After leaving The X Factor, Miller signed a recording deal with Hollywood Records/Syco Music and began work on an album. Following an initial five-song EP, she delivered her 2015 full-length debut album, Not an Apology, which featured production from the Suspex, Mike Del Rio, Matt Squire, and others. The album peaked at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and featured the singles "Young Blood" and "Fire N Gold." Spring 2016 brought a new single titled "yes girl," which featured heavily in her live sets that summer.
The following winter, Miller teased the release of her sophomore full-length album, aurora, by issuing the first of an intended trilogy of EPs beginning with chapter one: blue in February 2017. chapter two: red and chapter three: yellow followed during the summer. In February 2018 she delivered aurora, which compiled all three of her trilogy EPs plus 5 additional tracks, including the single "mother." Miller was also featured on NOTD single titled "I Wanna Know", which became their biggest hit to date.
During 2019, Miller released a number of singles that were originally intended for her third studio album, which was named 'sunsets in outerspace,' however in July 2020, Miller confirmed her third album wouldn't come until 2021 earliest and the whole space theme has 'run its course.' The first single released was, it's not u it's me with 6LACK, on March 1st, 2019. Bea released 4 other singles throughout 2019, feel something, feels like home (with Jessie Reyez), never gonna like you (with Snakehips) and that bitch. She also embarked on two tours supporting her 2019 singles, nice to meet u which began in North America on April 29th, 2019 and concluded May 18th, 2019. She also embarked on the sunsets in outerspace tour starting in London on September 23rd, 2019 and concluding in LA on November 30th, 2019.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Miller confirmed she will not release a full studio album in 2020 but will release an EP of 6 new songs, after scrapping the space theme and previous singles.
Playground
Bea Miller Lyrics
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Come along if you wanted a peek
I've seen your face around here
Come alone, tell me under the table
What do you seek?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
What brings you to the lost and found, dear?
Won't you pull up a seat?
Everybody got a price 'round here to play
Make me an offer, what will it be?
Oh-oh, what will it be?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Oh, it died
Ah, mm
Welcome to the playground
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies (tell me your nightmares)
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
In these lyrics, Bea Miller is inviting someone to come to the "playground" with her. She asks them what they seek and encourages them to pull up a seat and tell her their nightmares and fantasies. It seems that this "playground" is a place for people to escape and indulge in their desires and fantasies. Miller sings about the "wasteland" underneath the playground, perhaps suggesting that this place is not entirely safe or innocent.
As the song progresses, Miller reveals that everything at the playground has a price. She asks the listener to make her an offer and stay for the night. The dream she's selling could refer to a temporary escape from reality or even a darker motive. At the end of the song, Miller sings that something has died, which adds intrigue and mystery to the overall meaning of the lyrics.
Overall, the lyrics suggest a twisted and alluring world where people can lose themselves in their desires and fears. The playground is a place of secrets and dangers, where nothing is quite as it seems.
Line by Line Meaning
Who told you what was down here?
Who informed you about what exists in this place?
Come along if you wanted a peek
If you want to take a look, join me.
I've seen your face around here
I recognize your face from this area.
Come alone, tell me under the table
Come by yourself and inform me secretly.
What do you seek?
What is it that you are searching for?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
This is the playground, come along with me.
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Reveal to me your deepest fears and aspirations.
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Immerse yourself in the barren land beneath.
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
Spend the night here and I'll provide you with an ideal experience.
What brings you to the lost and found, dear?
What led you to this forgotten place, my dear?
Won't you pull up a seat?
Wouldn't you like to sit down and stay awhile?
Everybody got a price 'round here to play
Everyone has a cost to engage in activities here.
Make me an offer, what will it be?
Propose a deal, what's your offer?
Oh-oh, what will it be?
Oh-oh, what will you decide?
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Expressing excitement for newcomers on the playground.
Oh, it died
Ah, mm
Welcome to the playground
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Conversation between multiple people, followed by another greeting for newcomers.
Lyrics ยฉ BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Alexander Seaver, Alexander Temple, Brendon Williams, Jason Walsh, Kole Hicks, Michael Pitman, Richard Thomson, Sebastien Najand
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@r3dp9
For the same reason a gaming company is a better show producer than show producers: "The Culture War".
Once it became clear how much power mass media would have over the population, the mass media (theatre, news, music, everything) began to be infiltrated by people who craved the art of power, as opposed to the power of art. Video games stand out as an exception because it's a highly competitive market that is highly intolerant towards infiltration (such as with the ME:A backlash). Video games aren't in a position to sacrifice profits for the sake of sending a political message.
