Good Luck Babe!/Read & Makeout
- 1 Background
- 1.1 2019
- 1.2 2020
- 2 Critical Reception
- 3 Track list
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–Chappell Roan, Cutter Magazine
After recording and releasing Lavish, Roan decided to take a different direction with her music. She recorded the song "Pink Pony Club" in early 2019, with Dan Nigro. The song was released in 2019, alongside a music video, which Roan described as a “hard left turn from Lavish”.
After the release of "Pink Pony Club", Roan recorded multiple songs, which would form her second studio album The Subway. Somewhere later that year, Roan decided that she would release a “transition piece” from Lavish to what would become the album.
She chose to release "Good Luck Babe" and the first demo of "Read & Makeout" - which was rele…
Your Muse
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The song was originally intended for Roan's debut studio album, Lavish, though as Roan stated, “The song was made way to late in the process to make it”, and thus it was scrapped from the album.
Roan later decided to release the song only via CD as a b-side to "Hold Me Down". She announced the release on December 29, 2023:
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–Chappell Roan, Instagram
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Hold Me Down
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School Nights
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After the release of Roan's Kayleigh Rose EP but before the recording of School Nights, in 2015 Roan recorded this song and "Uppercut" with intention of them being released as stand-alone singles the following year. However, in 2016 Roan started making new music for what would eventually become School Nights, and the idea was abandoned.
In 2016, Roan reworked the song for School Nights alongside "Die Young". On March 16, 2017, Roan released the song with a music video and announced it as lead single for School Nights.
- The single artwork was drawn by Abbey Lila.
Leather
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The song, as stated by Roan, was made with intention of being dragged out and having no clear vocals or lyrics as to convey the distress that the protagonist of Lavish feels after her dispute with her boyfriend in "Clockwork".
Only certain words can be heard in the song, alluding to the feelings the protagonist is having throughout. Roan also revealed that a version with more clear vocals exists prior to the final version.
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17
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The song was originally intended to be on Roan's EP, School Nights, but was cut from the final track listing. It was later reworked for Lavish in 2017 alongside "Lambskin" because as Roan stated:
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–Chappell Roan, Cutter Magazine
On December 9, 2024, the song was discovered to have a demo titled "Seventeen" from the Kayleigh Rose EP sessions via leakage.
The song takes place after the events of "Cleopatra", where the protagonist meets her future boyfriend after being broken up with her ex. The lyrics hint towards future events in the story, most notably "You're the only one who will drink me even though I'm poison".
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Lambskin
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The song was originally intended to be on Roan's EP, School Nights, but was cut from the final track listing. It was later reworked for Lavish in 2017 alongside "17" because as Roan stated:
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–Chappell Roan, Cutter Magazine
The song follows the events of "Momma's Advice", where the protagonist has killed their boyfriend and is certain he will forgive her one day, despite the gruesome crime inflicted upon him.
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Lavish
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