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Lucia Sandoval

Pink Hair Tie

Her grandmother sang ranchera in cantinas; she sings the same songs to different rooms

vex on it

the run

Honest use case: women who are over it and ready to move on, looking for an anthem of catharsis

Exhibit:I burned your letters on the grill / The smoke went up just like a prayer

style

  • indie ranchera
  • mariachi influence
  • trumpet
  • acoustic guitar
  • female alto
  • powerful and bruised
  • modern indie production
  • dramatic
  • latin american spanish accent
  • furious

the numbers

bpm
99
key
A minor
energy
0.70
dance
0.94
valence
0.56
vocal at
3.0s
length
3:27
words
225
clichés
0
language
Sp

most sung: “bien” ×36 · “que” ×13 · “vaya” ×13

shared with the crate: 35 other songs use “rain” · 15 other songs use “road” · 71 other songs use “night” · 12 other songs use “smoke”

lyrics

(a bottle set down hard on wood)
Mentiroso... sing it with me, girls.

Your jacket's hanging on my fence
Right where I threw it Friday night
The rain can keep the evidence
It smells like her. I smell alright.
(¡dile! ¡dile!)

You want to talk? Talk to the road
(the road, the road)
I sing louder than you lie

¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
(¡y no vuelvas!)
Good luck, baby — good riddance, amén
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!

A pink hair tie on your gearshift
I've worn black since seventeen
You lied so smooth, you lied so swift
Cariño, I know what I've seen
(mentiroso)

¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
(¡y no vuelvas!)
Good luck, baby — good riddance, amén
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!

I burned your letters on the grill
The smoke went up just like a prayer
(amén)
Not one word of it for you
(not one, not one)

(¡grito largo!)
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
(¡y no vuelvas!)
Good luck, baby — good riddance, amén
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!
¡Que te vaya bien, bien, bien!

(que te vaya... bye, baby)
(the gate clicks shut behind you)