Drugs & the Internet

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"Drugs & the Internet"
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Single by Lauv
from the album How I'm Feeling
ReleasedApril 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
Genre Pop
Length2:58
Label AWAL
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jon Bellion
  • Johnny Simpson
  • Lauv
Lauv singles chronology
"I'm So Tired..."
(2019)
"Drugs & the Internet"
(2019)
"Sad Forever"
(2019)
Music video
"Drugs & the Internet" on YouTube

"Drugs & the Internet" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lauv, released as a single on April 25, 2019. [1] It was the second single for his debut studio album, How I'm Feeling (2020). [2] The song was Lauv's first single since his January 2019 collaboration with Troye Sivan, "I'm So Tired...". [3]

Contents

Background and composition

Speaking of the song, Lauv stated:

I wrote it as a sort of self-analysis for my obsession with the way I wanted present myself to the world. It is as much self-deprecating as it is serious and sad [The song] flew out of me in an hour. It felt more therapeutic than [anything] I’d written before". As the first song off of my album ~how i’m feeling~, it is the perfect entrance into the next phase of my life and music. [4]

Lauv

Lauv wrote the song while he was feeling emptiness and depression. [5] It begins as a piano ballad before breaking into a bass-heavy beat. [1] The song's lyrics discuss self-perception and identity. [4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jenna Marsh. The video features the singer getting sucked into social media, and it has been compared to the British science fiction anthology television series Black Mirror . [1] It was produced by Operator Media and Meaning production.

Track listing

Digital download [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Drugs & the Internet"2:58
CHVRCHES Remix [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Drugs & the Internet" (CHVRCHES Remix)3:53
"Stripped – A One Take Vibe" [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Drugs & the Internet" (Stripped – A One Take Vibe)3:10

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 57
Lithuania (AGATA) [10] 42
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [11] 11
Swedish Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 18
UK Indie (OCC) [13] 17

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