Daughter - "Smoke"

'Smoke' is the b-side to Daughter's single 'Youth'.
'Youth' is taken from Daughter's debut album 'If You Leave', that is available now via 4AD/Glassnote: ‪smarturl.it/dau...
An earlier recording of 'Youth' also appears on the band's 2011 EP 'The Wild Youth': smarturl.it/dau...
Also available is the 'His Young Heart' EP: ohdaughter.band...
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[@lucex3195]

In the chorus, those cracking/clapping sounds placed just before "smoke" and right after "room" resembles that of a slap or whip. And the man's voice echoing, sounds like he's saying "shut up". So chilling...the mood of this song is breathtaking... The cracking sound continues, repeating on every third off beat until the end.

[@annellle]

after reading your comment I listened closely, and wow. I really didn't notice that background sound. really adds more meaning to the song.

[@kaylatharaldson7919]

I just noticed that now thanks!!

[@austinrogers5992]

also the high pitched screech at 3:59

[@clubpenguinandanimaljam1813]

Shit reading these cold comments gives me coldness in me 😰

[@SquishSquish]

damn

[@nicole6808]

This song rips my heart out. I don't think I've ever ever ever been able to feel a band so much. I don't even know what to say. I can feel it right in my chest. I listen to a lot of different types of rock and indie and grunge and soft stuff like birdie or ed sheer an But they bite the dust when in compare to daughter

[@coramaxine]

I agree, I am right there with you. They are absolutely wonderful.

[@allisterforest1842]

what about The Xx? very similar bands

[@nicole6808]

Allison Forest nah the xx aren't that similar. idk. i feel daughter is more similar to people like bon iver, elliott smith, ed sheeran, birdy, etc. the xx use different sounds and very futuristic tunes to make their music a lot more polished and clean. daughter is a lot more soft, acoustic, heartfelt. where as the xx is very like structured in its sound. just my opinion, though :)

[@allisterforest1842]

I just mean they are both have a pretty stripped down and atmospheric sound.

[@nicole6808]

Allison Forest yea that's true :)

[@arcueidbrunestud3732]

Daughter sure has depressed lyrics, but if you're not depressed, you'll still love and listen to those songs cause they're relaxing you, it's like you're being taken away by waves, or at least that's how I feel ^_^

[@danganronpawhore1041]

Sameee

[@danganronpawhore1041]

Not even going to lie this is a mood

[@autumnwillow3284]

yeah, i really enjoy just letting myself sway to the music sometimes

[@annettannett395]

So true)

[@fasieljr]

Don't think nobody has described it better....

[@mjhaunting]

Sometimes crying is the only way to get the sadness out of you Trust me, I've spent many nights crying in my bed listening to Daughter. It makes me cry more and yet it helps so much

[@k9carniv0re]

there’s something so tragic about elena’s voice that has the ability to make your heart sink and your eyes water even when you’re having the best day of your life.

[@itplop]

Daughters songs give off such a dreamy majestic vibe ugh it's so beautiful i wanna scream

[@laurenthielen5633]

Honestly there isn't one Daughter song that I don't like. I just wanna meet Elena and give her a big hug. xx

[@gracesagen3922]

agreed

[@marielxoxo]

I met her before a concert and got to give her a hug. She is the sweetest 😭

[@deadspire6556]

@@marielxoxo were?

[@Dannalasapa]

@@marielxoxo do they still do concerts in the UK? I’ll be studying abroad there next year and I really would do anything to see them live. My fav band for 7 years

[@Andrii.Sosiedko]

@@Dannalasapa as far as I know, they've been on a break for some time :( Elena has a side project called Ex:Re, so you should look out for that too just in case.

[@anakathleen7341]

This song, her voice, this band, these lyrics.... never cease to amaze me.

[@sofias9238]

At 3:17 you can hear the desperate breathing and how intense it becomes as soon as you reach the instrumentals and that was such a great detail. I wish this song had a music video.

[@Brian-bm7ew]

You have super hero level hearing!

