Lizzy McAlpine - reckless driving feat. Ben Kessler (official video)
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- Опубліковано 22 лют 2022
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Lyrics:
LIZZY:
i didn’t mean to kiss you
i mean i did but i didn’t think it’d go this far
i didn’t mean to kiss you
now you can’t focus on the road when i’m in your car
now we’re going 100
your hands aren’t on the wheel cause you’re just
staring at me like you’re not convinced that i am real
and now we’re at 180
and i can finally see
but then it’s over in a second
crashed the car into the tree
yeah i can see it all happen
you’d rather die than take your eyes off me
i don’t like you like that
i’m a careful driver
and i tell you all the time
to keep your eyes on the road
but you love me like that
you’re a reckless driver
and one day it’ll kill us
if i don’t let go
BEN:
i don’t know how to tell you
that i feel safe when you sit shotgun
never felt this way with no one
and i lie when i tell you
i know exactly where we’re going
i get lost just for this moment
but now we’re at 100
my hands aren’t on the wheel
and i don’t wanna lose this moment
want you to know just how i feel a
nd now we’re at 180
and i can finally see
but then it’s over in a second
crashed the car into the tree
i don’t know how it happened
guess i’d die to keep your eyes on me
cause i love you like that
i’m a reckless driver
and you tell me all the time
to keep my eyes on the road
do you love me like that?
if i keep on driving
will you hold me when we crash
or would you let me go?
LIZZY:
don’t wanna scrape you off the pavement
i can’t be your savior
i don’t wanna be here
when you lose control
don’t wanna watch it as it happens
see the crowd’s reaction
i don’t wanna be here
when you kill us both
i don’t love you like that
(BEN: cause i love you like that)
i’m a careful driver
(BEN: i’m a reckless driver)
and i tell you all the time to keep your eyes on the road
(BEN: and you tell me all the time to keep my eyes on the road)
but you love me like
(BEN: do you love me like that?)
you’re a reckless driver
(BEN: if i keep on driving)
and one day it’ll kill us if i don’t let go
(BEN: will you hold me when we crash or would you let me go?)
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Extended Credits:
Music Credits:
Performed by: Lizzy McAlpine and Ben Kessler
Written by: Lizzy McAlpine, Ben Kessler, Philip Etherington
Produced by: Philip Etherington, Ben Kessler, Ehren Ebbage, Ryan Lerman
Mixed by: Philip Etherington
Mastered by: Dave Kutch
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA at The Laundry Pile
Managed by Harbour Artists & Music
Video Credits:
Written by Lizzy McAlpine
Directed by Gus Black
Produced by Jeremy Ivory-Chambers and Will Noyce Production
Company: Fengari
EP/director rep: Kelly Sarno, Agency Arts
Casting: Esprit Casting
Casting Directors: Copelan Cash & Emma Weinswig
Director of Photography: Nic Restrepo
1st AC: Jorge Olortegui
Key Grip: Matthias Linder-Madsen
Photo Assist: Ariana Dixon
PA: Katie Massie
Production Designer: Caia Diepenbrock
Stylist: Steph Collinge
Wardrobe Assist: Izzy Huynh
HMU: Maddie North
Editor: Gus Black
Colorist: Cameron Marygold
DIT: Redamo Rosa
BTS Videography: Ashlan
BTS Photography: Caity Krone
Cast:
Lizzy McAlpine
Diego Chiat
Marlee Mesarchik
Meg Gallagher
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'Older', the new album, out now!
lizzymcalpine.lnk.to/OlderAlbum
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this bridge is my new favourite piece of music i’m not joking. the layered voices make it sound so hectic and distressing, and the music video plays into that sensation perfectly, leading right to the ending that actually does feel like jolting in your seat before you hit something WHEW
I AGREE! this bridge is my crack
If there is one thing Lizzy will do, its write an amazing bridge
FACTS!
Yes yes yes. Just played this for someone and said, "Wait for this fucking bridge!" 😁
Its in my head on repeat. Its so GOOD!
the way her scenes are fights and his are happy memories 💔 truly stunning
😢😢😢
some might say stunning, i say SICK😭😭 like it’s so upsetting this song is too real but yeah i’ll keep streaming asf
also, maybe the video suggests that she cannot handle conflict and confrontation very well so that tension built up and exploded because she gave those moments too much thought and power, whereas that confrontation didn’t mean too much to him, which makes me soooo like her… confrontation and i’m gone which is so unhealthy but simply reality
It perfectly depicts what a lack of communication can lead to
I haven't even noticed that till now! Thank you for pointing it out :)
The way Lizzy sings "And I tell you all the time to keep your eyes on the road" with such urgency and anxiety is just genius. The emotion behind her work is practically palpable.
