This booming title track is a transition into a more synth-heavy sound from the guitar-driven 2018 record Lush. Starting off with eerie sci-fi synths, it builds up to a phenomenal chorus, written in the studio.
In the Pitchfork interview, Lindsey revealed:
The song “Valentine” used to be called “Ad...
[Verse 1]
Let's go be alone
Where no one can see us, honey
Careful in that room
Those parasitic cameras, don't they stop to stare at you?
[Verse 2]
Can't love for us both
You've gotta live and I gotta go
As long as it's us two
Fuck being remembered, I think I was made for you
[Chorus]
So why'd you wanna erase me, darling valentine?
You'll always know where to find me when you change your mind
[Verse 3]
I'd hate to picture someone with you
I lay down and start to cry
You won't believe what just two months do
I'm older now, believe mе, I adore you
[Chorus]
So why'd you wanna erase mе, darling valentine?
You'll always know where to find me when you change your mind
So why'd you wanna erase me, darling valentine?
[Outro]
Now I can't hate you
I ruined me for you
Blame me if you need to
But I adore you
I adore you
I adore you
I adore you
Valentine was written by Snail Mail.
Valentine was produced by Snail Mail & Brad Cook.
Snail Mail released Valentine on Wed Sep 15 2021.
The song’s demo was originally titled “Adore You,” which Jordan described in an episode of NPR’s “All Songs Considered” podcast as “super emotional and slow,” and lacking the chorus of the final version.
Lindsey Jordan:
I was shopping around ideas for the record long before there was one, just wanting to put a title to the thing to maybe give it a start—like if there’s just an overarching vibe, then I can start to make things. It’s such a heartbreaking thing, referring to someone as your valentine...
“That cake was pretty gross, it was like a chocolate cake stacked with coconut cake with maraschino cherry sauce drizzled on it. But yeah we’re just talking about how this has been a very cake-heavy album cycle where I have been very clear to people around me that, cake is exciting to me and out the...