[@MegaEowin]

Two years ago, I listened for the first time Youth. Then I fell deeply in love with this song and few months later I wanted to hear more about the band. I listened Candles and I was like "yeah, that's OK - uuuuh I don't like that" and my life hadn't change this day. Now I'm asking damn fucking WHY and HOW I didn't/couldn't feel what I feel now when I'm listening to whatever their song. Hopefully, Facebook made my way back on the good path a year ago when a talented singer shared the Get Lucky cover. Girls in the comments talked about Home and Medicine and I listened too each of their song in one night. My god. They are music genius. She knows how to sing, how to make us "feel something". It's just irrelevant. Thank you so much Daughter

[@icantwaittodie9420]

They will never know that I skateboard to songs like this. Nothing feels quite like being so calm and mellow during a 10-ft drop-in.

[@kardo7837]

pfft, im a bboy and i dance to songs like this.

[@JSSD619]

or listening to this and bombing a hill as the sun rises

[@rereme1998]

I think the combination of skateboarding and this music is perfect.

[@bisoueb]

That is just perfect

[@riverofmeltingsnow4100]

I made a deal with a friend, she had to listen to Daughter and I had to listen Bts. I discovered that Daughter is STILL the best band. She discovered that too.

[@itsemgee]

Damn.. Daughter's music sounds like the soundtrack to my life.

[@akimahscott]

daughter has the music that explains everything.

[@WW3DraftDodger]

you have good taste in music... just saw you on two other videos lol

[@itsemgee]

+Anthony Kim lol that's the best compliment ever!

[@kathleenh108]

+itsemgee I'm glad that I'm not the only one

[@emmanuelobi9071]

+itsemgee your on like every daughter song

[@mrmapegothe13th]

This band has quite a great gift of creating beautiful yet melancholy soundscapes. Its quite nice. Some may call it "hipster" but coming from a blues and classic rock background and being a guitarist myself I've learned that labels are stupid and good music is good music regardless. My only complaint is that their songs could be longer, but then again i'm used to Pink Floyd's 8-30 minute songs haha.

[@mrmapegothe13th]

***** Yes, and that's quite cool. Time is one of my favorites. It's the song that made me pick up guitar.

[@breadboyss]

Literally have never heard someone refer to Daughter as hipster

[@sarahthomas4583]

Her lyrics and the melody of music makes me FEEL on a different plane! If you really love her, you can see in your mind what she sings.. Raw and REAL. I just love her ❤🙏

[@silas2932]

I can't get over this band. I've been listening to them for maybe two years now, and their stuff just never gets old. The guitar melodies, the bass, the way the drums are used, all of the vocal effects... It's all just amazing. It really makes you feel the music, as cliche as that sounds.

[@SneakzMachine]

Daughter was so ahead of its time man. They're timeless to me. All songs. Medicine, Dreams of William, All I Wanted and so many other songs. Just love them.

[@dathorsegavebirth]

all of her songs make me tear up

[@charlottefoxmckayfox]

I performed a reginal winning dance to this. I was the soloist and it was centered around PTSD and the effects on it's victums. I was a mentally damaged girl and the others were wearing surgical masks as a metaphor about how they were watching me suffer while they were unharmed by the 'smoke'. It was basically about PTSD's toll on the mind and the selfishness of others

[@reni.3819]

i used to listen to daughter when I had depression. Now I just come back to them for the nostalgia of the sleepless nights where I'd stay up till 4 A.M. listening to their songs on repeat.

[@Princils]

So unique all her songs tell a story.....

[@ariadne4317]

Andre Powell it's a band

[@monana4541]

luna yumi but she writes the songs, based on her own personal experiences

[@Princils]

luna yumi i know duhhhhhhhh

[@elenaarmaroli9841]

Personally I think the lyrics are about a child being abused. Then he/she grows up mentally instable so that he/she has to start a therapy (''tell the doctor what's become of me..''). The smoke could represent the innocence and confusion of the child. What do you think?

