Pretty Slowly

Album: single release only (2024)
Charted: 43 86
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Songfacts®:

  • "Pretty Slowly" feels like a gentle tug on a loose thread, only to realize too late that it's unraveling an entire sweater. Throughout the song, Benson Boone details the slow-motion calamity of a love story coming undone. "Oh, how come all the best things fall apart?" he ponders as he delves into the breakup.
  • The song's structure mirrors the relationship's decline, moving from a hopeful beginning to a heart-wrenching end. The stripped-back bridge, featuring only guitar and vocals, creates a moment of raw vulnerability as Boone lays bare the fractured souls of two lost lovers.
  • Boone wrote the folk-rocker with producer Evan Blair and Jack LaFrantz. The same trio also penned his smash hit single "Beautiful Things." The two songs represent opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. "Beautiful Things" is a beacon of hope, while "Pretty Slowly" is a poignant exploration of heartbreak.
  • The music video comprises footage from Boone's Fireworks & Rollerblades World Tour.

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