| "Prom Dress" | ||||
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| Single by Mxmtoon | ||||
| from the album The Masquerade | ||||
| Released | May 7, 2019 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
| Songwriter | Maia | |||
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| "Prom Dress" on YouTube | ||||
"Prom Dress" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mxmtoon, released on May 7, 2019 as the lead single from her debut studio album The Masquerade (2019). Produced by Mxmtoon and Cavetown, it went viral on the video-sharing app TikTok and became her breakout hit.
The song was based on Mxmtoon's experience with her high school prom. [1] [2] [3] After having dinner with her family at In-N-Out Burger, where she ate a Double-Double burger, she decided to try on her prom dress. When she did not fit in the dress as she expected, she had a panic attack, collapsing on the ground and tearing up. Her mother walked in and asked if she was OK. [1] [2] Mxmtoon felt ugly and thought the prom would be a "disaster". [2] She dealt with emotional situations by talking about it on Twitter to her followers, and tweeted about crying in a prom dress. This inspired her to write the song, which was finished a year later.
Mxmtoon worked remotely with Cavetown on the song from her home in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] Following its release, the song achieved widespread popularity on TikTok, helping her rise to fame. [3]
In the song, Mxmtoon deals with her loneliness, [3] disappointment and social anxiety as a teenager. [4] The story finds her going to prom in her best dress, before realizing that her high expectations will not be fulfilled and crying. [1] [4]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI) [5] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) [6] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||