[@mucidwolf]

Elena Armaroli Maybe it was her attempting suicide? She mentions doors with no keys and such...maybe she feels trapped. Could be for different reasons but that what I think about the song. Like how she says a woman screams and shes face down on the ground...idk man

[@FA8T]

Yeah that was what I thought; the lyrics are very reminiscent of PTSD flashbacks.

[@TAbs_00_]

mucidwolf

[@lilyhope432]

mucidwolf And the man with no face

[@epsileo2231]

i think its about a girl's friend and she goes over to his house and his father sexual harasses her and he abuses her friend and his mom,,,, idk

[@MsLivinglegend19]

This song makes me want to cry over everything I've lost in my life.

[@ioanapintilie6620]

that's the type of band you hope nobody discovers so you can have it just for yourself

[@Archonsx]

Ce mentalitate idioata.

[@berenikarezkova9198]

Thats totally me!

[@lucasmarquediene230]

Youre a bad person

[@aegwynn4883]

That's the type of band that I want everyone to know because I'm passionate

[@saralaganji2367]

because its that precious, and you feel if others find it, they WILL corrupt it

[@goofycawfee]

I wish I was born happy and never felt pain. (EDIT: I’m actually so happy now so I definitely get all the comments, thank you guys!)

[@rebeccageddes4475]

You can never achieve happiness without pain. Just like a rainbow, you can't have it unless there's a storm.

[@HeavenlyEx]

+Rachel You only can feel hapiness if you experience sadness. Hapiness doesnt exist by itself, its the transition from sadness and pain that makes you feel happy.

[@fantasyismyfreedom]

+Rachel Don't we all? But that's not how life works.... sadly....

[@jackcollier9168]

+Rachel if you never felt sadness, then wouldn't you get bored of your constantly happy, constantly boring life. like the others said, happiness is only the opposite of sadness

[@flw1522]

omg it could be a really famous quote. stay strong girl

[@paulakramig6057]

i want this to be played at my funeral

[@djsebex]

Damn, I wish I had a funeral at all.

[@matejkacmar325]

I don't really want a funeral. Why should anybody waste money for my dead body? I would instead feed some starving dogs with it or something... Yeah that would be nice.

[@user-wn2yj6we8i]

Mogwai also a good choice

[@gothclown9013]

i swear, daughter is going to be the death of me, bloody hell

[@KrystinaJames024]

I'm right there with ya. Every song is perfect

[@SacrilegeGamingGodz]

Her nose alone will send me to the grave! Beautiful!

[@ImprovingSlowly]

Death by music, would be a beautiful way to go. Especially too the echoes of Daughter..

[@mostlyasleep2840]

downwithcheesecake her nose... well that's reasonable

[@gothclown9013]

downwithcheesecake ....whose nose...?

[@laceymattison5793]

I just wanna binge listen to Daughter and just cry sometimes.

[@arrowsandcrowns]

Daughter's music manages to convey so much more emotion than most music does, just listening to her voice you can feel all the pain, the loneliness, the bitterness, like it's your own.

[@ΤζένηΝ]

daughter's songs are so beautiful in so many ways

[@jazz_intown4723]

I can't hear daughter when I'm outside because I barely can hold back my tears. Their music means a lot to me. I feel connected to it like none of my friends can make me feel. Sorry for my English.

[@lilmissstresseddoubt4814]

The beauty of such profound music like this is that you can interoperate these sorts of songs however your heart feels of it. You may also relate it back to what seems a "lonely" personal situation that has been going on in your own life. Powerful and intriguing, to say the least. This singer, Daughter is so bold and captivating with her deep, meaningful words.

[@lotuslabyrinth666]

Finally started to listen to daughter again after 3 years from a bad breakup.. she is a blessing.

[@dominicnuno81]

The last time i heard this song was maybe early 2016, completely forgot about it, and it just happened to be a recommended video, and i didnt really remember the words, i just remember the emotions. So i clicked, and the first 5 words i had to pause, it was just a lot of everything. Sadness, anger, and just gave a really nostalgic feeling for me. It took me about an hour to finish the rest of the song because i kept having to pause and rethink everything.