And people stan Taylor Swift 😮
can we talk about the anxiety and build-up and how it went on into an abrupt ending? It is so raw and real, and encapsulates the relationship perfectly
This is an incredible piece of art, both musically and visually STUNNING! The acting in this really hits different. Can't wait for the full short-film and the album!
Couldn't have said it better myself 🙌🏻
I have honestly never known an artist who can tell a story like Lizzy 😭😭😭
She has me treating this upcoming album like a full season
Bob Dylan
@@juicerversion1236 people like you😭
Taylor Swift
Woow i thought most of her fans was Swifties to
I love how at 'Doomsday' she had the skull makeup on her face when she thought she was dead in her ex's mind.... But now she's seeing the same skull makeup on the current guy's face prolly resembling how he and the love between them is dead to her... cause she's still hanging on to her past.... Lizzy's new era of music is everything.. Loving every bit of it
Oh God, this is phenomenal. And 2:16 hit me like a truck.
What about the end????
@@elijahgould8250 the end just hit him like a truck
@@elijahgould8250 or like crashing a car into a tree
The tone of the "road" at 3:10 is just insanely good
YES!
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
This perfectly encapsulates the absolute fear in placing your heart in someone's hands again when it's not even finished healing. Past relationships sometimes always ruin future ones if we can't work through it. Amazing song writer and musician
This album is going to be immense
and it was! 🥳
I have NEVER felt this kind of feeling in a song for a LOOOONG TIME. THIS IS SOOOO SOOO GOOD. You never disappoint
The moment this song hooked me was when she said, "you’d rather die than take your eyes off me"
GAVE ME FULL BODY CHILLS
The storyline and reoccurring makeup are just beautiful. The acting is wonderful as well
This is amazing. I hope to hear this on the radio 😩🤧
I hope not :( Radio ruins good music sometimes
🙏 please
What's radio?
@@GeekRexI- how old are you?
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thank you for having me lizzy ❤
This is absolutely stunning! And 2:22 hits completely different!!
so true!!!
but why is she hanging her head upside down and out the window at 2:22? Shouldn't she belted in and praying her airbags will deploy?
I gotta say I was not expecting the song to end so abruptly. Considering that this was the first song I've listened to by Lizzy this gave me a good impression so I'm gonna listen to, "all my ghosts" soon
I love how the video feels like it has two POVs just like the song does! SO GOOD!!!!!
The cacophony in the bridge/outro is so perfect. Lizzy's greatest asset in my opinion as a songwriter is her use of timbre, you can tell she really understands music color, and how to express it through progressions.
I got a similar feeling as the first time I heard Karma Police by Radiohead, so definitely a good sign.
New fan here (mid 60s and musician) The build up in this song is great. And the ending…speechless! This is like watching a movie in my head. The production is excellent! I can feel the rush in this song and love the abruptness! Amazing! Godspeed!
That was freakin amazing. Everything. This Album seems like it's gonna be breathtaking. I hope so much that you'll tour in Europe.
i’m loving this new era and the ongoing storyline so much. every track and mv is beautiful all around
Anxious attachment style meets avoidant attachment style. ❤
literally what i was thinking
First of all you’re a genius.
This song means so much to me. I’m a born reckless driver. Listening to the thoughts of a careful driver just gives so much inside to my past and current partners. My empathy is growing. It’s healing to not just think of them in negativ ways.
Oh god. I like got to calm down. This hyped me up so much.😂
I don't know the artists just found and really liked the song so I don't understand what "reckless driver" here mean. Other than literally ofc.
@@c.w.61 hi i'm two months late but i thought i'd explain it anyway?
best way i could think to describe a "reckless driver" in this context is someone who is self-destructive and easily infatuated - ie a person who "falls in love too fast" and has some insecurities about their relationship. in contrast, a "careful driver" is somebody who is more reluctant to let themselves fall in love and is trying to set boundaries. a "reckless driver" depends on the "careful driver" and it creates this sort of toxic situation where one person grows obsessive (won't keep their eyes on the road) while the other distances themselves - making the reckless driver feel abandoned
Bloody hell! It's so rare that a songwriter can give me chills anymore. I'm very thankful for artists like LM.
songs that tell both sides of a story are so powerful
one way id describe her music isnt just, a song, or a series of notes, its literally an experience. HAHAHAH THANK YOU LIZZY MCALPINE
Those Harmonies!!!! THAT ENDING!!! can´t wait for the full album. Amazing.
That last scene gave me chills 🤯 this song is truly amazing and I’m so glad to finally hear the full version!! Lizzy never misses 🔥
mah god. especially the two different chorus but with a twist and the whole theatrics when combined at the end - I can’t. y’all killing me with this.
