Live Band Members, Jack Antonoff – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, samples
Evan Smith – keyboards, synthesizers, saxophone, vocals
Mikey Hart – bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, vocals
Sean Hutchinson – drums, sampling pad, synthesizers, backing vocals
Mike Riddleberger – 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 it’s 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 Bleachers—"Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)", "Rollercoaster", "Keeping a Secret", and "Wild Heart"— and one credited to his real name, a duet with MØ 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.
chinatown
Bleachers Lyrics
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And I'll wear your sadness like it's mine
Because it's just good to feel what's been missing
Yeah, it's bad when it's good to always be missing
But a girl like you
Could rip me out of my head
Black tears on your cheek
I want them in my bed
I'll take you out of the city
Honey, right into the shadow
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow
With a girl like you
My Chinatown lady
Sittin' on the front stoop
Cryin' out the crazy
I'll take you out of the city
Honey, right into the shadow
'Cause, I wanna find tomorrow
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow
With you, baby
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that big red light
And take the sadness out of Saturday night
'Cause that's just good
To have what was missing
We were bad to be bad
So always remember that
But a girl like you
Could rip me out of my head
Black tears on your cheek
I want them in my bed
I'll take you out of the city
Honey, right into the shadow
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow
With a girl like you
My Chinatown baby
Sittin' on your front stoop
Cryin' out the crazy
I'll take you out of the city
Honey, right into the shadow
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow with you, baby
I wanna run
I wanna run
I love to chase every feeling
I wanna run
I wanna run
I wanna run
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow with you, baby
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The song "Chinatown" by Bleachers is a love song that conveys a sense of hope and despair, longing and fulfillment, all at the same time. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a protagonist who is willing to do anything to get the attention of the person he loves, intending to escape their mutual sadness by running away from the city and into the shadows of tomorrow.
The song is an invitation to join him in his backseat and for the singer to wear the other person's sadness as though it were their own. It's a way of saying that they want to share the other's pain and be there for them. The lyrics describe a deep sense of longing and a need to find the missing pieces in each other's lives.
The chorus talks about how he wants to travel with his lover through the city and into the shadow, as they search for tomorrow. The shadow could be interpreted as a metaphor for the unknown, perhaps implying a sense of danger where the two of them are exploring new horizons together.
Overall, the song delivers a sense of hope that if the two can run together on this journey, they will be able to find the fulfillment they are looking for.
Line by Line Meaning
Get in my backseat, honeypie
Hop in the back of my car with me, my dear
And I'll wear your sadness like it's mine
I'll take on your emotional struggles as if they were my own
Because it's just good to feel what's been missing
Experiencing emotions, even negative ones, can feel cathartic
Yeah, it's bad when it's good to always be missing
It can be unhealthy to constantly crave something that is absent
But a girl like you
Could rip me out of my head
Black tears on your cheek
I want them in my bed
You have the power to distract me from my thoughts and I desire to be intimate with you, even when you're crying
I'll take you out of the city
Honey, right into the shadow
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow
Yeah, I wanna find tomorrow
With a girl like you
My Chinatown lady
Sittin' on the front stoop
Cryin' out the crazy
I want to get away from the city and explore new experiences with you, my love, and enjoy the present moment with you. Watching you cry your heart out makes me want to run away with you
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that big red light
And take the sadness out of Saturday night
'Cause that's just good
To have what was missing
We were bad to be bad
So always remember that
I want to forget my sadness and be reckless with you, forget about all the things that could go wrong and focus on the excitement of the present moment. Let's not feel guilty for being wild together
I wanna run
I wanna run
I love to chase every feeling
I wanna run
I wanna run
I wanna run
'Cause I wanna find tomorrow with you, baby
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's chase our emotions and live impulsively, because I believe that tomorrow will bring new, exciting opportunities for us to experience together
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, PLEASURE HILL PUBLISHING
Written by: Jack Antonoff, Evan Smith
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@alyssamiso
jack antonoff wakes up everyday and chooses nostalgia
@jaden_bricker
Honestly, that’s the life to live
@s1l3ntopus
You nailed it!! Very good observation!! Jack gives me goosebumps
@alyssamiso
@Jaden Bricker no one does it like him !!
@veronicavaldez3259
and that's what i'm living for
@Peter_Michael
Love this
@hastithakkar
could someone please suggest more music like this? this is ridiculously perfect and matches my taste so well
@mariamkikalia1443
Long highway by The Jezabels
@jeffpeters9844
when am i gonna lose you by local natives
@MrLpgd
try the following artists: trevor something, launder, toledo, jon maus, alvvays, electric youth