Propelled forward by sampled beats from the legendary Linn LM-1 drum machine (of Prince fame), Tenderness evokes “soft-pop nostalgia.” Duterte confessed to some Steely Dan influence showing through.
- Uproxx
[Verse 1]
Tell me
Did you fall in at first glance?
Do you think you'll take a chance?
Do you think on the weekend I could know?
Show me
Before you haunt me on the screen
Will my affection pull the strings?
Another forgotten memory
[Pre-Chorus]
We've built
This city that we're sinking in
Nobody wants to play pretend
I just know that
[Chorus]
I'm feeling like we've just begun
Nothing's ever good enough
Tenderness is all I've got
I'm feeling like we've just begun
Nothing's ever good enough
Tenderness is all I've got
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
I'm feeling like we've just begun
Nothing's ever good enough
Tenderness is all I've got
I'm feeling like we've just begun
Nothing's ever good enough
Tenderness is all I've got
I'm feeling like we've just begun
Nothing's ever good enough
Tenderness is all I've got
I'm feeling like we've just begun
Nothing's ever good enough
Tenderness is all I've got
Tenderness was written by Melina Duterte.
Tenderness was produced by Melina Duterte.
Jay Som released Tenderness on Thu Jul 11 2019.
The beginning is supposed to sound like a voicemail on an answering machine. it was supposed to only be the intro and one chorus but I felt it needed that open and groovy entrance and it morphed into something more.
– via album booklet