| "Chaotic" track listing | |
| "Feeling Something Bad..." is track number 4. | |
| Previous Track "Over Breakfast" |
Next Track "Heaven" |
| "Chaotic (Live)" track listing | |
| "Feeling Something Bad... (Live)" is track number 2. | |
| Previous Track "Intro (Live)" |
Next Track "Take Me to Safety (Live)" |
"Feeling Something Bad...", alternately stylized as "Feeling Something Bad", is the second single from Ellise's debut studio album, Chaotic, released with a music video on March 12th, 2021. There is merchandise available for this song.
A live version of the song is featured on Chaotic (Live), which was released on September 10th, 2021.
Song Leakage[]
- January 10th, 2020 - A snippet is posted on Ellise's Twitter, showing a section of an earlier version of the song, 40 seconds in.[3]
- March 31st, 2020 - A snippet is shared by Ellise on her Instagram Live.
- February 25th, 2021 - The original cover art is leaked via Shazam.
- January 4th, 2024 - The song's demo is uncovered from an erroneous release of Chaotic on mp3k.
Background[]
Ellise teased the single. The tweet has since been deleted.
think i might be feeling something bad...🤕
Ellise, via Twitter
Ellise confirmed the song would be on her first studio album on January 27th, 2021, via Discord.[4]
Ellise talked about the song on The Line of Best Fit interview.
The day I made it, I felt like I had a breakthrough with how I make music, it was so different from anything I had made before, and it really pushed me to keep challenging myself throughout the making of the rest of my album.[5]
Ellise, via The Line of Best Fit
Ellise talked about the song on American Songwriter.
For the sound, "Feeling Something Bad" is actually kind of symbolic in a way to me, because the day I made it, I felt like I had a breakthrough with how I make music. It was so different from anything I had made before, and it really pushed me to keep challenging myself throughout the making of the rest of my upcoming album.[6]
Ellise, via American Songwriter
Theme[]
Song[]
‘Feeling Something Bad’ is basically about having a crush on someone where you already know it’s unattainable for whatever the reason. Honestly, this song is about a boy I barely even knew and only hung out with a couple of times. I just love dramatizing little everyday feelings in life, so this is my big dramatic I-have-a-crush-on-you song," she said, in an interview.
Ellise, Via Interview
I wrote it about having a crush on someone who was very much not good for me, and I knew that it wouldn't be good, but you know, when you have feelings for someone, you don't really care about the red flags and all of that, just wanna be with them. So its kinda like that premonition gut feeling of "this is gonna go terribly, but i feel it anyway", which is why it's like feeling something bad, because you know its gonna be bad.
Ellise, Via Interview
Music Video[]
"-- we kinda came up with the visuals for this video by just, like what does that manifest into visually. You're on a lab table, like people are prodding at you, you feel like you aren't in control of yourself and other people are controlling your emotions. You're in a sea of faces, everything gets blurry, like you gave these feeling and they just fucking overtake your whole brain."
Lyrics[]
The song is split into two perspectives represented by the pitch of the voice. Italicized text will represent one perspective.
[Verse 1]
How can I say what I wanna say?
Never learned how to really speak my mind
Let me get a word in, I, guess my brain doesn't think I should try
Count up to ten and play it on rewind
How do I say what I'm tryna say
When I can't even look you in the eye?
[Verse 2]
This is difficult
Wanna be your pretty baby, centerfold
I don't know
I sound delusional
But, when we kissed,
You gave an inch, I took a mile
[Pre-Chorus]
And I see you while I sleep, please don't hate me
If I bring this to the light, am I crazy?
[Chorus]
Think I might be feeling something bad
Do I want it bad enough to ask?
Lately, my obsessions drive me mad
Think I might be feeling something bad
[Verse 3]
Making me sick and my stomach hurts
Grab my hand, I don't wanna let go
Sorry if my cheeks turn red
Blood is pumping, I stare at the floor
Count up to ten and now I want it more
Touch me again and my skin burns
I don't like that I like it, though
[Verse 4]
This is difficult
Let me be your little baby, have it all
Is it wrong?
I sound delusional
But when you kiss me
I envision something beautiful
[Pre-Chorus]
And I see you in my dreams, please don't hate me
If I let the words come out, I'll sound crazy
[Chorus]
Think I might be feeling something bad
Do I want it bad enough to ask?
Lately, my obsessions drive me mad
Think I might be feeling something bad
Think I might be feeling something bad
Do I want it bad enough to ask?
Lately, my obsessions drive me mad
Think I might be feeling something bad
[Outro]
How can I say what I'm tryna say
When I can't even look you in the eye?
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The original title for the behind the scenes video was "feeling something... bts", however this was later fixed.
- This was Ellise's first partnership with Vevo.
- Ellise's voice is pitched in part of the song to represent a different perspective.
- Ellise deleted a lot of tweets relating to Chaotic at some point during January 2021, however the tweet sharing the first snippet of this song was not deleted.
- Before its release, this song was commonly mistitled as "Feeling Something Bad Here U Go" due to the context of the tweet it was originally shared in.
- Ellise responded to an edit of the snippet on Twitter.[7]
- At one point in time, this song was Ellise's favorite songs out of all the songs she has made.[8][9]
- The original cover art leaked on Shazam two weeks before its release.[10]
- Ellise later used a different cover art instead, because she did not like the original one.
- The music video for this song is a continuation of Bubblegum Brain's video.
- "Bubblegum Brain" was considered the "heaven" of the album, whereas "Feeling Something Bad..." was considered the "hell"[11]
- The official visualizer for the song was made private on March 12th, it is unknown why this occurred.
Credits[]
Song
Performed by Ellise
Written by Ellise
Produced by Micah Gordon
Music Video
Director: Joakim Carlsson
Creative Directors: Thiron Colon and Alan Zadeh
Producer: Christopher Lopez
Executive Producers: Ryan Heiferman & SALXCO
Director of Photography: David Vollrath
Production Designer: Rebekka Fellah
Art Director: LEX LEBLANC
Styling: Assad Tyler
Makeup: Teresa Ammons
Hair: Sean Christopher Fears
Nails: Lily Strong
Pit crew: Jacob Johnston, Marc Heller
Editor: Alex Morrison
Color Editor: Sean Henderson
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1215478087938265088
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CMK0PzaHEpU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1215478087938265088
- ↑
- ↑ https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/ellise-feeling-something-bad
- ↑ https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/ellise-feeling-something-bad
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1356386679175536640?s=20
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1369009695298494466?s=20
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1374480878131236867
- ↑
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ellise/status/1358125210352771072
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