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"Not So Bad In LA" is the second track and second single from Allie X's third mini-album release, SUPER SUNSET. It was released on July 13, 2018, getting a music video treatment a month later, on August 9, 2018.

Background[]

This song is attributed to the Hollywood Starlet. It looks at the state of the music industry and the everyday life of Hollywood residents through a satirical lens.

Allie wrote the song after flying back to Los Angeles. As she was driving, she started reflecting about the glamorous lifestyle of LA and her personal relationship with the city.

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It does represent that quality of life that everybody talks about in that city, and it is very easy in some ways and it is very glamorous in some ways and, for me at least, and I know for some other people, it's just a huge sorta mental battle being there and not really knowing who to trust and feeling like you're always hustling.

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Music Video[]

The music video for "Not So Bad In LA" was posted on Allie X' channel on August 9, 2018. It shows the Hollywood Starlet character from SUPER SUNSET with different looks. The video starts with the "Super Sunset Intro" from the EP.

Lyrics[]

[Verse]
In a city that lives while its bright stars die
And you start to get old when you turn 25
Where else can you go when you got that drive?
And everybody says when they arrive

[Chorus]
It's not so bad in LA
The parking's cheap and valet
Those blue skies day after day
It's not so bad in LA
Backyard got two lemon trees
Ten grams at the dispensary
Angels all left, but we'll stay
It's not so bad in LA
LA (La la, la la, la la)

[Verse]
And the ghosts of the nineties walk the streets
And the Venice girls smile with the whites of their teeth
All licking their lips for a quick fifteen
Your appetite fades but you're still starving

[Chorus]
It's not so bad in LA
The parking's cheap and valet
Those blue skies day after day
It's not so bad in LA
Backyard got two lemon trees
Ten grams at the dispensary
Angels all left, but we'll stay
It's not so bad in LA (LA)

It's not so bad in LA
The parking's cheap and valet
Those blue skies day after day
It's not so bad in LA
Backyard got two lemon trees
Ten grams at the dispensary
Angels all left, but we'll stay
It's not so bad in LA
LA (Ah, la la, la la, la la)

[Outro]
Two lemon trees
Ten grams at the dispensary
Angels all left, but we'll stay
It's not so bad in LA (LA)
I've been thinking so big
I think I need to lie down
I've been thinking so big
I think I need to lie down

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Allie X – Not So Bad in LA

Trivia[]

  • There is an analog version of this song as well on YouTube. [1]
  • The single version is slightly different in sound compared to the music video and album version.
  • Not So Bad In LA is represented through the Starlet persona.

References[]

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