Something I've noticed with Lizzy's music and what sets it apart from similar artists is the compassion within the lyrics and between the lines. Especially these that are collaborated with Ben Kessler. Both sides of a relationship falling apart are so realistically depicted I think I'd be hard pressed not to remember my own experiences.
Quick shout out to my fellow reckless drivers; Fellas, never let your love for someone blind you from seeing what's best for them. Hit the fucking breaks once in a while.
Behind the lyrics are a series of unwanted reflections, sleepless nights, and bittersweet memories. It takes a whole lot of careful thought to represent both sides with honesty and most importantly, love, even if it is a love lost.
hello hi my best friend told me to listen to this (thank god he did) and i just want to say that you've touched a part of my heart i didnt know existed. this is SO. GOOD. the lyrics are beautiful it's like you're telling a story, I LOVE THE LYRICAL DYNAMIC i think that this song is one of those that's perfect to have a feature bc otherwise it wouldn't be complete / whole (ben's part is just *chefs kiss* ) also THE ENDINGGG the way it just abruptly ends out of nowhere is it text painting??? (like, crashing) and your voice gosh YOUR VOICE!!! (i'm sorry i'm just geeking over this its so good) brb will go listen to your works now you're amazing honestly
WAIT i also want to say that the bridge ROCKED ME holy shit ok i'll go now
been listening to this on spotify on repeat for the past week and omg this mv is everything
you can really see the different views on the relationship, Ben's is the romantic side and Lizzy's is the toxic side. and the buildup of the bridge is just 🤌 this is a masterpiece
i don’t think she’s toxic. sometimes an individual can go through hard stuff and maybe cannot be in the place to be in a relationship. you can try but it can’t always work
@@francescaf5262 oh I meant her side of the story paints the relationship to be toxic, while Ben's is the side of the story that seems sweet. I should've been more clear
I'm a metal head, but this is one of the most fabulous pieces of music I have ever heard. I'm addicted to it. It's a masterpiece of pure genius. I just wish the build at the end had another minute so you got the pay off from the stunning layered piece of beauty.
OBSESSED with the mode mixture happening at the end there... the theory nerd in me is eating it up and it is DELICIOUS
i just realized that the last chorus is DIFFERENT!!!!! idk if it’s fully switched to minor but the last notes of each phrase are lower than they were in the first choruses. lizzy mcalpine is a genius.
We all rate this video highly, really good, awesome
I was playing a playlist on speaker, and this was the song that everyone in the room stopped to be present with.
Her voice is so sweet and soothing. Every bit of this song is beautiful 💕
Loving the "ghost" aspect that continues to appear and how this short film series experience that's being created started w/ "Doomsday", continued w/ "Erase me", then "all my ghosts", and now we're seeing "reckless driving" and still have yet to see the final installment (since I believe I read that 5 songs were chosen to have videos made). LOVEing that the songs are 1000% a story, they've been created and arranged w/ so much intention, and (I feel) are signaling a transition ("death"-- which is where the ghost aspect comes into play), not just of the personal aspects in her life that we'll never know, but of her music that she's sharing w/ us and how she's transitioning from "old Lizzy" into this new era of her music-- new sound, new goals, etc and am LOVING being along for the ride.
Full body chills whenever the bridge comes in and the song goes from Cmaj to Cm 😭
BYE I JUST REALIZED 1:19 IS THE ALBUM COVER OMG
loving how all your mvs for five seconds flat have been connected. ur a genius!!!
i am absolutely obsessed with this video. the mixing is perfect, the acting is amazing, and the story is gut wrenching. such a creative way to depict this type of relationship - i connect to it deeply. it deserves so much more love
My wife and I started something new in our marriage. When one of us has to brake hard, turn too fast, or any little glitch behind the wheel, whoever is riding shotgun starts singing, "I don't love you like that. You're a reckless driver."
yall are SINGING I love it! SANG! So simple yet so polished & arranged so well...love it!
This hit really hard for me. I have a very similar experience to this and this captured it perfectly.
THE FACT THAT EVERY VIDEO IS CONNECTED AND AN ONGOING STORY?? So talented and underrated
Wonderful song writing, arrangement, vocals, and video accompaniment.
