By 2017, several of Cutler's songs (including "Your Shirt") garnered numerous streams and led to collaborations that year with acts like Louis The Child ("Slow Down Love"), ayokay ("The Shine"), Kidswaste ("Tonight"), and Kasbo ("Found You"). She signed a record deal with Ultra Records in late 2017 and released her first EP, "Snow In October". After touring with Quinn XCII in early 2018, Cutler released two independent mixtapes, "Sleeping With Roses" and "Sleeping With Roses II." She also went on her first two nationwide headlining tours in support of each mixtape, both of which sold out in advance.
In March 2019, she signed to Republic Records and released a joint EP, "brent", with friend and label-mate Jeremy Zucker shortly after. The EP features the single "you were good to me", which they performed live on The Today Show. It was also pressed on a limited edition white vinyl through the retailer Urban Outfitters. It was limited to a run of 1000 copies pressed. In May 2019, Cutler collaborated with Kygo on the single, "Not OK". It became her third collaboration (after "Slow Down Love" and "The Shine") to appear on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart, peaking at number 9.
In late 2019, Cutler began releasing new singles, including "How To Be Human" and "Lucky" (featuring Alexander 23). Along with "Sad Tonight", the songs served as the primary singles for her debut studio album, How To Be Human, released on January 17, 2020 by Republic Records. On January 23, 2020 she performed the lead single, "Sad Tonight", on Late Night With Seth Meyers. That song became Cutler's first entry on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart, peaking at number 32 in March 2020. In April 2020, she was featured alongside Quinn XCII on the Louis The Child track, "Little Things".
Cutler was also slated to perform at Coachella 2020, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, she released a version of her song "Crazier Things" which features Noah Kahan.
For music, videos, tour dates, & merch head to: https://www.chelseacutler.com/
Out of Focus
Chelsea Cutler Lyrics
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But you always remember to call me
And I hate the way you say that you're right when you′re wrong
But you always come back home to love me, oh
And now you're going out of focus
And I'm losing you, I know, ohh
Cause I don′t know how to forget
And it′s my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I′m taking you with me
And it's my fault if we go down
But I′m taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me, yeah
I hate the way you speak from your heart when you′re drunk
But you can't talk when you're sober
And I hate the way I′m standing you up when you want
When you want me to come over
And now you′re going out of focus
And I'm losing you, I know, ohh
Cause I don′t know how to forget
All the ways I hurt you so, ohh
And it's my fault if we go down
But I′m taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me
And it′s my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me, yeah
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
And now you′re going out of focus
And I′m losing you, I know, mmm
Cause I don't know how to forget
All the ways I hurt you so
"Out of Focus" by Chelsea Cutler is a song about the struggle that one goes through when trying to save a relationship that has been subject to challenges. The song talks about the things that the singer hates about her partner, but at the same time, she loves him deeply. The two people in the song love each other in a way that is so intense, but they have a hard time building their relationship because of their individual mistakes, which lead them to make mistakes as a couple. The singer is expressing her own struggles with her negative aspects but is looking for the good in her partner, who has faults of his own, but she still wants to be with him.
The line "And now you're going out of focus" refers to the partner's withdrawal from the relationship or the singer seeing her partner in a different light. The partner might be leaving emotionally, physically, or metaphorically. Though the singer has made mistakes, she believes that they both have to take responsibility for their actions and that they have to work together to make their relationship work. The line, "Cause I don't know how to forget all the ways I hurt you so," suggests that the singer is struggling with personal flaws that may have caused a rift in the relationship, and she wants to fix it. Ultimately, the song is about a couple trying to hold on to each other as their relationship undergoes rough patches.
Line by Line Meaning
I hate the way you smoke cigarettes when you're drunk
I don't like it when you smoke cigarettes while you're intoxicated
But you always remember to call me
Despite that, you always make sure to call me
And I hate the way you say that you're right when you're wrong
It upsets me when you claim you're correct even if you're not
But you always come back home to love me, oh
However, you always return to our relationship, showing your love for me
And now you're going out of focus
You're becoming distant and hard to understand
And I'm losing you, I know, ohh
I'm aware that I'm losing you
Cause I don't know how to forget
I don't know how to let go of the past
All the ways I hurt you so, ohh
All the ways I caused you pain in the past
And it's my fault if we go down
If our relationship fails, it's my responsibility
But I'm taking you with me
But I can't let go of you
Yeah I'm taking you with me
I'm bringing you along with me
And I hate the way you speak from your heart when you're drunk
It frustrates me when you speak your mind while intoxicated
But you can't talk when you're sober
You can't express yourself when you're not drunk
And I hate the way I'm standing you up when you want
I hate that I'm letting you down when you need me
When you want me to come over
When you ask me to visit you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
I'm aware that I'm losing you
And now you're going out of focus
You're becoming harder to see and understand
Cause I don't know how to forget
I don't know how to move on from the past
All the ways I hurt you so, ohh
All the ways I've caused you pain
And it's my fault if we go down
If our relationship fails, it's my fault
But I'm taking you with me
But I can't let you go
Yeah I'm taking you with me, yeah
I'm bringing you along with me, no matter what
Writer(s): Chelsea Cutler
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Lyrics: Chelsea Cutler - Out Of Focus
I hate the way you smoke cigarettes when you're drunk
But you always remember to call me
And I hate the way you say you're right when you're wrong
But you always come back home to love me, oh
And now you're going out of focus
And I'm losing you, I know, oh
Cause I don't know how to forget
All the ways I hurt you so, oh
And it's my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me
And it's my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me, yeah
I hate the way you speak from your heart when you're drunk
But you can't talk when you're sober
And I hate the way I'm standing you up when you want
When you want me to come over
And now you're going out of focus
And I'm losing you, I know, oh
Cause I don't know how to forget
All the ways I hurt you so, oh
And it's my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me
And it's my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me, yeah
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
And now you're going out of focus
And I'm losing you, I know, mm
Cause I don't know how to forget
All the ways I hurt you so
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Lyrics: Chelsea Cutler - Out Of Focus
I hate the way you smoke cigarettes when you're drunk
But you always remember to call me
And I hate the way you say you're right when you're wrong
But you always come back home to love me, oh
And now you're going out of focus
And I'm losing you, I know, oh
Cause I don't know how to forget
All the ways I hurt you so, oh
And it's my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me
And it's my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me, yeah
I hate the way you speak from your heart when you're drunk
But you can't talk when you're sober
And I hate the way I'm standing you up when you want
When you want me to come over
And now you're going out of focus
And I'm losing you, I know, oh
Cause I don't know how to forget
All the ways I hurt you so, oh
And it's my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me
And it's my fault if we go down
But I'm taking you with me
Yeah I'm taking you with me, yeah
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
Losing you, I know, I know, oh, losing you
And now you're going out of focus
And I'm losing you, I know, mm
Cause I don't know how to forget
All the ways I hurt you so