Live Band Members, Jack Antonoff â lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, samples
Evan Smith â keyboards, synthesizers, saxophone, vocals
Mikey Hart â bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, vocals
Sean Hutchinson â drums, sampling pad, synthesizers, backing vocals
Mike Riddleberger â drums, sampling pad, backing vocals
Bleachers' debut album Strange Desire was released July 10, 2014, from RCA Records. Variance Magazine called the single "Rollercoaster" a "brilliant summer anthem." Bleachers went on their debut Come Alive! tour, which features Night Terrors of 1927 and Joywave as opening acts, from March to April 2015. From there, they went on the Strange Desire World Tour from July to November of that same year. They juggled this with the Charli and Jack Do America Tour, a tour co-headlined by Bleachers and Charli XCX.
Bleachers' second album Gone Now was released June 2, 2017. Its lead single "Don't Take the Money" has been described by Atwood Magazine as "an epic uplifting pop-rock anthem ultimately about how when love is real, its worth everything that comes along with it". In celebration of the album release, he brought his childhood bedroom on tour with him. He had it dismantled and rebuilt inside of a portable trailer. During May and June concerts, fans could enter the "moving, living art exhibit" and listen to the album prior to its official release. Antonoff explained in a press release, saying "when I thought about where this album was coming from and what itâs kissing goodbye I thought of this room. I wished I could play the album for people who care about Bleachers in this space that it is coming from and leaving." The band was on its Gone Now Era: Part 1 tour from September to November 2017. The tour featured Tove Stryke, Bishop Briggs, and Tangerine as openers.
In September 2017, Bleachers performed on MTV Unplugged at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The live session was later released as an album, also entitled MTV Unplugged. The album features 11 tracks from both Gone Now and Strange Desire and was released November 10, 2017. Antonoff produced the soundtrack of Love, Simon, released on March 16, 2018. He contributed five songs, with four being credited to Bleachersâ"Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)", "Rollercoaster", "Keeping a Secret", and "Wild Heart"â and one credited to his real name, a duet with MĂ titled "Never Fall in Love". Throughout 2019, Bleachers released the third volume of Terrible Thrills in a series of four vinyl records, each featuring covers of songs from Gone Now by female artists as well as new demos by Bleachers.
In late 2019, Antonoff began recording the third Bleachers album. During this time the band embarked on a three-day "mini-tour" called the "I Love Making This Album but I'm Also Losing My Mind in Here & Need to Come Out and Play" Tour. On January 6, 2020, Antonoff announced on Twitter that a new Bleachers album would come within the year. In May, Bleachers was featured on Carly Rae Jepsen's song "Comeback" which was the first official release of the band in nearly two years. On the Bleachers Twitter account, a song called "Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night" has been teased for months, and starting on November 14, 2020, a phone tree was set up for fans to call to hear clips from the song.
On November 16, 2020, Bleachers released the first two singles from Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, "45" and "Chinatown", the latter featuring Bruce Springsteen. The same day it was announced that the album will be released in 2021. "Stop Making This Hurt", the third single, was released on May 18, 2021. Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night is scheduled for release on July 30.
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Bleachers Lyrics
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They're always twisting
Always scream
To follow down the strangest roads
In back seats indoors
I will love what you want me to love
Oh, I will bleed when you want me to bleed
Because it all hurts me
Come on, don't push me down that road
I'm always twisting, always sold
I'm follow, all made up how you'd like
In back seats, indoors
I will love what you want me to love
Oh, I will bleed when you want me to bleed
But I don't want to know too much of anything
Because it all hurts me
Oh it all hurts me
The opening lines of Bleachers' song "Who I Want You to Love" speak to the exhaustion of chasing one's dreams. The singer expresses frustration with the endless twists and turns that come with pursuing their goals, and the constant pressure to keep up. This creates a sense of confinement and being lost - a feeling conveyed by the metaphor of being stuck in the backseat of a car. The recurring line "I'm always twisting, always sold" symbolizes the singer's perceived lack of agency and the sense of being trapped in a predetermined path.
