Serotonin (song)

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"Serotonin"
Single by Girl in Red
from the album If I Could Make It Go Quiet
Released3 March 2021 (2021-03-03)
Genre
Length3:02
Label AWAL
Songwriter(s) Marie Ulven
Producer(s)
Girl in Red singles chronology
"Two Queens in a King Sized Bed"
(2021)
"Serotonin"
(2021)
"You Stupid Bitch"
(2021)
Music video
"Serotonin" on YouTube

"Serotonin" is a song by Norwegian indie rock singer-songwriter Girl in Red, released as a single on 3 March 2021 from her debut studio album If I Could Make It Go Quiet (2021). [5]

Contents

Background

Marie Ulven produced the song with Finneas and Matias Tellez. She explained that "Serotonin" is for solving "self-destructive tendencies and mental health struggles through a more expansive soundscape". [6]

Critical reception

Layla Halabian of Nylon felt the song is "a genuine approach to dealing with, well, life, complete with an anthemic hook that make the low points seem a little more bearable." [7]

Music video

The music video was released 29 April 2021. According to a description by Daniel Peters of NME , it features "old home video montage, with Ulven running through fields and riding a car down a highway with red balloons", and the parts of climax is Ulven "flying through a fantastical sequence of a sunrise, Egyptian pyramids, and the default Windows XP wallpaper." [8]

Live performances

In early May 2021, Ulven made her debut on US television, performing the song at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [9] She later performed the song during the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards , broadcast on 14 November 2021.

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Serotonin"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [20] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for "Serotonin"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various3 March 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
AWAL [21]
United States9 March 2021 Alternative radio [22]
13 April 2021 Contemporary hit radio [23]

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