty Healy.
Please Don’t Leave Just Yet was produced by Matty Healy & Rob Milton.
Holly Humberstone released Please Don’t Leave Just Yet on Wed Aug 04 2021.
On August 5, 2021, Holly emailed her fans and gave them a firsthand insight to the lyrics:
I remember how good it felt writing this song and turning my loneliness into something beautiful & I’m so proud of it. The song is about wanting someone to stay so badly, even if only for five more minute...
Yes, this is the first time they work together. “Please Don’t Leave Just Yet” also marks the first collaboration of Holly’s carreer.
She expressed gratitude towards the opportunity to write a song with her “heros” through an email sent on August 5, 2021:
I wrote this song with Matty, from one of m...
In February 2021, while performing on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Holly was asked if the rumours about the song’s existence were actually true, to which — thrilled about its release — she reported them to be veracious:
I still can’t quite believe it, that I even got the chance to work wit...
I wrote this with Matthew Healy in between the lockdowns in 2020. The 1975 was such a huge musical influence for me—Matty wrote the soundtrack to my teenage years. I hate writing with new people, it’s my worst nightmare, but he just created such a comfortable, chill environment. I wrote this when I...