hot mess - original song | bedroom demo

[@gabbykingmusic]

‘stop drafting replies to things that haven’t been said, he’s not dead’ is exactly what I needed to hear right now, thank u dodie

[@doddleoddle]

ur welcome

[@ttkitty441]

what does it mean

[@louisarohr2285]

Yeah I’m a lil confused too

[@alicesshelter9719]

@@ttkitty441 maybe "Don't make scebarios in ur head where u reply to things that the person hadnt even said in real life. He's not dead - you CAN talk to him. U don't have to imagine talking to him"

[@sweettea735]

@@ttkitty441 when people are texting each other, messages can sometimes be a little muddled. The person is writing ‘drafts’ so that they have a response for every scenario that happens. The person is expecting their partner to die, so are already writing texts to cope with their proverbial death. You could also attribute this with anxiety - a symptom of anxiety is over thinking/fixating on one idea (usually negative). So we see this through a modern take, which is texting and creating drafts; both, a wall and a bridge for communication, and therefore feeding into the person’s anxiety. If this doesn’t make sense just come reply to me 😥😭

[@lillyreed2887]

bedroom demos give me flashbacks to watching "you" and "in the middle" for the first time. such a good tune

[@erm492]

this

[@graceful.addison]

YOU NEVER FAIL AT BREAKING MY HEART AAAGGGHHH

[@doddleoddle]

NO U

[@sammycopley1]

dodie oh my GODDD

[@sammycopley1]

this is so fukkin sick

[@Alex-td8lb]

@@sammycopley1 dude, you are 100% right

[@doddleoddle]

Sammy!!!!!! 🖤

[@Hannah-eg7vl]

I love ur music!!

[@emilybrinco]

It’s the way dodie always says “never get too attached to the demos” but you know what I do? get attached!!!

[@ellispipermusic]

good news!!

[@autmngrce]

this one was a great demo to get attached to!

[@azsazazsa]

Good news! Whole EP coming out full of demos!

[@meganteesdale]

this aged so well

[@user-hq3nm2cs5v]

the way u know exactly how to put what everyone’s feeling into words

[@marianaponcemercado9258]

Exactly!!!!

[@AnthonyAmorim]

brain rot, in a pretty dress (i’m a hot mess) how are you so GOOD AT THIS

[@AnthonyAmorim]

hack it so i hate you so that i can let go ://///

[@sweettea735]

I love the dichotomy of the line 😩😩

[@marcyline5881]

This could be such a cool concept for an album, a years world of emotion pack into 12 songs! Been a huge fan since 2015 and can't wait to see what you have in store for us this year

[@av8213]

DODIE PLS SEE THE COMMENT ABOVE

[@JivanPal]

DCFC's _Transatlanticism_ sort of does this, great concept album.

[@ledzepbrooklyn3890]

ahhh yes!!!

[@b3ndavies]

Similar thing with Bruno Major's 'A Song For Every Moon' !

[@dstrome]

Gotta say that Dodie is the only artist I've ever heard where I like every song they make. Which is pretty crazy because I really only like music I'm familiar with, which is why I still listen to a lot of 90s music. :)

[@moofy7624]

She's real. That's the secret ;)

[@gabrielle2829]

this honestly feels so true to the strange experiences of being in your 20s

[@tippytoewalker]

This song feels like chaos and emptiness. Being so busy but never quite having plans.

[@lettersviastars]

LITerally

[@cherrywallis]

Do you ever write... bad songs? They're always so good. 😂

[@rebeccaw.301]

Omg hai Cherry!!!! I’ve been following your channel for like… I don’t even know how long, several years for sure! I was even in your “letting my subscribers ask me something” video (the one with the video submissions). But yeah I agree, doodie is incredible

[@geekygecko1849]

I know this isn’t the point of your message, but it’s selection bias. All the bad ones just don’t make it to KZbin.

[@Galaxygirl-tg5mb]

I know right? Even the songs I don't love are still so good. How does she do it?