[@RitaaLeci]

Daughter is just different. Their music goes deeper than anything I listen to.

[@RyGuy147]

Usually I'm a person who listens to a lot of 60s and 70s rock, but I absolutely love this. Sometimes you just need to put something soothing and relaxing when you've been rocking too hard!

[@igicem]

i love it how she expresses the emotions of the guys that made her feel this way thinking saying crazy things.

[@valebbbx]

This kind of song&sound makes my soul feel peaceful and that's a great feeling.

[@cara7196]

A friend of mine mentioned them and now I understand her emotions and why she loves this band. I absolutely love this band and I thank her for telling me about them.

[@autumndanielle3092]

I have binged listened to all of their songs ever since I accidentally stumbled upon the song Youth by them. I am so glad I have gotten to listen to them, they are truly talented and their music makes me feel something.

[@conorpentony1568]

Cold winter mornings to late summer evenings I have so many memories listening to daughter out on my own cycling for hours.

[@ShubhamShubhra]

With all the turmoil in my life, this is the only music that is helping me get along. Somehow, my frustration transcends into a beautiful sorrow just like this music. Elena, Igor and Remi have all my feels. Love.

[@austinrogers5992]

we're all in a smoke filled room with no way out, slowly suffocating as our lungs turn black and our hearts shatter because you know there's nothing you can do to survive what humanity has done to itself

[@loonykitten3483]

OMG I HAVE FOUND THIS ORIGINAL SONG AFTER 3 YEARS LISTENING im wery excited.. still love this

[@nalishebosamakando2540]

I listen to all the daughter albums without skipping a song 🙅... Just beautiful music.... Simply Beautiful.

[@justbrianna9993]

To all those people who are hurting, let it out. Let out all your pain. I'm here for you.

[@lorraine9876]

This song makes me want to lock myself in my bedroom and listen to the song again and again, and my breath is like smoke filling the whole space...

[@natasciacavaia7991]

Perfect. I just adore this song, the great sound, tone, words, everything is wonderful and it's giving an incredible emotion to listener.

[@saskiah6889]

I love how pretty much all her songs are one-word titles it's cool

[@faithrowley4166]

I can't get over how much I love the way she says 'room'.

[@adnoikkk]

Daughter never fails to put me in a calm mood whether I feel sad or extremely excited

[@chloemah8573]

I read the lyrics and I was expecting an explanation but there was none. I feel like this song was written about a relationship in ruins. "Smoke-filled room depicts their crumbling relationship, like ashes after a fire-the ashes being their current situation and the fire was what they once were- burning, and bright. The man is her partner and she is the woman- she finds herself so lost within this hole that she has to see a doctor to "analyse her dreams". "Making a castle on the floor... No keys and three rooms" to me shows that no matter the fortune, you can't buy love nor relationships. I don't know if this makes sense but it' just what I had in my head.

[@LuceStarlight5]

Songs can evoke different feelings depending on who is listening: this song, for me, paints the exact moment I woke up in a smoke filled room, with my house on fire, choking for oxygen and the terror of dying before I could get out. Couldn't sleep for years, got to see a therapist, the voice of my mother screaming from outside still haunting me today. Dunno the real meaning of this song, but for me it's so strong it actually hurts.

[@kendrokush91]

I've never fallen in love with a group so fast in my life bruh. I love their music

[@kendrokush91]

6 years later and I still listen to this song 😌🖤

[@ChanelSmithWakeupAndMakeup]

Why have I not found this band earlier? I've been listening to these songs for days. My heart feels this hard.

