beabadoobee "If You Want To" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

​beabadoobee’s “If You Want To” has found a strong audience with nearly 4 million Spotify streams to date. It is produced by Oscar Lang and Joseph Rodgers and appears on 'Patched Up.' On the track, Beabadoobee sings about dealing with sleep paralysis and anxiety.
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[@leeleeg2093]

0:22 that arm movement was perfectly timed

[@heyyou151]

lee lee g she Also said that on Instagram

[@Murmurrr]

lee lee g lol definitely intentional

[@IceyKami]

lee lee g fr tho 😂

[@winter9556]

Right!

[@squigg7107]

On today’s episode of “Shit dawg I didn’t know they were British”

[@yoouamourarts]

Isn't she Australian?

[@theresa3046]

undeoral she’s British

[@hubertvictorino5394]

She's Filipino-British i think

[@frankfrenku6935]

Y'all she's Filipino but grew up on Britain

[@jjwsvtk9987]

meee

[@iheartsanna3]

YESSSw SHE is on here yess

[@BruhMoment-kk2kb]

Hello?? Lets celebrate that😳😁

[@miraphelps4193]

Right

[@DerrickJerome.]

So random but well deserved 😌

[@celiagrant555]

SHE IS FINALLY GETTING BIG & EVERYONE IS GONNA SAY THEIR A “ DAY ONE “ 💤 HAPPY FOR YOU BEA ‼️

[@pynaxl1108]

Facts

[@myotheraccount17]

Imagine it not mattering when you find out about an artist. But the important part being you dig the art/music/person and support them. Just imagine.

[@icelestine178]

@@myotheraccount17 pretty hard lol

[@triton6083]

Where is she getting big?...I...see...nothing...

[@pastelhotmess9299]

Lemme leave this here to look back n smile

[@Rinkyaa]

Genius: You wanna make a video with us? Bea: Only if you want to..

[@taliaestrella5870]

LXWDRin this deserves more likes😂

[@emobaddieproduct6109]

Im the 1000th like and i feel special

[@doa9145]

also the outfit? that hand moves? bea is out here being 90s music chick and boy i luv itt

[@mrstruggle1664]

SHES BEEN SO UNDERRATED AND NOW MY QUEEN IS ON GENIUS AND 1 MILLION SPOTFIY LISTENERS BBY🥺🥰🥰

[@zodiacfml]

pinoy ka din? 😅

[@amunra1324]

Planned.

[@Fatbitchesfighting13]

@@amunra1324 who cares she's good

[@abbijames9154]

10 million now 🥺

[@Miu-jn6qs]

20 now :)

[@Julia1111.]

beabadoobee ft clairo. We need this!

[@vanessalomeli4762]

Julia they’re tourrrr mates they gotta 🥺

[@nanaasamoah8273]

YAAAS I NEED DIS!! 😅🙌🏾

[@angeladarley8495]

saw them on tour together in november and it was awesome!

[@lordreez]

bea is literally UK ver of clairo and clairo is US ver of Bea,, love em both ngl

[@fart4825]

my two favorite artists

[@ryuhn02]

aww, she's so adorable

[@lunadoodles8810]

love how she got tired of singing and just started shouting the lyrics after a while lol

[@karmaaissa4024]

This sounds like what 2000's high school romcom movie would have when doing a montage around the school.

[@pbague]

The way she dances and just goes wild while singing I love it

[@ch1oe374]

aw she looks like she’s having so much fun

[@jana-ki3rh]

Who else is sad that Soren is not anymore in the US with Bea

[@ralysza784]

jana where is he now?

[@dorinanagy8687]

raisa choi they’re both british

[@nenaabdul2220]

jana ME

[@claudiac6521]

DUDE SAME

[@jaidenb9354]

jana are they still dating?

[@titajanson]

my queen is receiving the success she deserves ❤️

[@llar44]

pancake witch 👏👏

[@efffyzombie2979]

Now all we need is mxmtoon and I can die happy.