[@abi7068]

@@geekygecko1849 someone thinks they’re smart bc they’re in a psych class

[@joshblack269]

@@abi7068 they're right tho

[@jessmac9300]

using the countdown was fucking genius i’m in awe

[@MaddyDever]

I love the anti-ending. It builds up and up and then… nothing. I love it!

[@marinaxlove]

in the vlog for the song she said she recorded a string piece for it. It seems the studio version will end in some sort of string crescendo a la A Day in the Life which will be wicked if so! I'm very excited to hear the studio version.

[@abiccooke]

the bit with the celebrations are brilliant and pls include the celebration noises if you ever put it on spotify :)

[@carryon4123]

Agreed! Wonderful add

[@findthefoxes]

YES

[@kaijuno]

Absolutely!!!

[@wondermittens1844]

Your wish came true :D

[@Luc_e]

'Hack it that I hate you so I can let go' One of my favourite lines

[@EndicottYT]

This song is chaotic and beautiful. I love how different each section is, because it feels like stopping thoughts that have the same emotions but don't exactly align together. & the outro at the end felt so wonderfully ENORMOUS, like it should take up a theatre or be in a musical. Some of the little melodies felt very familiar as well, they reminded me of Inside somehow. Such a cool, creative song. Puts a lot of internal monologues into words!!

[@Emgreen19]

like a train station with a train thats starting to drive away and each wagon is a section

[@josiemac7807]

it definitely reminded me of inside at times, you’re so right!!

[@Persnikity-yv3nh]

"Brain rot in a pretty dress" is such an amazing line

[@djjain3860]

"Stop drafting replies to things that haven't been said" This lyric alone helped me so much. Thank you Dodie :) See you later this month!

[@Sophie_Stedman]

UgH, tHE REFERENCES and snippets from BAP AAAAAHHHHH it all feels like it fits together even though it's new and different >_

[@fernandamoreira1861]

Smells like new albummmm

[@estherowl8075]

the whole chorus definitely speaks to who i was a few years ago, and who i know i revert to when i feel insecure or generally less functioning. "hack it so i hate you so that i can let go" thank god people exist who know when you're doing it and stick around anywayy

[@zeynep-yu2gw]

i just love how COMPLEX YOUR MUSIC IS LATELY

[@ImSoCool2403]

Ikr?? Just *chef's kiss*

[@johannaplockl463]

Yes its so cool bc you can replay the same song for 10 times and always hear smth new.

[@morgrugyn]

What the hell i'm mid-breakdown over a book and now dodie posts a song this is certainly a day and a half

[@ece6790]

which book???? :)

[@morgrugyn]

@@ece6790 the first chaos walking book, i am devastated

[@ece6790]

@@morgrugyn ohh gonna check it out thanks

[@erinpennington19]

My god, how does Dodie take everything I've been feeling over the past two years of the pandemic and just....put it into words?

[@randycandle]

2:39 that last 'let me let go' section with high note delicious frenzy i die

[@mariamiichael]

the countdown bit was so impressive

[@doddleoddle]

tehe

[@AbigailPoirier]

The fact that 0% of your lyrics resonate with me personally but I listen to 100% of your songs is a testament to just how great your melodies and arrangements are. Wow! Wish more songwriters made beautiful music like this!

[@ashleyyrain]

“stop planning our lives on things that haven’t been said”!!!!

[@DessMelissa]

Damn man. I’m also gonna be 27 soon and I can’t even fathom actually trying to find relationships outside of the ones I already have and this song kinda feels like it’s calling me out for that. In a good way

[@ej8967]

Other people's bedroom demos: an iffy recording of some 2am unfinished lyrics and out-of-tune guitar. Dodie's bedroom demos: simply a fuckin masterpiece! Seriously omg WOW, so powerful as always and SO AMAZING

[@Zoe-fd8ll]

The way this was played at her NYC show in the pre show hype playlist… I screamed

[@Zoe-fd8ll]

RELEASE IT /lh

[@bensonsj98]

Dodie's "bedroom demos" are better than anything I've ever created, musically.