[@michaelawild4537]

Listening to Daughter's songs... this feeling is so amazing. Words can't describe it. ♥

[@MsHannahC92]

It's about whatever you want it to be about. Music is personal, there's no true definite meaning. You relate it to life, ups and downs. For me, my Dad passed away very unexpectedly and quickly from lung and bone cancer last month, so the song's meaning to me is very obvious but very powerful. Really listen to it, close your eyes if it helps, and maybe you'll find your own meaning

[@eyebiteme]

unbelievable....tthank you daughter, you have changed me, and my life

[@colonebooo9105]

She's absolute 🔥,, real and true, a heart of gold that glows in the same 3 colours as these flames do!!❤🧡💛🥰

[@danielbrown5081]

I don't know who else agrees with me, but I think most girl led bands sound the same. This is not the case with Daughter. She has an amazing voice, but it's not just that, its the lyrics more so. I'm the kind of person who focuses on the lyrics of a song a lot, to see how they can relate to my life. With Daughter, there's a different feeling while listening to them. It's calming, yet terrifying.

[@emilywinchester8935]

I wish I was important.

[@tsprsx]

You are.

[@ParaonoidPanda]

You are!!

[@pandemiclove521]

CHU ARE

[@ThePainLife]

I wish i had money for both of us to join Bill Gates in world's domination.

[@lea2978]

you are so important

[@SamyChan]

when i hear Dauther i... cry a lot

[@SamyChan]

This Post is Old, and I'm Bad in English sooo yea.. ... soo i dosen't care xD Cauze i'm not From America or England.. LOL What i mean is that Daughter's Music makes me cry.. and some idiots on the Internet too :(

[@curlyheadedkid51]

claire Anderson they're

[@nuggetinevitable4971]

her songs are always so calm and meaningful

[@victorialuna9938]

Daughter is such a beautiful band. I don't think I've ever loved music so much until I listened to daughter. They honestly complete me as a person and I'm really not so sure but something about me just makes me feel so alive I guess? I don't know, but thank you for you're lovely music you have saved me.

[@millieturner2750]

seeing you live was the most beautiful night of my life so far

[@Sage-kt3bx]

I wish this song was still on Spotify, it's my favorite. :/

[@clinically_queer]

This is why I use KZbin Play! I can add this to my current playlists and it plays like audio 🖤

[@amandajean1298]

My friend has a dance to this and they dedicated it to cancer survivors and I want to cry whenever I hear this song

[@hueblu]

Amazing as always. Love it. Still remember the day when I discovered Daughter as an artist... Boy am I glad I did.

[@Imdootfr]

i love Daughter so much, i found out about her after hearing the song "Youth", i risked listening to more of her songs, and i don't regret it one bit ^^

[@vivalt5290]

I stopped recommending Daughter to my friends because I don't want them to feel as shitty as I do

[@eimearmckevitt3904]

they probably already feel shit too. give them an outlet

[@rats29]

Lmfao FR

[@rats29]

med That's how I am with Melanie I recommend her to people but then I was like no she's mine 😂😂😂 I know the feeling 😂😂

[@Williams388]

I stopped recommending songs to my friends period because they always think I'm depressed.

[@Bimfirestarter]

See, what you need is some MEDICINE

[@mlainesse98]

i feel i’m the only one still coming back to this song, even after all these years

[@sohilawael4705]

This song never gets out my head. It is a comfort zone

[@ysaethwr]

Nope, you’re not the only one! We’re all in the smoke-filled room together, I guess.

[@odielee9813]

it recycles my playlist every couple of years lol

[@lane48877]

you're not the only one :)

[@willow2332]

Absolutely not! One of my favorites

[@ElowenFaye]

I love how she says "poetry" and "pavement" *-* ♥

[@ElowenFaye]

OH REALLY :D oops ok I love how she says "portrait" and "pavement" ♥

[@sighsinjapanese]

+James Collins literally the band should thank you for bringing all these people to their songs and thank you for introducing me to them

[@AwesomenessOfAWeirdo]

Daughter is my favourite band by far. The music fills me with some sort of melancholic feeling. I'm looking forward to seeing them live!

[@elliothawkins5247]

When I close my eyes it takes me to a different place, a better one.

[@shamslovesmusic815]

Beyond excited that they're coming to ACL. Can't believe I'm going to see my favorite band.

[@anastasiabalian2431]

daughter has a heavenly voice and most of all meaningful lyrics. thank you for that

[@Goulding1997]

I cant control my emotions when I see daughter has uploaded a new video, Its just so wonderful

[@yohthe5020]

Perfect song to skate to on early mornings

[@Holyzinho]

It is simply perfect, I Love the fact that I exist to be able to hear this...