However, the song takes a turn with the chorus, as the singer acknowledges their willingness to do what it takes to make love work. They are willing to love the way their partner wants them to love and to be hurt when their partner wants them to be hurt. This reflects the sacrifices and compromises that come with relationships, and the realization that love requires more than just chasing one's individual dreams. Yet, the singer is also aware of the danger of getting too close to something that might hurt them, which is why they say they "don't want to know too much of anything."
Overall, "Who I Want You to Love" is a reflection on the challenges and trade-offs that come with pursuing love and personal ambitions. The song balances the sense of exhaustion and being lost with the desire to make relationships work and the willingness to make sacrifices.
Line by Line Meaning
Tired of chasing my dreams
I am exhausted from pursuing my aspirations
They're always twisting
However, my efforts are constantly being put off course
Always scream
The obstacles before me are always overpowering
To follow down the strangest roads
I am compelled to take the most peculiar paths just to get by
In back seats indoors
I find myself trapped in confined spaces with no escape
I will love what you want me to love
I am willing to adore whoever you choose for me
Oh, I will bleed when you want me to bleed
I will sacrifice everything, even my own well-being, at your whim
But I don't want to know too much of anything
Yet, I don't want to be too familiar with anything for it all causes me emotional harm
Because it all hurts me
Everything that happens to me is painful
Come on, don't push me down that road
Please don't force me towards further agony
I'm always twisting, always sold
I am always being pulled in different directions and controlled by external forces
I'm follow, all made up how you'd like
As a result, I conform to others' expectations and lose my own identity
Oh it all hurts me
It pains me to give up my own desires and live according to others' expectations
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JACK ANTONOFF, JOHN HILL, EMILE HAYNE
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Thought I wanted to forget my past
Tried to leave the pieces of a broken man
What it cost I ain't ever getting back
So I'm breaking the lines 'cause I wanna remember
Man I was feeling like I never was young
Followed a dream and a strange desire
You picked me up in the dead of the night
And gave me a chance to move on inside of your
Mystery
Maybe I don't need to understand
Why your love love love
Is such mystery
Maybe I don't need to understand
Why your love love love
Your love your is such mystery
Want to give you something better than I've been
I wanna write your name up on my wall
Wake you up in the dead of the night
Breaking the lines just trying to get better
Man I was feeling like I never was young
No nothing simple 'bout the simple days I mourn
If what I lost ain't ever coming back
Then I can find a way to move inside of your
Mystery
Maybe I don't need to understand
Why your love love love
Is such mystery
Maybe I don't need to understand
Why your love love love
Is such mystery
No god holding on tightly
Your love holy inside me
No god holding on tightly
Your love holy inside me
No god holding on tightly
Your love holy inside me
No god holding on tightly
Your love holy inside me
Someday I'm gonna make this right
Someday when the lights are low
Someday I'm gonna get on my knees
Someday baby I'm gonna beg you
Someday I'm gonna make this right
Someday when the lights are low
Someday I'm gonna get on my knees
Someday baby I'm gonna beg for you
Mystery
Maybe I don't need to understand
Why your love love love
Is such mystery
Maybe I don't need to understand
Why your love love love
Is such mystery
Dafydd Rees
First heard of Bleachers a few days ago and have had them on repeat since then. Something really nostalgic about their sound. Love them
SofĂa SĂĄnchez
Literally favorite band, favorite album, favorite everything. God I love them so much.
ozbej.sotosek sotosek
KonÄno. OdliÄen rock&roll band.
Veronica Santos
Escuchar mĂșsica es una de muchas cosas que mĂĄs alegrĂa me dan. Gracias por su maravillosa mĂșsica!!!
omo
These guys give their all on every performance, every song. I love these guys so much! They're all having so much fun :) â„
Luis Santiago
Me gustaba esta canciĂłn y despuĂ©s de haber visto esta presentaciĂłn, se volviĂł de mis top, me encanta como se divierten y esa buena energĂa que desprenden. Espero algĂșn dĂa verlos o que vengan a Monterrey MĂ©xico
hornbang
i love it !
Ailurophile
Most underrated nostalgic band ever
Hiram Huerta
This song is amazing live
Nathan Terry
Fkn awesome!!! Love these guys! Great to hear real rock again. Love it!!!