[@magdalenwills4653]

why is this so healing

[@madeupname3008]

whenever you post it’s like the opposite of that funny feeling, it’s like a sign everything is better for a while

[@Megsleyy]

Brain rot in a pretty dress is such a good line

[@melsenwesky9315]

you rly just know how to put that ✨20-something burnout/crisis (ft. trauma)✨ vibe into words 🖤

[@Graceisprobablyonline]

I mean just one look at the title and I know this is gonna be scarily relatable

[@really-quite-exhausted]

1:25-1:35 inspires so much ✨terror✨ in me, I have no idea why. I guess it's the minor sound and the fast strumming and the countdown and the lyrics all coming together. I love it though ❤.

[@really-quite-exhausted]

God, yeah this whole song captures the feeling of dread really well yiKES. Been listening on repeat all day while I panic about my deadlines and my future and my guilt and shame over the past.

[@really-quite-exhausted]

Yoooooo 2 years later and I'm back here again wheeeeeeeee

[@deerothy]

My god did I cry over the countdown part YES I AM AND I'M ALRIGHT TO DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN

[@Will-ht2ny]

Love how intimate these bedroom demos are :))

[@popcornscavenger1246]

I adore the flow of this song it feels like an emotional rant but in a pleasing to the ears way and it scratches something in my brain Amazing job dodie!!!

[@jameselliott5622]

expecting to get lost in the depths of your comment section but I just wanted to say youve always been a huge influence on my music, never published anything but you've been a huge inspiration to what I've made, and after at least 7 years of watching you and writing music that was ultimately inspired by your styles, I felt I should (finally) at least comment. You're an inspiration to literal millions, keep being you.

[@sarahferragoni]

dodie, it took me seconds to choose between the two notifications, you give us nothing and then everything and I looove it

[@emma-si8pc]

this is incredible dodie! the fact this is a demo is mind blowing to me ur talent is so amazing

[@Zoe-fd8ll]

A FUKIN INSTANT MASTERPIECE OMG. “why am I so alright to do it again and again” I’m logging off immediately :( 1:15 timestamp for future me revisiting these harmonies every day EDIT: woke up with it stuck in my head and this is my new reality

[@Fridaytheth-eg6vk]

i love everything about this comment

[@Zoe-fd8ll]

@@Fridaytheth-eg6vk I love everything abt YOU

[@valdavermillion4545]

I can’t describe how precious this song is, it’s just pure feeling, you know?

[@johnsography]

this song couldn't have come at a better time. i just broke up with my girlfriend who i was supposed to attend one of your shows with. i really am hurting but this is truly making things lighter. thank you so much 🥺

[@elianna_ecc]

I'm so sorry to hear that - I'm glad this is helping, and I hope you feel even better soon.

[@akday8324]

I'm so sorry to hear that :( Do you think you can invite a friend to go with you to dodie's show?

[@SpirusOfH]

0:30 my god, what a melody and rhythm! That's gonna be stuck in my brain for a while.

[@findthefoxes]

So good

[@atraxrobustus4452]

ok i know dodie will probably not see this comment, but i need to know do the lyrics “hack it that i hate you” mean like, hack your brain into hating someone like forcing yourself to get over someone? it’s probably obvious but like i’m kinda dumb heyyyyy

[@doddleoddle]

It’s like Hack the situation If I make it so that you i hate you then I can let go!

[@atraxrobustus4452]

@@doddleoddle thank you for your reply and for letting me know the meaning! i’ve been listening to hot mess for probablyyyyy 3 weeks straight now and have been wondering! lmao and the music video that goes along with the official release is so perfect, it encapsulates the feeling of the song so well in my opinion! and congratulations on the new EP it has such a high replay value to me, your art has always been special to me especially the you EP, it got me through a LOT haha (sorry for such a long personal comment but i figured i only had one chance to let you know!!) thank you for your art dodie, i hope you’re doing well 😁💗

[@Leo-pr7ly]

the sound is beyond amazing for an "demo". So good.