[@jasperosgerby8952]

this music makes me cry but I love it

[@Jennyisboss09]

oh the choreography that comes to my head when i hear this song

[@rylinnkubota7343]

Yassssssss +Jennyisboss09

[@xaxsimplexescapex]

I still can't believe how unique and beautiful each and every song of theirs is.

[@SOLsingoutloud1200]

open another tab and play rain sounds at the same time as this song

[@luisluzia3539]

Imogenisreallyboring thank you!

[@paigebrookes8748]

+Wired Earthling oh my god this is amazing!!

[@sorcereous]

Thnks!!!i just tried and its amazing!!hahahahah ure awesome

[@animastwentytwenty]

Daughter always manages to strike my heart in new ways. Keep on keepin' on.

[@SceleSceptile]

I've been a fan of daughter for 2 and a half years. I only wish I had found this song sooner.

[@otmafan]

There is no song by daughter that I dislike. Just pure perfection!

[@13missvanity]

I love the mood of the music Daughter makes

[@wordswrittenbyme2109]

I'm a new fan to this talented artist. So thankful i found her.

[@thaisdcc]

Really wish this song was in The Fault in Our Stars by John Green movie, I wonder this background music in the first kiss of Hazel and Gus. So beautiful

[@remykhinda4384]

It seems as though all songs by Daughter would be perfect for The Fault In Our Stars...Youth, Medicine, Smoke... it would just be perfect one of my Favorite Books and Bands combined...Perfection

[@khushik1132]

Remy Khinda yaassssss omg

[@ilovetaylorswift789]

daughter is lovely because she makes us fall in love with her with every song she sings

[@aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh5042]

I honestly love this song so much, I was surprised when my friends that listen to daughter said it was just okay. Maybe it's just because I relate to the song differently then them, or something, but I honestly love it it's in my top 5 daughter songs, although getting a top 5 of daughter songs is pretty hard on it's own

[@KoolKoelzerKidd]

AAAAAHHHH I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD EVERY SONG BY DAUGHTER AND NOW I FIND THIS!!! WHERE HAS THIS BEEN!

[@alexismccabe778]

this song should not be a b-side song. Absolutely amazing

[@Evi1Muffin]

Theres no band closer to my heart than yours.. thank you for your music.

[@WanderingKit]

This song actually scares me a bit. You can hear these banging noises in the background but I originally didn't notice it was from the song, and worried my house was in danger of collapsing.

[@WanderingKit]

Sparkley Brunette Nothing? I've just been stressed and the sounds didn't seem like they were coming from my headphones

[@maybewise]

Lol. This is the comment I made 3 months before yours: "Random, but I'd get scared, and yank out my earbuds when those random pops started playing, because I'd think that someone was trying to break my window again :-/ But really, when it starts, it's too randomly placed..... giving me mini heartattacks and shit :-("- Thought I was the only one.

[@manaeiou]

Sparkley Brunette Smoking Daughter.

[@sama3208]

it's a beautiful addition that the band actually made. The slapping voice followed by the unclear 'shut up!' to symbolize abuse. a sad, but brilliant addition

[@shannonmccarthy8013]

I wish this was on Apple Music so I could blast it on repeat forever

[@alette42]

This song gave me chills. I love Daughter.

[@mlainesse98]

this is weirdly one of my comfort songs

[@caraluna2497]

Everyone says this song is about death but I interpret this of how I want love. I’m chasing for it, the blurry man is my soulmate and I’m suffocating in my anxiety, the smoke filled room. It’s what’s blocking me from my true desires.

[@patel_n599]

Whenever I listen to her ... I feel how a song can take me from the deep calm of outward to the mess that happens inside me...

[@Teetaymwa]

They already did on the 24th July, Sydney and Melbourne, was an amazing, breathtaking night!

[@96TheArtem]

That guitar riffs at the end part of this song! OMG amazing feeling.