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Basic Being Basic was released on April 4, 2025 by Twenty20 LLC as a part of the album The Crux
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Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joe Keery
Joe Keery
Lead Vocals
Adam Thein
Adam Thein
Synthesizer
Austin Christy
Austin Christy
Background Vocals
Emma Keery
Emma Keery
Background Vocals
Kate Keery
Kate Keery
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joe Keery
Joe Keery
Songwriter
Adam Thein
Adam Thein
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joe Keery
Joe Keery
Producer
Adam Thein
Adam Thein
Producer
Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer
Heba Kadry
Heba Kadry
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Get food, barely eat
Every bite just kept me glued to my seat
I worried, even cried
How'd it feel to take the light from my life?
Bad habit, even worse
Fifty-fifty, I'm a sucker for looks
Asked for it, here it is
A quick example 'cause you wanted the hits
[Chorus]
I think you're scared of being basic
That's ironic 'cause it's reading like you're even more basic
It's not funny, it's so funny
'Cause you're basic
Just looking hot and keeping monotone and understated
Nothingness won't change it
Good luck with that
Good luck with what?
It's not funny, but it's so funny
[Verse 2]
I don't want your money, I don't care for fame
I don't wanna live a life where that's my big exchange
I want simple pleasures, friends who have my back
Everyone has secrets, but not everyone can fool a man like that
It sent me reeling, still not the same
It's like my capacity to love and give has changed
I guess I'll thank you and spite your name again
The past's the past, and I'll outlast the hate to find real love that's not pretend
[Chorus]
How basic (Sell me on it)
Shuffle numbers, pointing fingers, ditching chats in different apps
That's basic
It's not funny, it's so funny
That's just basic being basic (Basically)
You said he looked just like a girl, so you like girls
I guess I'll take it
Yeah, that's funny, you're so funny (Ha-ha-ha-ha)
[Bridge]
Change your body, change your face, curl your hair then make it straight
Take a picture of your plate, Tarantino movie taste
Rah-rah, cheugy-phobe, Vera Bradley's back in Vogue
It's a flash photograph
What an empty epitaph that is
[Outro]
(That's basic) What an empty epitaph that is
(That's basic) What an empty epitaph
That's just basic being basic
Yeah, my tight five might get a laugh as is
If that's funny, I'm not funny
Written by: Adam Thein, Joe Keery

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