Taft was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England to parents who both taught music at Liverpool Community College. Taft, the oldest of two children, was raised in what she calls "a very vibrant, musical household" which influenced her to pursue a career in music. Even in her childhood, she already had aspirations to enter the music industry. At a young age, she was already singing at local talent shows and concerts in her hometown and had even appeared on a Disney Channel show when she was 12, singing on national television for the first time. At age 15, she was writing songs for herself which she stated she started performing for "anyone who would listen".
She attended Merchant Taylor's school and St. Edward's College then in 2011, she completed her degree at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Taft won the prestigious 'Beatles songwriting Prize' and gained a first class honours degree in performance. She was chosen to meet Paul McCartney for a private one to one songwriting tutorial. Taft then moved to London to look for work and later joined teams in Scandinavia as a hired writer.
When she was starting out as a songwriter, Taft recalled going on around a dozen trips to Stockholm and Copenhagen, where she wrote for some of the most prominent names in the music industry. In 2014, she was one of 14 acts awarded funding of over £250,000 by the British government as part of a plan to promote their artists overseas. She then used this money to travel to Seoul to start writing for South Korean artists.
While still in Europe, Taft met fellow songwriter Daniel "Obi" Klein, who she would later collaborate with on a number of songs, at a songwriting camp in Copenhagen. They wrote the song "Lips" which was released by one of South Korea's most influential girl groups, Girls' Generation in 2013 as a track from their third Japanese studio album Love & Peace. The group's company S.M. Entertainment invited Taft to come to Seoul and take part in songwriting camps at SM Studios. In 2014, she co-produced a song for Japanese artist Namie Amuro and in August, S.M. Entertainment artist and SHINee member Taemin (Korean: 태민) released "Ace", which Taft composed with Klein, Deez, and Ylva Dimberg, as a track from his first extended play of the same name.
On Taft's first trip to South Korea, she wrote the song "Automatic" with Daniel "Obi" Klein, and in 2015, it was released by another S.M. Entertainment girl group, Red Velvet who released the track as one of two singles they promoted for their first extended play Ice Cream Cake. Months later, she and Klein co-produced another song for the group titled "Time Slip" which was a track from their first studio album The Red. In the same year, she released her debut single "Pieces" on November 30th.
She collaborated with Klein once more in 2016 and for another track for Red Velvet, called "Cool Hot Sweet Love" which was a song from their second extended play, The Velvet. In January 2017, S.M. Entertainment's first girl group S.E.S. released their reunion album, 14 years after their disbandment, which included a track co-written by Taft, Klein, Lee Hyun-seung, DOM and Teddy Riley. In May, another song she wrote with Klein was released as a single by South Korean girl group LOOΠΔ (Korean: 이달의 소녀), titled "Eclipse". She would later write two more songs for the group in the same year, one for the group's subunit LOOΠΔ / ODD EYE CIRCLE called "Sweet Crazy Love" which was chosen by Billboard as one of their 20 Best K-pop Songs of 2017. On July 28, Taft released the single "Love Like You" along with an accompanying music video as part of the second season of S.M. Entertainment's digital music project, SM Station. The singer-songwriter revealed the song was written for herself while still in the UK and she had planned on releasing it independently before a representative of the company approached her at a lunch meeting in Copenhagen about being involved in the project. Taft once again worked with Red Velvet for their second studio album Perfect Velvet which has two songs co-written by Taft, "봐 (Look)" and "Perfect 10". In December, she collaborated with Klein and Andreas Öberg for the song "Christmas Without You" which Girls' Generation member Taeyeon released as a track for her Christmas album This Christmas - Winter is Coming.
Butterflies
Charli Taft Lyrics
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Here with you, needing you
Feel my mind go
Lay it back, just relax and unwind
Oh
I want exclusively you for a private event and
I know you waited
Baby when you hold me close
It's like nothing else matters
The way you're turning me on
Heating me up
It's too right to be wrong, oh
Baby just need one more dose
'Cause it feels so good after
I want to do it all and then again, oh
Don't want the night to be over
Come on baby won't you
Stay with me
Boy move a little closer
Come on, let's go
Just lay with me
Don't want to talk tonight
I never felt so right
You're giving me butterflies
One on one, now it's on
How the time flies
When we're vibing, so exciting
I can't lie, no
I'm running on adrenaline now
Yeah, it's in the way you put it down
Now I'm ready for it
Baby when you hold me close
It's like nothing else matters
The way you're turning me on
Heating me up
It's too right to be wrong, yeah
Baby just need one more dose
'Cause it feels so good after
I want to do it all and then again
Oh whoa
Don't want the night to be over
(No, no)
Come on baby won't you
Stay with me
Boy move a little closer
(Here with me, yeah)
Come on, let's go
Just lay with me
Don't want to talk tonight
(No I never)
I never felt so right
You're giving me butterflies
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
The way you touch me makes me so glad that we're here tonight
I can't explain it
I'm still dealing with these butterflies
We heat it up then we go slow
I let you take all my love like whoa
(Ah)
So amazing, I can't let this go
(Don't want the night to be over)
Don't want the night to be over
Come on baby won't you
(We can do it on the floor)
Stay with me
Boy move a little closer
(I want you to lay with me)
Come on, let's go
Just lay with me
I don't want to talk tonight
Everything you do, it gives me
(You're giving me)
Butterflies
(Oh, oh, oh)
Don't want the night to be over
Come on baby won't you
Stay with me
Boy move a little closer
Oh, lay with me
Don't want to talk tonight
I never felt so right
You're giving me butterflies
The lyrics of Charli Taft's "Butterflies" express a desire to prolong a moment of intimacy and connection. The singer is deeply engrossed in the present moment, being with someone they desire. They don't want the night to end because they are experiencing a blissful state of contentment and attraction. The lines "Baby when you hold me close, it's like nothing else matters" and "The way you're turning me on, heating me up, it's too right to be wrong" emphasize the intense physical and emotional pleasure the singer is experiencing.
