Baby Queen is known for her honest and raw lyrics combined with indie-pop riffs. The singer speaks openly about her struggles with mental health and experiences with anti-depressants, being a buzzkill on a night out and ‘the ultimate killjoy’. Usually Baby Queen’s relatable lyrics are combined with a upbeat pop track, yet her new single, ’These Drugs’, is slower, thoughtful and melodic.
‘These Drugs’ is about what it says on the tin – Baby Queen’s experiences about her nights out. The chorus is a simple hook ‘Every time I take these drugs to pick me up / all I ever do is cry’, but in these 16 words, Baby Queen manages to encapsulate a feeling that many could relate to. She openly starts the song with acoustic guitar chords and saying ‘I don’t want to do drugs anymore / if you saw me through the eyes of a bathroom stall / you’re skin would crawl / I’m high’. By the end of the single, the track picks up with Baby Queen’s iconic indie-pop beat and full vocals.
Taking to Instagram, the singer stated posted her story and honesty surrounding the tracks lyrics. She believed the song ‘wouldn’t be allowed to be released or that releasing it wouldn’t be a good idea. It just felt really important and that’s all I’ve ever wanted music to be; so I knew I had to share it with you.’ She states she was in a bad place and believes she wasn’t a good person but she’s happy now, with her antidote to misery being ‘gratitude and caring about myself’ even if she didn’t want to.
‘These Drugs’ came with a music video that premiered at 11am today (24th February). Baby Queen is known for her fun and colourful music videos, thinking back to ‘Raw Thoughts’ which was shot at Margate’s Dreamland and Baby Queen dancing around with her friends. ‘These Drugs’ has a similar feel in that Baby Queen is with her friends with vibrant, psychedelic backgrounds, but due to the songs nature it is more solemn, showing the singer alone in a bathroom stall, crying and then quickly cutting to dancing with her friends. This shows the singers honesty in her experiences with drugs and nights out, depicting her mental health during these moments and fluctuations of emotions.
This is Baby Queen’s second single of 2021, described as ‘confessional yet unifying’. The singer ended her open Instagram post about the track, saying ‘You’ve got to invite the sad parts of yourself in to have a tea party with you. Don’t ignore them and cover them up. If you don’t look at them, they’ll make themselves seen! You are so worthy of love and I hope that if you don’t see that yet, you will learn to in time.”
