“Ultralife” is about being in a state which is more extraordinary and surreal than living life itself — as a result of being with someone you’re infatuated with.
In an interview at Boston Calling, Josephine talked about what “ultralife” means to them:
[“Ultralife”] is about finding someone or some...
[Verse 1: Josephine Vander Gucht]
Lovesick the beat inside my head
Waves struck a sea of bitterness
Lights out solo in the blue
Before I found you
[Pre-Chorus: Josephine Vander Gucht & Anthony West]
Days passed slowly, lost and low
You gave me hope and now there's only
[Chorus: Josephine Vander Gucht & Anthony West]
Blood running in my veins
I've never been here before
And I got love falling like the rain
I never could've asked for more
I got so much soul inside my bones
Take a look at me now
I'm young, forever in the sun
Ever since you came, I'm living ultralife
I'm living ultralife
I'm living ultralife
[Verse 2: Josephine Vander Gucht & Anthony West]
Turn down the voice inside my head
'Cause heaven only knows why we feel this emptiness
But I will climb out, find another view
Now I've found you
[Pre-Chorus: Josephine Vander Gucht & Anthony West]
Days passed slowly, lost and low
You gave me hope and now there's only
[Chorus: Josephine Vander Gucht & Anthony West]
Blood running in my veins
I've never been here before
And I got love falling like the rain
I never could've asked for more
I got so much soul inside my bones
Take a look at me now
I'm young, forever in the sun
Ever since you came, I'm living ultralife
(Ultralife with me, ultralife with me
Ultralife with me, ultralife with me)
[Bridge: Josephine Vander Gucht (Anthony West)]
(Ultralife with me)
Found me on a basement floor (Ultralife with me)
Back when I had lost it all (Ultralife with me)
Told me what the fight was for (Ultralife with me)
And I'm not giving up no more (Ultralife with me)
You elevate the life in me (Ultralife with me)
Illuminate the in-between (Ultralife with me)
Forever gonna feel this free (Ultralife with me)
And I'm not giving up now
[Verse 3: Josephine Vander Gucht]
Lovesick the beat inside my head
Waves struck a sea of bitterness
Lights out solo in the blue
But now I've found you
[Chorus: Josephine Vander Gucht & Anthony West]
Blood running in my veins
I've never been here before
And I got love falling like the rain
I never could've asked for more
I got so much soul inside my bones
Take a look at me now
I'm young, forever in the sun
Ever since you came, I'm living ultralife
(Ultralife with me, ultralife with me)
I'm living ultralife
(Ultralife with me, ultralife with me)
Oh, we're living ultralife
(Ultralife with me, ultralife with me, oh)
We're living ultralife
(Ultralife with me, ultralife with me)
I'm living ultralife
(Ultralife with me)
Ultralife was written by Anthony West & Josephine Vander Gucht.
Ultralife was produced by Oh Wonder.
The song was premiered on March 30, 2017 – the day before release on SiriusXM and BBC Radio 2.
In an interview at Boston Calling, Josephine shared:
We wrote a song called “Heavy” and in that song we had a lyric which was “ultralife just you and me”. And we were both kind of sitting and ruminating on this idea of “ultralife” and we thought “oh that’s really cool we should pursue that!”. Then...