[@laurenambercla]

end of march and i still come back to this one once a week. i am just obsessed with it. its the "i cant help it, you try driving" chorus bit. in love

[@MrNetsrac]

I'M HYPED FOR THE STUDIO VERSION

[@kasia8306]

aaaahhhh the part with the countdown is SO FUCKING GOOD!!!!

[@skylarsa]

I cant tell if I prefer the demo or the studio version❤️

[@camdenlove3348]

Same

[@liyaxyii9438]

you literally don’t miss ever

[@JD-lh2vp]

ngl your music sounds like that warm feeling of waking up around midday, knowing you had a good night sleep, then suddenly realizing that it’s saturday and you still have two more days of sweet, soft core freedom

[@drama_doctor]

Sorry for the hurt that caused this song but fucking hell it's such an absolute banger. I'm scared SCARED for the fully produced version because I will burst with delight. Keep going pal, your work is outstanding.

[@drama_doctor]

😱

[@mikaylacraghead9660]

We are all on the Hot Mess Express. Also beautiful idea, this is done very well, really exited for songs to come, love this one

[@headfirst1593]

i mean this in the best possible way: thank you dodie for ruining me with this song

[@cookiecookiecookieco]

The feel of this song brings me back to early dodie days before she was on Spotify and I converted her KZbin videos to mp3 just so I could make playlists Edit to add: but her growth in bedroom song production is just *chef's kiss*

[@samcyup972]

i'm especially burned out at the moment so i just related to this song so bad especially "wake up, do the same thing" "why am i so alright to do it again and again?" :( thank you for the comfort of knowing i am not alone but i'm also praying that you feel less like this on the rest of the year! ily

[@LucasMucus815]

THAT ENDING/OUTRO IS JUST PURE EUPHORIA AND GOOSEBUMPS AND THE LYRICS ARE PURE GOLD

[@evestitu_7378]

stop this is such a tasty song,,, delectable,,, (i cannot express my love for things in a normal way so instead i will eat it) seriously though, this is such a banger. i hope that whatever may be going on that u are dealing with that you can manage to get through and arrive at atleast a semi-okay point (bc sometimes thats the most you can do) most of 2021 and currently january have been a nightmare, and in your words, a hot mess (lol) and although its not the same thing that ur probably dealing with, i think thats the magic of music, and art in general. its kinda like a link between all sorts of different people and the things they may be dealing with, whenever. like a "hey i get it. not really, but kinda, in a way". things are shit and no one prided january on being anything but a fuckin mess, but we either get through this shit or we die, and personally dying just feels like too much work so, lets hope otherwise lol im excited to see what song feburary brings, hopefully something better, or at the very least semi-okay. (yes this was lengthy but i have THOUGHTS ok leave me be)

[@lukekarlsson9176]

how can a single being be so endlessly talented

[@nicoleisvlogging]

the first time I listened I heard “I’m a hobbit” instead of “hot mess” lololol hot mess is quite literally the name of the song

[@jasmine3464]

I hope this get released on spotify I'm bawling

[@danno1339]

2:39 THAT WAS DISGUSTINGLY GOOD GOD DAMNNNNNNNNN literal chills from that high note wow!

[@emilykraus4898]

This makes me absolutely CRAVE a Dodie/Cody Fry collab!!

[@marianaponcemercado9258]

This song makes my soul dance🤍🦋

[@waywardcroissant]

So happy this is getting produced

[@sarah_snee]

“still waiting for the countdown, happy new year don’t know; i’m still unclear where’d i go? take a fuckn guess… i’m a hot mess” OOF SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

[@emma-zc1io]

i’ve been watching dodie since they released covers of songs like riptide, and whenever they started to release more official music like 6/10 and in the middle, i wasn’t such a big fan. but now that i’m older and understand the true meaning of the songs, they are so god damn beautiful.

