Kelela - Happy Ending

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KEXP

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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Kelela - "Happy Ending" a 2022 single on Warp

It's been five years since we last heard from L.A.-based artist Kelela. Her 2017 debut LP Take Me Apart was a masterful set of adventurous electro-R&B, and her recent return to music — with the singles “Washed Away” and now, "Happy Ending" — show she hasn't missed a beat during that brief hiatus.

Today's Song of the Day features production by LSDXOXO with additional production from Bambii. Drawing inspiration from "the rapture of a club crush" (as a press release states), it's fitting that the accompanying video (co-directed by Alima Lee and Kelela) captures the Black rave scene in NYC.

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0:00.0	To fall away
0:07.0	To fall away
0:30.0	Always knew I could have got something
0:35.0	And it went right to me
0:45.0	I know you don't
0:49.0	But I won't thank you
0:53.0	I'm all alone
0:56.0	The lights are flashing
1:00.0	You're in the back
1:04.0	I'm my baby
1:07.0	It's only time
1:11.0	We tried it once but
1:15.0	You don't listen
1:19.0	We both know you would not stay
1:26.0	And I won't chase you
1:30.0	And it's not over
1:34.0	I can't see your face
1:40.0	Going to fall away
1:43.0	I'm reading all the lines on the wall
1:47.0	And if you don't run away
1:50.0	Could be a happy ending up through all
1:54.0	Just keep it like a fantasy
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