Skinny Skinny
Ashton Irwin * Track #3 On Superbloom
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Album Superbloom
Skinny Skinny by Ashton Irwin
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Ashton IrwinProduced by
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“Skinny Skinny” is the solo debut single of 5 Seconds of Summer drummer Ashton Irwin, who sings of the struggle of “not feeling at home in your own body.”
The track is the lead single from his debut solo album, Superbloom, set to release on October 23, 2020. Ashton announced the song in a tweet on...
Skinny Skinny Lyrics
[Intro]
Hey, skinny skinny
Don't you think about the future
Hey, skinny skinny
Too bad (Too bad)
Hey, skinny skinny
Stop your thinking 'bout tomorrow
You'll never make it like that (Too bad)
[Verse 1]
My second face, my damn reflection
We always meet when I'm defeated
You tear me up all of the time
My second face, don't wanna listen
We always meet without permission
You tear me up all of the time
[Chorus]
Hey, skinny skinny
Don't you think about the future
Hey, skinny skinny
Too bad (Too bad)
Hey, skinny skinny
Stop your thinking 'bout tomorrow
You'll never make it like that (Too bad)
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh)
I wanna eat, I wanna stay thin
(Ooh)
I wanna dance, but I gotta stay in
Hеy, skinny skinny
Don't you think about the future
Hey, skinny skinny
Too bad (Too bad)
[Verse 2]
I'm skin and bonе, I'm made of nothing
My secret pose, my secret ending
You tear me up all of the time
My tongue is tasteless, my heart is barren
My fingers stretching into my larynx
You tear me up all of the time
[Chorus]
Hey, skinny skinny
Don't you think about the future
Hey, skinny skinny
Too bad (Too bad)
Hey, skinny skinny
Stop your thinking 'bout tomorrow
You'll never make it like that (Too bad)
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh)
I wanna eat, I wanna stay thin
(Ooh)
I wanna dance, but I gotta stay in
Hey, skinny skinny
Don't you think about the future
Hey, skinny skinny
Too bad, too bad
[Bridge]
Too bad, bad, bad
Too bad, too bad
Too bad, bad, bad
Too bad
[Chorus]
Hey, skinny skinny
Don't you think about the future
Hey, skinny skinny
Too bad (Too bad)
Hey, skinny skinny
Stop your thinking 'bout tomorrow
You'll never make it like that (Too bad)
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh)
I wanna eat, I wanna stay thin
(Ooh)
I wanna dance, but I gotta stay in
Hey, skinny skinny
Don't you think about the future
Hey, skinny skinny
Too bad, too bad
[Outro]
Too bad, bad, bad
Too bad (Skinny skinny)
Too bad (Skinny skinny)
Too bad, bad, bad
Too bad (Skinny skinny)
Too bad (Skinny skinny)
Too bad, bad, bad
Skinny Skinny Q&A
Who wrote Skinny Skinny's ?
Skinny Skinny was written by Matthew Pauling & Ashton Irwin.
Who produced Skinny Skinny's ?
Skinny Skinny was produced by Matthew Pauling.
When did Ashton Irwin release Skinny Skinny?
Ashton Irwin released Skinny Skinny on Thu Sep 24 2020.
What did Ashton Irwin say about "Skinny Skinny"?
When he announced Superbloom via his socials, Ashton said the following about the album’s lead single:
The first single “Skinny Skinny” is out everywhere tonight at 9pm PT. We must fight against a common darkness that shadows our ability to live truthfully, to live without self doubt, and without s...
What has the artist said about the music video?
Here is what Ashton had to say about the music video for Skinny Skinny, via his Twitter:
The Skinny Skinny MV faces + fights back against the demon that lives in the mirror. I wanted to capture the struggle of not feeling at home in your own body. A video of battle, footage of the fight, a snapshot...
What has Ashton said about the song?
In an Instagram Livestream, he said:
I wanted to release this first just to put something out into the world that resonated with me so deeply that there was nowhere else to hide. I want to be a lyricist and an artist that puts lyrics out there that are intriguing and heartbreaking or vivid. I’ve ne...
Is this the most vulnerable song of the album?
On an interview with Thomas Bleach, Ashton said that he thinks “Skinny Skinny” is the album’s most vulnerable song and then added:
It actually get increasingly more vulnerable the longer it’s out because I didn’t have a lot of butter influence as it was just Matt and I making this album for months...
How did the song start?
On an interview with Music Feeds Australia, Ashton said:
I didn’t really realise how impactful it would be until I really started to dive into the imagery. It’s weird that the song came directly from the memory of having a conversation with my younger brother just being scared of being overweight,...
What more have the artist said about the song?
On an interview with Rolling Stone Australia, he said this:
My brother’s conversation helped to shine a light on my personal issue with it. I mean, first of all, I had a real problem with alcoholism for a little while, and I was coming up a lot of stuff with it that I didn’t really explore until I...
Does this song have an alternative artwork?
Ashton has shared an alternative artwork for this song, as well as “Greyhound” and “Sunshine” via an Instagram post. He said:
What’s weird about these three images?
They were just as important to inspiring writing a whole record as the songs were. I’ve always loved dipping my toe into a multimedia...