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| artist = [[Sky Ferreira]]
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| album = [[Masochism (album)|Masochism]]
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| genre = [[Chamber pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/sky-ferreira-goes-downhill-into-a-lullaby/|title=Sky Ferreira Goes Downhill into a Lullaby|work=[[V (American magazine)|V]]|last=Li|first=Emma|date=March 27, 2019|accessdate=March 28, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Chamber pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/sky-ferreira-goes-downhill-into-a-lullaby/|title=Sky Ferreira Goes Downhill into a Lullaby|work=[[V (American magazine)|V]]|last=Li|first=Emma|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref>
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* [[trip hop]]<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last=St. Asaph |first=Katherine |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2019 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2019/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=December 9, 2019 |access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
* [[gothic rock]]
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| length = 5:32
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| writer =
| writer = {{hlist|[[Sky Ferreira]]|[[Tamaryn|Tamaryn Brown]]|Jorge Elbrecht}}
| producer = {{hlist|Sky Ferreira|Dean Hurley}}
* Sky Ferreira
* Jorge Elbrecht
* [[Tamaryn|Tamaryn Brown]]
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* Jorge Elbrecht
* Sky Ferreira
| prev_title = [[I Blame Myself]]
| prev_title = [[I Blame Myself]]
| prev_year = 2014
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = [[Don't Forget (Sky Ferreira song)|Don't Forget]]
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"'''Downhill Lullaby'''" is a song by American singer [[Sky Ferreira]], released as the lead single from her upcoming second studio album on March 27, 2019. It is her first original material and single since 2014's "[[I Blame Myself]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sky-ferreira-announces-new-song-downhill-lullaby-coming-next-week/|title=Sky Ferreira Announces New Song 'Downhill Lullaby' Coming Next Week|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Blais-Billie|first=Braudie|date=March 21, 2019|accessdate=March 22, 2019}}</ref>
"'''Downhill Lullaby'''" is a song by American singer [[Sky Ferreira]], released on March 27, 2019, as the lead single from her upcoming second studio album, ''[[Masochism (album)|Masochism]]''. It also was featured on the soundtrack for ''[[Promising Young Woman (soundtrack)|Promising Young Woman]].'' It is her first original material and single since 2014's "[[I Blame Myself]]".''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sky-ferreira-announces-new-song-downhill-lullaby-coming-next-week/|title=Sky Ferreira Announces New Song 'Downhill Lullaby' Coming Next Week|website=Pitchfork|last=Blais-Billie|first=Braudie|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>''


==Background==
==Background==
After various delays for new music spanning several years, Ferreira began hinting at an upcoming album in November 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/03/21/sky-ferreira-announces-new-single-downhill-lullaby-out-next-week|title=Sky Ferreira announces new single 'Downhill Lullaby' out next week|website=[[The Fader]]|last=Hussein|first=Wandera|date=March 21, 2019|accessdate=March 22, 2019}}</ref> In early March 2019, she stated on Twitter that the first song to be released from the album "is not a pop song".<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2036654/sky-ferreira-downhill-lullaby-new-single-next-week/news/|title=Sky Ferreira's New Single 'Downhill Lullaby' Out Next Week|website=[[Stereogum]]|last=Helman|first=Peter|date=March 21, 2019|accessdate=March 22, 2019}}</ref>
After various delays for new music spanning several years, Ferreira began hinting at an upcoming album in November 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/03/21/sky-ferreira-announces-new-single-downhill-lullaby-out-next-week|title=Sky Ferreira announces new single 'Downhill Lullaby' out next week|website=[[The Fader]]|last=Hussein|first=Wandera|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref> In early March 2019, she stated on [[Twitter]] that the first song to be released from the album "is not a [[Pop music|pop]] song".<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2036654/sky-ferreira-downhill-lullaby-new-single-next-week/news/|title=Sky Ferreira's New Single 'Downhill Lullaby' Out Next Week|website=[[Stereogum]]|last=Helman|first=Peter|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>

==Composition==
In writing the track, Ferreira explained that she aimed to capture the sound of "the birds in ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White]]'', singing underwater, while slowly being suffocated by plastic."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/sky-ferreira-downhill-lullaby-masochism-track-review-2467684|title=Darkness rules on Sky Ferreira's cinematic new song 'Downhill Lullaby'|work=[[NME]]|last=Hunt|first=El|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref> The song was described as a "five-and-a-half-minute, [[Goth subculture|goth]]-[[Film noir|noir]], [[Chamber pop|chamber-pop]] piece—with [[String (music)|strings]]!—that could have easily closed an episode of the [[Twin Peaks (season 3)|revived ''Twin Peaks'']]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/sky-ferreira-masochism-interview/|title=Sky Ferreira Returns|website=Pitchfork|last=Dodero|first=Camille|date=March 26, 2019|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>


==Promotion==
==Promotion==
Ferreira posted the cover art and announced the release date in a social media post on March 21, 2019.<ref name="Stereogum"/>
Ferreira posted the cover art and announced the release date in a social media post on March 21, 2019.<ref name="Stereogum"/> She also starred on the first virtual cover of ''[[Pitchfork Magazine]]'' to promote the single and her upcoming album, which has since been delayed.

