Come Out and Play

Album: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go (Japanese Edition) (2018)
Charted: 47 69
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Songfacts®:

  • This acoustic ode to being fully and unapologetically yourself was written for Apple's "Holiday - Share Your Gifts" 2018 Christmas campaign.

    And I know it makes you nervous
    But I promise you, it's worth it
    To show 'em everything you kept inside
    Don't hide, don't hide
    Too shy to say, but I hope you stay
    Don't hide away
    Come out and play


    The heartfelt lullaby soundtracks Apple's touching animated ad, in which a woman is afraid of show off her creativity to the world.
  • Billie Eilish wrote the song with her producer and brother Finneas while watching an early draft of the commercial.

Comments: 1

  • Piper from San FranciscoI have been locked inside for 18 months for covid and this song speaks to my struggles to break free, come out and play, with powerful lyrics like " wash the mold off your parts, lock yourself in a room with warm farts" this is the most uplifting words a youth can hear in this world, the odors the emanate from unwashed laundry define the commercials for tide pods
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