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The story of

Hurt

single / 2024-05-23
dreampop, cover / synths, drums, vocals

While we were working on the song, a random debate about different versions of #Hurt (Nine Inch Nails vs. Johnny Cash vs. everything else) sparked in the office. When we revealed we were working on our own rendition, we ended up playing our (at that time unfinished) track for our colleagues. The moment a guys from nearby office rushed in, frantically Shazaming, we knew we were onto something.

Our interpretation of Hurt takes a synth-based approach with a dream pop base and the trademark vulnerability of &Tilly. The theme is so close to our own musical universe, and we're thrilled with how our Hurt turned out.

""After Johnny Cash reimagined The Nine Inch Nails song Hurt, we didn’t think there was much room left for interpretation… until now." - The Wild Is Calling"

The accompanying video was filmed at the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, lending the song a somber yet fitting vibe that we accentuated with red and blue tones. We hope you can resonate with our take on this legendary song, although part of us hopes you can't - because if you can, it means you've experienced your own share of hurt, too. We also highly recommend visiting the Eastern State Penitentiary if you're ever in Philly. It's a controversial piece of history and architecture that left a huge impression on us.

Artist&lyrics: &Tilly
Writers&Music: &Tilly & Yan Hurd
Music Producer: Yan Hurd
Video: &Tilly

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& lyrics

I hurt myself today
 To see if I still feel
 I focus on the pain
 The only thing that's real
 
 The needle tears a hole
 The old familiar sting
 Try to kill it all away
 But I remember everything
 
 What have I become?
 My sweetest friend
 Everyone I know goes away
 In the end
 
 And you could have it all
 My empire of dirt
 I will let you down
 I will make you hurt
 
 I wear this crown of thorns
 Upon my liar's chair
 Full of broken thoughts
 I cannot repair
 
 Beneath the stains of time
 The feelings disappear
 You are someone else
 And I am still right here
 
 What have I become?
 My Swedish friend
 Everyone I know goes away
 In the end
 
 And you could have it all
 My empire of dirt
 I will let you down
 I will make you hurt
 
 If I could start again
 A million miles away
 I would keep myself
 I would find a way

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