==Critical reception==
''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} editor Brittany Spanos ranked the song as "Song You Need to Know" describing the song as "one of her finest and most melodramatic performances yet".{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

===Year-end lists===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Publication
!List
!Rank
!Ref
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|''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|100 Best Songs of 2019
|93
|<ref name="pitchfork" />
|}

==Credits and personnel==
Credits adapted from [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/106189587/credits |title=Credits / Downhill Lullaby / Sky Ferreira |website=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>

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* [[Sky Ferreira]] – vocals, production
* Jorge Elbrecht – production, vocal bass, programming
* Rune Kielsgaard – drums
* Lars Lundholm – engineering
* [[Mike Bozzi]] – mastering
* [[Dean Hurley]] – mix engineering
* Ira Grylack – recording engineering
* Matt Neighbor – recording engineering
* Nis Bysted – recording engineering
* Nils Grøndahl – violin
{{Div col end}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


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{{Sky Ferreira}}

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Latest revision as of 04:09, 23 November 2024

"Downhill Lullaby"
Single by Sky Ferreira
from the album Masochism
ReleasedMarch 27, 2019 (2019-03-27)
Genre
Length5:32
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jorge Elbrecht
  • Sky Ferreira
Sky Ferreira singles chronology
"I Blame Myself"
(2014) 		"Downhill Lullaby"
(2019) 		"Don't Forget"
(2022)
Audio video
"Downhill Lullaby" on YouTube

"Downhill Lullaby" is a song by American singer Sky Ferreira, released on March 27, 2019, as the lead single from her upcoming second studio album, Masochism. It also was featured on the soundtrack for Promising Young Woman. It is her first original material and single since 2014's "I Blame Myself".[3]

Background

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After various delays for new music spanning several years, Ferreira began hinting at an upcoming album in November 2018.[4] In early March 2019, she stated on Twitter that the first song to be released from the album "is not a pop song".[5]

Composition

[edit]

In writing the track, Ferreira explained that she aimed to capture the sound of "the birds in Snow White, singing underwater, while slowly being suffocated by plastic."[6] The song was described as a "five-and-a-half-minute, goth-noir, chamber-pop piece—with strings!—that could have easily closed an episode of the revived Twin Peaks."[7]

Promotion

[edit]

Ferreira posted the cover art and announced the release date in a social media post on March 21, 2019.[5] She also starred on the first virtual cover of Pitchfork Magazine to promote the single and her upcoming album, which has since been delayed.

Critical reception

[edit]

Rolling Stone's editor Brittany Spanos ranked the song as "Song You Need to Know" describing the song as "one of her finest and most melodramatic performances yet".[citation needed]

Year-end lists

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Publication List Rank Ref
Pitchfork 100 Best Songs of 2019 93 [2]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[8]

  • Sky Ferreira – vocals, production
  • Jorge Elbrecht – production, vocal bass, programming
  • Rune Kielsgaard – drums
  • Lars Lundholm – engineering
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Dean Hurley – mix engineering
  • Ira Grylack – recording engineering
  • Matt Neighbor – recording engineering
  • Nis Bysted – recording engineering
  • Nils Grøndahl – violin

References

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  1. ^ Li, Emma (March 27, 2019). "Sky Ferreira Goes Downhill into a Lullaby". V. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. ^ a b St. Asaph, Katherine (December 9, 2019). "The 100 Best Songs of 2019". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Blais-Billie, Braudie (March 21, 2019). "Sky Ferreira Announces New Song 'Downhill Lullaby' Coming Next Week". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Hussein, Wandera (March 21, 2019). "Sky Ferreira announces new single 'Downhill Lullaby' out next week". The Fader. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Helman, Peter (March 21, 2019). "Sky Ferreira's New Single 'Downhill Lullaby' Out Next Week". Stereogum. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  6. ^ Hunt, El (March 27, 2019). "Darkness rules on Sky Ferreira's cinematic new song 'Downhill Lullaby'". NME. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  7. ^ Dodero, Camille (March 26, 2019). "Sky Ferreira Returns". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  8. ^ "Credits / Downhill Lullaby / Sky Ferreira". Tidal. Retrieved February 20, 2021.


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