[@river7252]

maia is on genius!!

[@river7252]

she did prom dress

[@emhopam]

oh thank you, found another wonderful artist uwu

[@blerjpg]

cavetown tho

[@keanupetry8879]

@@blerjpg for real we need cavetown on genius!!

[@iwantcheese7217]

she’s literally my favorite person I’m so proud

[@homuras]

i remember watching this video 4 years ago ,,,, she’s gained the recognition she’s always deserved and i could not be more proud of the trajectory of her career! instead of a dog, she has kimchi & miso and that’s extremely sweet

[@florence5030]

This is mad bea is doing bitsss at the moment

[@Sarah-ue1ew]

I’VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR BEA TO DO ONE OF THESE

[@planetvnus]

I wonder how many “oMg I didn’t know she was british!” comments there’s gonna be

[@mayetalandato167]

Shes actually pure filipina.

[@solomoonmono3940]

@@mayetalandato167 but lives in Britain with a British citizenship

[@junobugc]

@@mayetalandato167 she literally lives in britain my guy

[@koonic1747]

She was born in the Philippines

[@mimililikoi9124]

still British tho

[@anemoemu3083]

I remember when the Lice ep came out🥺she has come so far

[@michaelcranberry7398]

Who else knew who she was before this🤗🤗🤗

[@virtualdick4541]

Don't we all? Who would watch an interview of an artist they don't even know?

[@orlawatson6916]

virtualdick Yh Lol fuck off tresean

[@miri2183]

“I wanna kill my sleep paralysis.” -Beabadoobee

[@soisankoi5542]

AH NO ONE KNOWS HOW BAD I WANTED THIS

[@llar44]

soisankoi me too eheghsvefwg

[@panda5460]

Genuinely was surprised to see this was on genius, did not realise how popular the song was

[@VegetaAlex]

We must protect this girl at all costs

[@bluvillage]

she’s getting so big i’m so proud of heerer

[@triton6083]

big.....where....

[@mikeymadisons]

Apple wtf

[@musezic7911]

@@triton6083 welp shes touring with taylor swift this april 😏

[@chrisalvarez3039]

She must be protected at all cost

[@laurenmcleod7055]

never knew it was produced by oscar but that explains sooo much- LONDON 2019 HERE I COME

[@Megadeadpeople]

I’m 30, and as every year starts to pass quicker and quicker I’m reminded what it’s like(or what it was like) to be that young and innocent in terms of life and what we experience. She’s an inspiration to so many people, and I hope she knows it.

[@rinward172]

finally a song for those who can’t fall asleep

[@yearnpill]

YES SHES ON GENIUS AAAAA QUEEN ON THE RISE! I GET TO SAY I WAS AN EARLY FAN 😂 like if you remember the Lice EP lmao

[@creathechiboi]

“It’s literally about how I can’t sleep at night.” Damn, everyone who thought it was about love is really pretentious or really used to love songs.

[@santanahibbler]

crea the chi boi the video explains it all tho

[@themysticfedora]

Lmao you're the pretentious one dude

[@maryam4259]

no I’m just crushing on someone.. music is open to interpretation

[@3ddles]

shoutout Søren, Bedroom Prod. Phug, Louis, Eliana.

[@manuelaquintero2566]

and Amir :)))

[@LeGaLizERAnCh]

bea moaning about sleep paralysis for nearly 6 minutes

[@wastefellow2569]

666 ‘likes’. Oh, dear

[@박명예-t2u]

I’ve suffered from insomnia and sleep paralysis since I was 9, I’m almost 16 now, and this song is my favorite song on this whole planet.

