Described by JENNIE as “the most personal” track on the album, “twin” closes off Ruby with a melancholic message to a past relationship she had. In an interview with Zane Lowe, JENNIE explained that writing the song gave her a sense of closure about that relationship.
Throughout the song, JENNIE sp...
[Verse 1]
It's like I'm writing a letter
And I put in a twelve-ounce bottle of Heineken
In the Atlantic on a whim
'Cause I know I've been gone too long
But I'm writing a song
[Refrain]
It's like I'm writing a letter, but I'm writing a song
It's like I'm writing a letter, but I'm writing a song
It's like I'm writing a letter, but I'm writing a song
[Verse 2]
Can you just bear with me? We were ten years in
And young and dumb and innocent, my friend
But I knew all along that we were both wrong
[Refrain]
It's like I'm writing a letter, but I'm writing a song
It's like I'm writing a letter, but I'm writing a song
It's like I'm writing a letter, but I'm writing a song
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn't leave ya, I still see ya
When I'm bumping Ashanti, yeah, on the beach, yeah
I didn't hold ya, but I still know ya
We will make up, make things right when we get older, friend
[Chorus]
Twin, twin, twin
You and I, we drifted apart
Twin, twin, twin
Like the white clouds under the stars
[Verse 3]
Do you feel a way?
I blamed the timing, wasn't timing
We was fighting and colliding
Man, I just couldn't stay
And I keep your name so, so, so tightly to my heartbeat
Guess I lost you and you lost me, but I put fuel to your flame
[Pre-Chorus]
I didn't leave ya, I still see ya
When I'm bumping Ashanti, yeah, on the beach, yeah
I didn't hold ya, but I still know ya
We will make up, make things right when we get older, friend
[Chorus]
Twin, twin, twin
You and I, we drifted apart
Twin, twin, twin
Like the white clouds under the stars
[Outro]
Swim, swim, twin
You and I, we drifted apart
Twin, twin, twin
twin was written by JENNIE & Bibi Bourelly & Mike WiLL Made-It & Christopher Gage Newlin.
twin was produced by Mike WiLL Made-It & Christopher Gage Newlin.
That song is a very, very special song for me, maybe the most personal song, but by the time we were done with the song, I read it back and, to me, I was like, ‘Okay, people can resonate to this, there’s got to be someone that makes everyone feel this way.’ […] I think, after being truthful on that...
Mike WiLL Made-It:
Gage, who’s our engineer, is also an incredibly talented musician — he plays piano, guitar, all kinds of instruments. We were working on another song, but sometimes, when you’re on a track for too long, you need a reset. So we cut the music for a second, and Gage was just in the...