Compare to the Star Wars Sequels. If they make a bad sequel, everyone watches it, because they are the only source of Star Wars. It's a near monopoly. There's also Star Trek, but it's not Star Wars. You might want to boycott Marvel, but their ONLY real competition is DC which is caught up in the same sociopolitical ideology.
Once someone sees a movie, usually on a streaming service or in a theatre, you can't unsee it and you can't refund the money you spent.
Compare to the Star Wars videogames. If they make a bad videogame, they can and do get returned. People watch streams of games - legally - before buying. You can't hide behind a cool movie trailer. Worse, videogames have a LOT more competition. Star Wars Force Unleashed is competing with a decades old KOTOR I&II in terms of story, Diablo and it's myriad offspring in terms of gameplay. Star Wars Fallen Order competes with KOTOR I&II in terms of story, and Dark Souls and it's myriad offspring in terms of gameplay. Unlike movies, where it's extremely rare for low budget creators to become overnight worldwide hits, videogames are infamous for exactly this phenomena. Steam's Top 10 lists the likes of Hades and Disco Elysium alongside triple A titles like Halo Infinite and Warhammer III.
And again, I repeat: You can usually refund a videogame. You can't refund a movie ticket or streaming service. Less tolerance for BS as a result.
Another factor is access. A videogame can sell to anyone, anywhere in the world. Sure, you have monopolies like Steam and GOG, but (at least for now) they are too profit driven to care what political content is accessed on their platforms. Steam permits straight up porn (with tags you can filter for ofc). Outside huge platforms, selling a game is as easy as setting up a website and a paypal.
Now, if you want to sell a movie or show, you have a problem. Advertising. Theatre access. Getting on a highly politicized streaming platform like Netflix. Even if you get on a platform, you can always get short changed by being shown low - or not at all - in the recommended/search algorithms. You can't just post it on a website and expect to make millions off of a sleeper hit in a few decades. Or can you? Time will tell. A lot of YouTubers are creating absolute masterpieces, in exchange for nothing except an optional donation to a patreon account.
@annatovtyk1357
Lyrics
Who told you what was down here?
Come along if you wanted a peek
I've seen your face around here
Come alone, tell me under the table
What do you seek?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
What brings you to the lost and found, dear?
Won't you pull up a seat?
Everybody got a price 'round here to play
Make me an offer, what will it be?
Oh-oh, what will it be?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Oh, it died
Ah, mm
Welcome to the playground
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies (tell me your nightmares)
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
@rendardar
The lyrics for the ones who want to sing with the song!!!:
Who told you what was down here?
Come along if you wanted a peek
I've seen your face around here
Come alone, tell me under the table
What do you seek?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
What brings you to the lost and found, dear?
Won't you pull up a seat?
Everybody got a price 'round here to play
Make me an offer, what will it be?
Oh-oh, what will it be?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Oh-oh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Oh, it died
Ah, mm
Welcome to the playground
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Welcome to the playground
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies (tell me your nightmares)
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, I'll sell you a dream
@mytimelessmelody6267
LYRICS
Who told you what was down here?
Come along, if you wanted a peek
Iโve seen your face around here
Come alone, tell me under the table
What do you seek?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, Iโll sell you a dream
Ohh... Welcome to the playground
What brings you to the lost and found, dear?
Wonโt you pull up a seat?
Everybody got a price โround here to play
Make me an offer, what will it be?
Oh... what will it be?
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, Iโll sell you a dream
Ohh... Welcome to the playground
Ohh... Welcome to the playground
Welcome to the playground
Welcome to the playground, follow me
Tell me your nightmares and fantasies
Sink into the wasteland underneath
Stay for the night, Iโll sell you a dream
@noxy4966
"Stay for the night, Iโll sell you a dream" I absolutely love this line.
@fakename8713
wonder what it means
@Hoot
@@fakename8713 I'm not sure if it has any specific meaning, in my head it's a general reference to the pleasures in Zaun like drugs, prostitution etc. and the way of how things probably work there: you can get anything if you have the money.
@Mighty.Matcha.
@@Hoot pretty sure it means that.Zaun is place like black market, dreams can;t be sold, unless it referring to smth like your desires
@keeganmullarky5227
Lmao average prostitution enjoyer
@rico_______6776
500 people agree with you in thatโฆ
@EllieGirlism
This song is the type of song that makes me grateful to be living in this era of music
@mohamedsmoudi2000
so true
@Mini020416
cant agree more
@Jadeddoxy
agreed