Title: Selfish
Genre(s): Pop, R&B, Avant-pop, Electropop
Length: 3:21
Label: La Familia
Written By: Amy-Jayne
Produced By: Kyle Shearer, Chris Lyon
Taken From The Album: Evolution

”Selfish” is the third single to be lifted from Amy-Jayne’s third studio album ”Evolution”, the single is the follow up to her hugely successful single ”Drove Me Cry” which gave Amy her third #1 single. ”Selfish” is set for release on March 21st 2024 through La Familia. The track was written by the 33-year-old herself with production being handled by Kyle Shearer and Chris Lyon. The track has a total runtime of three minutes and twenty-one seconds.

The track sees Amy back into the more pop realm but overall still remains in the rock/alternative territory that her previous singles from this era have had. The track discusses being selfish in a relationship but takes it from both sides of the relationship, being that both Amy and her significant other are both being selfish within the relationship, but ultimately leads to Amy thinking that the relationship ultimately is toxic and is not worth fighting for.

Unlike her previous single ”Selfish” has received positive reviews from music critics with many stated that this song is a return to form for the single despite her previous single still topping the charts Emma Barton of NME wrote in her review. “Ok this is much more an Amy track than her last single it's just poppy enough to feel like an Amy track and honestly the melody of this track is fire!” Ben McAdams of digitally wrote in his review which he gave the track a 9/10. “Honestly when her last single hit #1 I was super surprised but it shows she has got one heck of a fan base, this track however definitely has a much more radio friendly sound and my god has she come to slay with this one, from the lyrics to the production this is just too notch.” Erika Maxwell of Idolitor wrote on her review. “Okay this isn't another #1 single I am gonna riot because this track totally deserve to be a #1 hit, this is funky despite the lyrical content and that's what Amy has become known for during this era, honestly this is her best era of her career and that's a feat in itself considering she's now over a decade into her career, this is pop/alternative perfection I am so here for it.” Damien Ross wrote in his 8/10 review. “Damn this era is exploring so many different genres and sounds I am worried this album which these singles have been released from is gonna be a complete clusterfuck, but “Selfish” should have totally have been the lead single because this track is everything and more from from the lyrics to the melody right the way down to her vocal delivery it's just perfection, will it confuse some of her new found fans after her metal infused previous single maybe, but old school Amy fans are gonna eat this up!”



Selfish

We fell in deep, deeper than the ocean,
We rise in sky, higher than the atmosphere,
Our loves ruin, faster than a bullet,
Our mind blank, darker than the night,
You know what we do when we hold hands,
Only the hands hold but not our hearts,

We know what we always sadly do
We torturing us thats what we do
We wants to seperate yes we do

Am I selfish for wanting me time?
Am I selfish for loving me more?
Am I selfish for trying to fix us?
Are you selfish for wanting your time?
Are you selfish for loving me less?
Are you selfish for saying you're lonely?
Guess we both selfish

We float on water, lighter than air,
We fought on the daily, harder than the rain
We lost forever, longer than the Zelda
You know what can we do to survive this,
To survive we need to look at our credentials

We know what we always sadly do
We torturing us thats what we do
We want to seperate yes we do

Am I selfish for wanting me time?
Am I selfish for loving me more?
Am I selfish for trying to fix us?
Are you selfish for wanting your time?
Are you selfish for loving me less?
Are you selfish for saying you're lonely?
Guess we both selfish, yuh

So why we're leavin? There's gotta be a reason
So why we're quitting? There's gotta be evidence
You are the fire and I am the gasoline,
We're clearly, not meant together

Am I selfish for wanting me time?
Am I selfish for loving me more?
Am I selfish for trying to fix us?
Are you selfish for wanting your time?
Are you selfish for loving me less?
Are you selfish for saying you're lonely?
So who's the selfish, is it one of us?! (yuh, yuh)
So who's the wrong one, is it you or me?! (hm, hm)
No the selfish is the one who is selfish,
We both just trapped by thought that's called selfish

Sel - sel - selfish
Sel - sel - selfish
Sel - sel - selfish
Selfish does not define us,
But what we does define selfish

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Layla: Omgggg I absolutely love this, girl!! Really captures the feeling of a breakdown in a relationship when all the questions start whirring around in your brain and you have to take a step back to really see things for what they are and weigh up your options. Sometimes you gotta be a little "selfish" and focus on yourself for your own good. Love it, Amy!