Trip Me Up

by Bryony Williams

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For fans of Marika Hackman, Courtney Barnett and The Big Moon, ‘Trip Me Up’ is a heavenly slice of glistening, nostalgia tinted indie-pop. Bryony’s first new music since her 2020 EP ‘State I’m In’, this new single sees shift both sonically and lyrically for the multifaceted artist.

With a preoccupation with her inward journey through life, Bryony navigates the world with a curious mind and her guitar in hand. As a queer artist, she creates cinematic, sonic, and lyrical worlds that breach the gap between genres in order to resonate with what it means to be human. Her natural gift for telling deeply vulnerable, yet whimsical stories that brim with a hopeful sincerity shines through on this new track.

Speaking of ‘Trip Me Up’, Bryony says, “Originally written back in 2017 whilst watching the cult classic, The Virgin Suicides, on repeat to analyse for my film studies class on my media degree, with this song, I began writing a response to the storyline and themes entangled in the narrative of the film. This response, admittedly, was only the first verse and chorus, and only did the song find its final lyrics in the recording process of the album in 2022.

At the core of Trip Me Up, I essentially wanted to revisit typical old school, prom-like romance we get from films made in the 90s, but with a modern twist. The narrative throughout the track though is through a female lens and shows the frustrations and complications that young love encounters (or at least like it is in the movies) whilst on a journey of reclaiming a sense of self and power in this storyline.”

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This town follows us
1970's classic suburbia
What happened can't be forgotten
Meet me on the roof and watch me jump
Watch me jump

I love to dance, won't you dance with me?
Take my hand and trip me up
I love to dance, won't you dance with me?
Take me by the hand and lead the way
Taken for a fool again
I can't believe, I can't believe

I come to visit and gift you flowers
But you're not in so I decide to eat them
Next our bodies are in conversation
How romantic on your mother's couch
I thought this time would be different
But I guess you've gone ahead and ghosted me
So, I discuss it with my therapist
And she agrees that you're no good for me

I love to dance, won't you dance with me?
Take my hand and trip me up
I love to dance, won't you dance with me?
Take me by the hand and lead the way
Taken for a fool again
I can't believe that you've got up and gone and done it all again to me
I can't believe that you've got up and gone and done it all again to me
Now watch me, watch me, go
Now watch me, watch me, go
Now watch me, watch me, go
Now watch me, watch me, go

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released February 29, 2024
Written, Performed and Released by Bryony Williams.
Recorded and Produced by Matthew Pinfield, Grandflat Recordings.
Mastered by Katie Tavini, Weird Jungle.

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