Oh my God!!! This is incredible!! The contrasting word play based on perspective, the driving shots, the storyline. 👍👍 Phenomenal ❤️
this is a beautiful work of art and i feel so lucky to be witnessing lizzy grow into such an incredible musician, her songs makes me feel so many feelings ahh 🥺🥺 i can’t wait for the album !!
p.s 1:19 is the album cover im pretty sure aahhh
Omgggg it is!!
omg the storyline with this album is incredible every single song hits different but ties all into the same story i’m screaming
What an amazing song and video. When Diego yells "Fuck!" at Lizzy during the crescendo it takes me back 40+ years like I just hit a worm hole and some of the painful relationship things comes screaming back. Music is powerful.
this album is gonna be a whole plot line omfg WHY R THESE MVS SO GOOD-
This whole album is a masterpiece but this song and video is beyond
WE HAVE WAITED FOR SO LONG AAAAAAAA I AM HYPED
The part where Lizzy says "on the road" at 3:11 is absolutely breathtaking. Argh I cant even explain it.
this is AMAZING! the imagery is crazy.
the bridge and the ending of this song make me feel like i’m levitating
take it back this is too good
I always catch myself holding my breath during the bridge of the song. I don't do it on purpose. I just forget to breathe because my mind is fully involved.
This is theee best song of the year!!! OH MY GOD!!! That PEN is CRAZYYYY!!!! Thank YOu!!!
Every scene deserves to be framed on a wall brooooooooo😭😭
u are the sole reason for my existence as a songwriter. thank u for bringing me back to my music and my voice. I love you so so so much.
Not my kind of music, BUT, I had a passenger and her significant other in my car (I drive Lyft on the side) and I asked if there's anything they cared to listen to, being that it was such a long trip. I always play some form of jazz (smooth, cool, or Bossa Nova) because it's neutral music. She asked for Lizzy McAlpine and in my head, I'm like, "who is that?". Needless to say, in that thirty five minute trip...I had to admit that I liked this music, especially this song. Played it a couple of more times when they left the car. It also gives me Duncan Sheik vibes.
this song showed up on my release radar and i listened to it yesterday for the first time. this is the first lizzy mcalpine song i've ever heard and oh my i am obsessed. it has something so addictive... i love the driving metaphors and the canon melodies !! its a masterpiece i love it
its amazing how excited and thrilled i am whenever u release a song. ur such an amazing artist Lizzy Mcalpine!!! iloveyouuu
This is such a lovely song, with the most heartbreaking lyrics 💔
The best song i have ever heard and I'm not even kidding
i am crying!! these lyrics, they hurt (0:32)
Damn. This is amazing. Musically, lyrically and the videos are entrancing. Now I have to listen to Ben Kessler's stuff!
CHILLS. I literally gasped at the end.
Honest unrequited love songs are so bittersweet 💜
the skeletons and the meaning behind it literally pulled HER WHOLE ALBUM together for me oh my god
ahhh the different perspectives and how you guys view your love so good LIZZY!!! BEN!!!! GUS!!!
I can listen every person I over-loved in my life talking in Lizzy's voice while I keep talking and loving in my atypical way... 'Cause I'm the reckless driver and God, I wish I know how to manage that. I can manage my love on myself, but no, I can't manage the way it overwhelms the other person. I can't.
There's so much great musical storytelling here 😭
so i found this video, then watched it again, shared it, watched your others, then bought tickets to see you in Boston this friday
Wow, just stumbled on this. This is a piece of art and I'm already a fan. Going to check out your other work now.
This song is part of series so order goes
1. Doomsday
2. Erase me
3. All my ghosts
4. Reckless driver
All so fantastic
Thanks! I'm going to watch them in order :)
I have no words. I don't know how to express my love for every piece she creates.
you keep dropping banger after banger, literally how do you do it? your songs are so pleasing to my ears >.
The fact her songs have characters✨
no FR it's perfectly splendid... the acting, the lyrics, the melody, you and his voice,, ahhhhhhhh... i love it, picasso
Absolutely loving this addition to the LMACU (Lizzy McAlpine Cinematic Universe)
i can never get enough of your music lizzy! there's just something about all your songs which screams comfort
2:22 literally my favourite part!! the way the beat drops and goes into the little beats just stimulates something in my head 🙌🏻😫
This is my favorite song from the album and it's sooooo good the bridge and the ending. I love love love everything about it
I am so obsessed with Lizzy McAlpine
i will never recover from this, thank god for that.
If a song has to be totally unique and still amazing from every perspective of making a song, it has to be this one!! Loved it when i get it. My friend suggested me to listen to you and it is worth a visit!
Love the colors!
Started to feel goosebumps at 2:16 and then it continue until the end. Same reaction to the ending ghaaddd I have to pause the ending to see who was in the middle of the road and it was him who was driving 😨 The story line is freaking awesome! And the bridge hits different! Can't wait for the whole album 🤍🖤
I love this I love this I love this. The last third of the song has me in a chokehold.
this song is amazing. just everything about it. love the vid too! i’ve been listening nonstop all day long
THIS SONG IS WAAAAYY TOO GOOD MAN
I've never felt so connected to a song, (specially at the bridge). It's amazing
YESSSSSS YOU GUYSSSSS THESE CHORDS THESE BACKGROUND VOCALS I-
so insane to watch and listen.... obsessed with this project