Tove Lo - Grapefruit (Official Music Video)

Tove Lo - Grapefruit (Official Music Video)

❗️TW❗️

I’ve tried to write this song for over 10 years. I know I haven’t talked about it a lot in interviews or even in my music which is my most honest place. I guess I had to find the right way to share the feelings and the vicious circle of behavior I was stuck in. I’ve been free from my ED and my body issues for a very long time but they did take up too many of my teenage years. I’m not sure why I wrote this song now. Maybe the 2 years of stillness brought back memories, maybe I needed all this time I’ve been free from it to be able to look back without feeling pain. One of the many feelings I remember is needing to crawl out of my own skin. I felt so trapped in a body I hated. I wanted a video that portrayed that, and Lisette and Toogie knew exactly how to create that with me. It was honestly really hard putting myself back in that headspace but it was necessary for me.
I’m gonna let the song speak for itself now ❤️

Director: Lisette Donkersloot
Production: Co Imposter
Executive Producer: Avtar Khalsa
Head of Production: Todd Ruhnau
Line Producer: Alberto Caruana

DP: Nicholas Wiesnet
Production Designer: Wesley Goodrich
SFX Artist: Chelsea Delfino
Wardrobe: Annie & Hannah
Make-up: Nick Lennon
Hair: Preston Wada
Creative Director: Charlie Twaddle
Choreographer: Teresa Toogie Barcelo
Location Manager: Alex Dominguez

Post Production: B-Movie Italia
Post Prod EP: Andrea Biscaro
Post Prod EP: Matteo Stefani
Editor: Mattia Levi

Color: Ethos
Colorist: Kaitlyn Battistelli
Color EP: Natasha Sattler
Color Producer: Nat Tereshchencko

VFX: Exchanges VFX
Executive Producer: Luca Loschi
Producer: Letizia Sala
3DCGI Supervisor: Marco Negri
VFX Supervisor: Mirko De Angelis

Lyrics

Counting while I run the tap
I\'m on my knees
Choking on my hands all night
In my sleep
Counting all the calories
Now get ‘em up
Body positivity
Help me out

The swans of ballet
Their skin and their bones
That’s not me
I’d die for my love though
Break, break till I wither away

What I see is not me
What I see is not me

1 2 Grapefruit
How am I back here again?
3 4 lose more
I know my mirrors are lying
5 6 hate this
Take back the body I’m in

What I see is not me
What I see is not me

1 2 Grapefruit
Wish I could change overnight
3 4 lose more
Kill my obsession please die
5 6 hate this
How am I still in this fight?

What I see is not me
What I see is not me

Sweet girl you’re so disciplined
Now keep it down
I don\'t like my measurements
Won\'t make a sound

Diana how she guards the clock
She’s in control
Now why is everyone in shock?
You let her go

The swans of ballet
Their skin and their bones
That’s not me
I’d die for my love though
Break, break till I wither away

What I see is not me
What I see is not me

1 2 Grapefruit
How am I back here again?
3 4 lose more
I know my mirrors are lying
5 6 hate this
Take back the body I’m in

What I see is not me
What I see is not me

1 2 Grapefruit
Wish I could change overnight
3 4 lose more
Kill my obsession please die
5 6 hate this
How am I still in this fight?

When I\'m hurting
Every time I have a bad day
Then everyone gets lost

But I’m learning
Every time I feel out of place
That you’re all I’ve got

1 2 Grapefruit
How am I back here again?
3 4 lose more
I know my mirrors are lying
5 6 hate this
Take back the body I’m in

What I see is not me
What I see is not me

1 2 Grapefruit
Wish I could change overnight
3 4 lose more
Kill my obsession please die
5 6 hate this
How am I still in this fight?

What I see is not me
What I see is not me


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