[@0PlaZma0]

Listened to the full release and thought "I stg I binged this song a couple of years ago" Turns out it was 7 months... I guess that's enough time for a relapse! ⏪⏪⏪

[@sage_aurielle]

the 2 years have passed but just punched me in the gut :) this year has also just been me realizing i haven’t moved on. ~~spicy~~

[@sydneymarks9671]

It’s so cool to go back and watch this now that this song is out

[@lucyforest6810]

this song has not left my head since this was posted. everytime i’m having a hard time w mental health this is thr song i turn to. it’s so validating in the fact that we are all hot messes and it is what i listen to everytime i need a reminder that i can get up. i can do it. i can pick up one thing in my room, change out of the clothes i’ve been wearing for days, let myself cry. idk that’s pretty cheesy but that’s how this song makes me feel. so thank you dodie

[@morgoth102]

Aside from the music being beautiful as always, can we talk about how relatable the lyrics are? It's hard to put words on something as new as the pandemic (it still is new!). Isolation, plans changing, growing and breaking, holidays, reunions while at peak of per-day cases. Everything is just so well put it helps untie a knot of unprocessed feelings. Thank you!

[@auggielewandowski5212]

so glad you released this IM SO EXCITED FOR THE EP AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@marinaxlove]

the partner vlog for this song makes me think we're getting an 'A Day in the Life' type string crescendo at the end of the studio version and it's all I have to look forward to in life at the moment. bloody gorgeous song & arrangement! bring on the studio version!

[@kartoffell6134]

Dodie seems like a really really sweet soul.

[@beeveearr]

The melody of "you try driving" makes me feel strong feels, thanks Dodie!

[@akday8324]

"27 still crying in cars" I'm 25 but that shit hits HARD. I share a one bedroom apartment with my mom and sister so my car and the bathroom are my only two places where I can have some privacy and cry 😭

[@bernacarangan]

the way it takes a kind of angry tone at let me let go mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good stuff

[@raspberrytaegi]

monthly songs sound great just remember you never need an excuse to quit! thank you as always for sharing these little bits of you with us i'm really grateful and happy to hear this song bc it sounds really cool and the lyrics definitely help us put certain feelings that are difficult to describe into words

[@banrions]

oof do i feel THIS in my own life right now. i love this monthly song idea thing a lot

[@brifabian9786]

Ok, this is a masterpiece!! Like, the timing of the countdown, the entirety of the lyrics, this is incredible, and honestly makes me feel so much less alone. This year has felt so emotionally chaotic, seemingly without reason? Thank you again, thank you times 10

[@gracie7244]

it breaks my heart to see someone with such a beautiful heart be so sad. But dodie no matter how long any amount of sadness lasts, theres still gonna be so many things to smile things.

[@amritha_r03]

how do you manage to describe my life so perfectly with every song

[@johannaplockl463]

Glad to be a part of this community since 2016. And now finally going to see her in 80 days. Like- how lucky am I right now?

[@lucys9237]

your music has matured lyrically and sonically alongside you, and i feel like most of your original youtube audience has grown up as well. it's beautiful to look back on songs i used to relate to and to see my new perspectives reflected in others.

[@isabelchadwick5636]

I am being deadly serious when I say that I’ve watched this 50 times and it keeps getting better, but I wish that I could go back and watch it for the first time again

[@Amanda80502]

Your music makes me feel alive

[@kenna146]

ive missed your raw emotion and genuine human-ness thank you for making me cry cleansing tears

[@Katherine-fq6zz]

dodie making my depression better one chord at a time

[@giovanap.6708]

Exactly what I needed to intensify my late night sad hours

[@natalieclaire6047]

Already in love with this, every song you make is beautiful dodie

[@madeupname3008]

so insanely moving and beautifulllllll

[@eleanor1427]

i’m so excited to see what else we’re gonna get from dodie this year :D

[@everythingelse9355]

this sounds like a sequel to cool girl in a really cool way