Artist(s): Ellie-Grace Summers
Title: Figure It Out
Genre(s): Country, Pop
Length: 3:01
Writer: E.G Summers, C. Hudson
Producer: Preeti, Ellie-Grace Summers
Label: Studio 60
From The Album: MANTRA
Figure It Out is a song by American singer-songwriter Ellie-Grace Summers. The song was released worldwide on September 14th 2020 and serves as the third single from Summers' long-awaited third studio album, MANTRA. The album is finally set to be released in fall 2020, marking 8 years since her last studio effort. The single follows 6 months on from the release of "Monday's Love" which became another top 5 hit for Summers in the spring. Production of the song was handled by Preeti and Ellie-Grace. "Figure It Out" was written by Ellie-Grace alongside Christopher Hudson in a 2018 creative session. Like the previous releases from MANTRA, "Figure It Out" sees Ellie-Grace incorporate "pop" sounds and melodies into her work while remaining rooted in country. "Figure It Out" has been noted for its more "traditional" styling, drawing comparisons to her earlier work, dropping the disco crossover elements heard in her last two releases for rockier, more country leaning production and delivery. The song details the struggles of being a role model and person in the spotlight while also dealing with the aftermath of a bad break-up. Summers finds herself putting on a brave face and pretending to be the strong image everyone has of her in their head while simultaneously suffering an identity crisis behind closed doors.
The song was written in 2018 with acclaimed singer-songwriter Christopher Hudson in one of the many writing sessions for the often delayed MANTRA record. With Ellie-Grace and many artists on the Studio 60 roster not being able to officially release music due to financial trouble at the label, the track remained unreleased for two years. Over that time, Summers re-worked "Figure It Out" several times over while remaining adamant that the track would appear on the album in some form or another. A personal favourite of Summers', "Figure It Out" was one of few songs never to be switched out for one of the other 100+ recordings for the MANTRA record when creating multiple incarnations of the track listing.
FIGURE IT OUTLast they heard, I was Miss American Dream
They don't know how I cry myself to sleep
Thoughts run wild as I turn in the sheets
Struggling to count all those dirty little sheep
Real International Women of Mystery
'Cause I'm just that clueless when it comes to me
Thought I was the one with the treasure trove
But he hit the jackpot and I was the gold
Enraptured and wrapped in the webs you wove
Now it's all fell apart, don't know where to go
Don't ask, don't tell
I'm busy painting on a smile
Oh sure, it's Hell
But I can't let them see me spiral
Yeah, I'm so tired of being overestimated
This tower of strength just can't take it
But someway, somehow, I guess I'll go and figure it out
Guess I'll go and figure it out
God, help me figure it out Flash of pearly teeth to hide the agony
You linger deep, touching nerves like a cavity
Trying to play it straight but I'm defying gravity
Head full of stars, my mind's reached capacity
Should suck it up and post about "the new me"
But I look in the mirror and wonder "who the hell is she?!"
Thought I was the one with the treasure trove
But he hit the jackpot and I was the gold
Enraptured and wrapped in the webs you wove
Now it's all fell apart, don't know where to go
Don't ask, don't tell
I'm busy painting on a smile
Oh sure, it's Hell
But I can't let them see me spiral
Yeah, I'm so tired of being overestimated
This tower of strength just can't take it
But someway, somehow, I guess I'll go and figure it out
Guess I'll go and figure it out
God, help me figure it out Am I on the right track?
Can I get there any faster?
Give me that instant grat
Tell me that magical mantra
Feel like my cards are stacked
Wrong move and comes down in disaster
One puzzle I just can't figure out
Don't ask, don't tell
I'm busy painting on a smile
Oh sure, it's Hell
But I can't let them see me spiral
Yeah, I'm so tired of being overestimated
This tower of strength just can't take it
But someway, somehow, I guess I'll go and figure it out
Guess I'll go and figure it out
God, help me figure it out Am I on the right track?
Can I get there any faster?
Give me that instant grat
Tell me that magical mantra
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