[@fugitivefootlicker7036]

i love the way she sang it just as she felt like doing it and laughing in between lyrics AAaWwWWWW

[@Project32HMT32]

Yay finally. I was just listening to this last night

[@user-we8kh2vf3m]

I’m so happy that Bea is finally getting the recognition she finally deserves, I’m crying

[@christiantabor9729]

my favorite part is when she’s pretending to play the drums 😂

[@elijahcota2408]

Please do “Coffee” by Beabadoobee

[@Snoooopyyyy]

bea is so relatable with the sleeping problems...the song is beautiful. i hope every one sleeps calmly without any troubles

[@sundamage6558]

bea is literally me if i did a genius interview. the little DUNNUNUNUNS. M E

[@kirsten176]

i’ve been a fan since 2017 when she was super small i’m so happy she’s finally getting recognition❤️❤️

[@isabellaa.8225]

this was in my recommended and i had no idea who she is but shes really cute and adorable i stan

[@BHallBrowser]

She is so adorable! And this is one of my favorite Bea songs.

[@Jadedgems]

Sleep on your stomach, you will still feel the sleep paralysis but you won’t see anything scary

[@zakrowe1301]

I've been having sleep paralysis since I was little. I've hallucinated once and that was while I was on my stomach lol. Usually when I get sleep paralysis its just me struggling to will my body to move it eventually goes and I just go back to sleep , so i consider my self quite lucky in that sense because I know it fucks a lot of people about

[@meat8130]

I tried that, I nearly ended up suffocating in my pillow because I couldn't move

[@igot7problemsbutyougotnojams]

That’s worse, you can’t see what’s going on that just leaves you to imagination and we all think of the absolute worst shit at night.

[@thickthighswdaffyduck7562]

JadedGems I learned this early on, I hate sleep paralysis

[@cybersucia]

I’ve been waiting for this forever omg

[@gurra5668]

I paused Trishas apology video for this

[@dreamingaboutmarsapan4201]

I’VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS

[@maya-hm9jt]

I literally thought this was fake omgg

[@lavender_evie]

??

[@moonmochi5562]

Tf does that mean

[@blazn0]

@@moonmochi5562 like a parody

[@AlexBeast25]

there are a ton of genius parodies out there

[@bug2031]

bea is so cute omg-

[@drowninginanindescribablee3824]

she is the cutest little bean ever 🥺

[@Tthingz]

I hope she hits 1M subs real soon!! She needs more attention 🥺💖

[@Evelyn-tx7sr]

she’s finally getting recognized😻😻

[@lovewhenshe]

Patched up one of my favorite eps every song so nice

[@EliteNormie]

She has the cutest British accent

[@ttamale1521]

I’m soo happy I was a fan before this, all Bea’s songs are a beautiful and unique.

[@reabisou]

IM SO GLAD SHES GETTING THE RECOGNITION SHES DESERVES

[@lynnettekeo1353]

Yaaay she's getting bigger, she deserves it! 💗

[@JerryBeck05]

Bro she lowkey underrated

[@joonsspoon8435]

Shes so cute she deserves all the success xxx💖💖💖

[@hopedean6424]

How tf she sound so good just singing like that like what

[@sunny-maewaller7030]

I LOVE U BEA IM SO PROUD U DESERVE ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE WORLD

[@noiZtheartist]

She's such a goofball, she seems pretty fun XD

[@graciecheck]

this makes me so happy, she's literally the cutest🥺💗

[@GrantVanderKlipp]

She’s an actual queen

[@rolypolyzrkool5237]

bea is so precious :’)

[@LeGaLizERAnCh]

the forrest gump t-shirt tho ahh, also big up bea!!

[@maljewel3503]

Yes my bb you’re so amazing and deserve the recognition

[@hotpotatoreff3240]

2:40 that’s how I sing ur songs too

[@simpleness123]

So happy she’s getting the recognition she deserves! Please do Bobby next 😍😘

[@amelieslater796]

3:38 she’s so cute🥺

[@purplegirl8468]

I feel really calm that I heard her saying that she hates the process of sleeping cause I do too and I always felt weird because everyone says that they can fall asleep anywhere at anytime :(( lucky them!

