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Online

by Joseph Bell

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Hazy days Where's my ambition gone? It slipped away Gets hard to think straight When I'm Leaning back In the sunshine Happiness Gotta get mine I've lost too much Time But I just wanna chill Watch your lips on a cigarette Pick apart myself and re-design Don't know how to feel? Look it up on the internet You can find everything you need Online 6am I woke up feeling lost again Why am I always tripping over nothing? By half past ten I kinda like myself again I'm all good Everybody's got opinions on everything Like even from the lettering to whether im settling Cause I don't wanna make what they make, when I'm scribbling And now they tellin 'em, join the trend for dividends That's crazy, maybe they dont love me after all Cause what's the point of art if it ain't money after all? Cause yeah my self expression's cool but all your wishes come first And your opinion comes first when you listen to my verse right? Man i was fighting to escape all this anxiety Wonder if they're liking me, or lying when they're hyping me Wonder what you see in me, depression's what you'd find in me I paid the price for this I can't afford to lose this clarity So guess I'm sorry my music ain't for the charts, Music for the dance, or for the pre's, for the laughs Not for using these cliches, but it's for me I make this art Cause I need to breathe the music to release what's in my heart But I just wanna chill Watch your lips on a cigarette Pick apart myself and redesign Put your money where your mouth is Spend it all on the internet You can find everything you need Online Online Online Online

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‘Online’ started after I had a minor panic at a party and googled ‘Is it normal to feel anxious all the time?’ I wrote down the lyric ‘don’t know how to feel / look it up on the internet’ the next day.

I wanted to write something which captured the amount of emotions and voices we’re exposed to every day. It can be hard to understand your own wants and thoughts when we have access to everything all of the time - there’s so much content out there telling you what to do, and it’s easy to create a false impression of yourself on social media. Sometimes it feels like we can reinvent ourselves 5 times a day. I recorded the song at Imperial University Studios I knew I wanted another voice in there, and after meeting somecallmewale at a festival I sent the song to him and he wrote a verse too.’

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released April 7, 2023

Performed by Joseph Bell and somecallmewale
Written by Joseph Bell and Andrew O Williamson Taylor
Produced by Joseph Bell and Lancelot Blanchard

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Joseph Bell London, UK

Joseph Bell picked up a guitar at age 13 and began performing around his hometown of Shrewsbury the year after. By age 18, Bell was producing music from home. After moving to London, Bell released his debut EP 'Dancing Days' in November 2020. The EP was praised for its ‘dream-like’ melodies and reflective lyrics, with his song ‘Overload’ gaining radio play from Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1. ... more

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