Halle made her way to Genius to break down her song “bite your lip.” The multi-talented artist lets us into her world a bit, sharing why she’s all about passion, how she’s learning to tune out the noise, the relief that washed over her once the song was finally done, and more!
If you want to hear more of the sultry Dem Jointz, produced track it is off her new album love? …or something like it!
00:00Bite Your Lip represents so many different feelings of vulnerability, of this achingness,
00:07this heartbreak that's not really a heartbreak because it's not yet, and this hopefulness
00:11that you just are holding on to.
00:20It was really beautiful because me and Ray came up with these sort of dark, grungy chords
00:27that we felt could hold the lyrics, what we were talking about.
00:30What does it feel like when it gets really hard, but there's still like a twinkle of hope.
00:35I personally, I love listening to songs that take me on a journey that like build and like
00:41at the end of the song, I'm crying and like, I love that feeling when you get chills.
00:45It's kind of really sexy and fun to start off quiet and then like build up.
00:57It's two people that are misunderstanding each other.
01:12It's almost kind of the feeling of like tape being over your mouth and you're like trying
01:17to get it out, but you don't know how.
01:19I really wanted to make that clear that like that pain, that angst, but wanting to get it
01:24out was very important to paint the picture, I guess, to start off the story.
01:47It was very important for me to speak about how I don't want to lose myself in you and trying to
01:53make this work because I think that's something that's relatable to all of us who have been
01:58in relationships.
01:59Sometimes you pour too much of yourself and you kind of lose your way.
02:03You kind of lose what you were happy about yourself and need to pour some of that love
02:08into you and like feed yourself.
02:23I feel like you can see it.
02:52Like when you say, don't bite your lip, bite mine.
02:55Like you could see that you're saying, okay, just kiss me.
02:58Like, let's get this over with.
02:59Just kiss me, bite my lip.
03:01Don't sign off, sign in.
03:03Don't hold back because I need those arms.
03:05Like I need those arms to hold me.
03:07Like I think it's kind of really self-explanatory.
03:10It's just like, don't give up yet.
03:12Like we're, we're on like the teetering line, but we can reel this back in.
03:17We can do it.
03:18And yeah, I really like the images that those lyrics create because you can see it.
03:23And that's my favorite type of song.
03:24And you can see like the story along the way.
03:28You don't have to be so, so tough all the time.
03:39You know this woman here loves you so much, but she can't read your mind.
03:46Whenever you are communicating, like in a relationship sometimes for the other person
03:52to hear you, you have to like tell them the good things about themselves so that they can
03:57kind of let their guard down to understand what you're saying.
04:01Like it's very maternal.
04:02Like you don't have to be so tough all the time.
04:04Like this woman here loves you so much.
04:06She can't read your mind.
04:07Like it's coming from a very soft approach,
04:11like using honey to get what you want in a way.
04:14I'm really big on passion.
04:36Like I'm a super passionate person.
04:38I want to, I love doing that instead of like the silent approach of walking away.
04:42Sometimes you just, you need to just get in each other's faces and tell each other how you feel.
04:48And that's where a lot of healing can happen.
04:51Yeah.
04:51That passion.
04:52Sometimes when you are, when you're so deep in something, you have to kind of like block out whatever noise that you hear.
05:18It's not going to make sense to some people and it's your right.
05:21It's your flow.
05:22It's your journey that you're supposed to go through.
05:24And when you come out of that, the art that you create is like what's amazing from it.
05:30And sometimes you just got to let people go through their own journey and like watch them and then see how they kind of become a butterfly at the end of it.
05:37That was what the kind of last line was about was kind of blocking out the noise because in this industry, being young, a black creative, it's like, that's something that you have to deal with on a regular basis.
05:49And I think as I grow in my career, I'm learning which things to listen to, which things to not.
05:55It's just a special, a special journey to go on and learn about yourself and life.
06:01And it adds fuel to your creativity and it's all worthwhile in the end, basically.
06:06Oh, but I swear that I'm yours forever, as long as you're mine.
06:18Don't let the fuck shit persuade us to give up.
06:29Don't let the fuck shit persuade us to give up.
06:39Like don't let the noise persuade us to give up.
06:42I feel like sometimes when you have something really special, you're just supposed to like protect it.
06:47That's why now in my life, I'm moving forward and like, I don't tell anybody about anything that's like super special to me now.
06:54I'm like, it's mine.
06:55I'm protecting it.
06:55It's amazing.
06:56And you have to find ways to protect your sanity and the things that are special to you and personal to you.
07:02Sometimes being artists, it's like people think that you owe them every part of your life.
07:07And it's like, well, I owe you some of it.
07:08You can listen to it in the album.
07:10But other than that, nah.
07:14Whenever you make something that's very honest to you and vulnerable and special,
07:19you feel a sense of relief.
07:21You're letting it go.
07:22That's your way of healing.
07:23It's your way of therapy.
07:25And you would hope that it meets the right people.
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