[@achannel3412]

Sleep paralysis really is terrifying I wish it nobody. But love you girl ❤️

[@strawberryjpeg6000]

i had it recently it was really weird :/

[@zakrowe1301]

I've been getting it my entire life, so it's never really bothered me, it's just something I've grown up with. I've only ever hallucinated once with it and that was a strange experience

[@igot7problemsbutyougotnojams]

J J I used to get it every night too, ‘bout to knock on wood ‘cause that shit is horrible. If I don’t sleep in a specific position I’ll get it or if I sleep on my back or some shit I’ll have some type of lucid dream or suffocate myself while sleeping. Maybe it’ll pass I had it the most at 12 and happened a lot at like 16-17 but it kinda stopped around 18.

[@muppetlover02]

i was waiting for this for SO LONG I LUV U BEA

[@ripblank5531]

Billie Eilish fans: another song about sleep paralysis 🤩

[@adalia7710]

FR tho

[@comradelinguine9053]

I hope they dont attack you

[@ripblank5531]

XmadX kid 😂its fine im a big Billie fan so im basically coming at my self

[@adalia7710]

actually same PFFT

[@mateobenavidez1985]

RipBlank this song is way better than Billie Eilish.

[@alphamale7020]

My queen 😔😔

[@fionaautumn]

Finally Beabadoobee is getting some recognition!

[@floris.s3038]

She deserves this so much!! She’s so so sweet

[@Nd-np8zb]

My sleep paralysis demon didn’t leave me alone until I got blessed by my mom 😂

[@KiaranimeIchi]

YES BEA GETTING THAT RECOGNITION! I can't wait to see you November!

[@ranefoster4751]

I didn’t know she had an accent I thought she was joking at first lmao

[@oggie_champ2636]

Literally every single person on this planet has an accent

[@gigileiger]

Oscar Rowley I guess they meant a brit accent

[@oggie_champ2636]

@@gigileiger they should say that then; just saying that she has "an accent" make you sound American

[@gigileiger]

Oscar Rowley indeed, but probably they're american hahahaha we have to be patient

[@Magentaloverof1D]

Omg yess love this! Saw them perform last week and they were absolutely amazing !!

[@2smoulder]

How does she be so engaging, factual and open all at the same time? A true one-off...🙌🙌💪🐬

[@QuinnKhi]

@0;58 when they use to put people in the lil arm rest cuffs in the old town in like 1947🐇🪴✨

[@jacoblang8783]

When is Oscar lang gonna be on here

[@yuri-xx6uh]

Why is she so adorable 🥺🤧💕

[@tuggers69]

i wish the pre-chorus was sung like that in the studio version tbh

[@forcefully]

I’m a simple man I see cute gorl I click

[@alesivan4489]

that hit home so hard ... my girl is growing i'm so proud :')

[@meela2414]

She’s so perfect omg aaaaaah I’m so proud (Also if ur a fan of bea I have a cover of susie may on my channel 💖)

[@llar44]

I remember when lice came out and now she is on genius!

[@triton6083]

Lara BIankin Awwww I think she has lice too

[@hannahhh4984]

she deserves all the success and recognition omg my babey 🥺

[@agustiomaitimu144]

never know bea has a really thick accent

[@ashcash4876]

shes the prettiest person ever!!

[@benleighton1794]

a literal angel

[@jeremyfuller7730]

Big lips, Asian, British accent, colored hair, can sing? Is this perfection personified?

[@nanayawberko3212]

No its anime She's definitely in an anime

[@maxinessubliminals3369]

THANK YOU

[@MOZAKALIZA]

She is such a doll ❤️ I'm also a musician by the way. Hear my stuff out too if you're in the mood for some new songs. Tnx, lllove! ❌⭕️

[@maresisoare8950]

MOZA KALIZA cool! You're really cool. Subbed

[@jenniferc8213]

@Juan Cortez Muro but u don't make videos??