The song conveys a sense of eagerness and anticipation, as indicated by the lines "I want exclusively you for a private event, and I know you waited, are you ready for it?" The singer craves the company and touch of their partner, eliciting a feeling of excitement and longing. The lyrics also mention the exhilaration of being with someone special, as if being in their presence elevates their mood, demonstrated by the repetition of "I'm running on adrenaline now" and "We heat it up then we go slow."
Overall, "Butterflies" by Charli Taft captures the exhilarating and intoxicating feeling of being deeply attracted to someone and not wanting that moment to end. The lyrics convey the desire to hold onto the present moment and savor the intense connection and pleasure felt with a loved one.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't want the night to be over
I don't want the night to end
Here with you, needing you
Being with you, wanting you
Feel my mind go
My thoughts are drifting away
Lay it back, just relax and unwind
Take a step back, relax, and let go
Oh
Expressing excitement or anticipation
I want exclusively you for a private event and
I desire only you for an intimate occasion
I know you waited
I know you've been patient
Are you ready for it?
Are you prepared for what's to come?
Baby when you hold me close
When you embrace me
It's like nothing else matters
Everything else becomes insignificant
The way you're turning me on
The way you're arousing me
Heating me up
Making me feel hot and passionate
It's too right to be wrong, oh
It feels too perfect to be a mistake
Baby just need one more dose
I just need one more experience
'Cause it feels so good after
Because it feels amazing afterwards
I want to do it all and then again, oh
I want to experience it all and repeat
Don't want the night to be over
I don't want the night to end
Come on baby won't you
Come on, baby, won't you
Stay with me
Stay by my side
Boy move a little closer
Come closer, boy
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
Just lay with me
Just lie down with me
Don't want to talk tonight
I don't want to have conversations tonight
I never felt so right
I've never felt so certain
You're giving me butterflies
You're making me feel excited and nervous
One on one, now it's on
Just the two of us, now it's happening
How the time flies
How time passes quickly
When we're vibing, so exciting
When we're connecting and the energy is thrilling
I can't lie, no
I can't deny it
I'm running on adrenaline now
I'm fueled by adrenaline right now
Yeah, it's in the way you put it down
Yeah, it's in the way you handle it
Now I'm ready for it
Now I'm prepared for it
The way you touch me makes me so glad that we're here tonight
The way you touch me fills me with joy that we're together tonight
I can't explain it
I can't put it into words
I'm still dealing with these butterflies
I'm still coping with these feelings of excitement and nervousness
We heat it up then we go slow
We make it intense and then take it slow
I let you take all my love like whoa
I let you possess all my love intensely
(Ah)
Expressing a feeling or emotion
So amazing, I can't let this go
It's so incredible, I can't end this
Don't want the night to be over
I don't want the night to end
(No, no)
Expressing denial or disagreement
Come on baby won't you
Come on, baby, won't you
Stay with me
Stay by my side
Boy move a little closer
Come closer, boy
(I want you to lay with me)
I desire for you to lie down with me
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go
Just lay with me
Just lie down with me
I don't want to talk tonight
I don't want to have conversations tonight
Everything you do, it gives me
Everything you do, it makes me feel
Butterflies
Excitement and nervousness
(Oh, oh, oh)
Vocalization expressing emotion
Don't want the night to be over
I don't want the night to end
Come on baby won't you
Come on, baby, won't you
Stay with me
Stay by my side
Boy move a little closer
Come closer, boy
Oh, lay with me
Oh, lie down with me
Don't want to talk tonight
I don't want to have conversations tonight
I never felt so right
I've never felt so certain
You're giving me butterflies
You're making me feel excited and nervous
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: Emma Klein
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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BANGER! Congrats Charli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit: LOVE the moving graphic!
And I Oop
Ohhhhh this is definitely one of my favs from this album its soooo good
NEENAW
im in loveeeeee this sounds so freaking good
Ise Music
HUGE FAN!!!!