Have you ever ever beloved a track earlier than you even heard it? That is been the case for a lot of readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones & The Six, an oral historical past of a fictional band that rose to superstardom within the 1970s, then abruptly fell aside because of turmoil behind the scenes. With in-depth backstories and even full lyrics for some, the songs in Reid’s pages have been so near being actual; they only wanted to be heard. Now, they lastly will be, because of Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six collection adaptation and Aurora, a complete, precise album by the titular band. (It is produced by Grammy winner Blake Mills, although actors Riley Keough and Sam Claflin carry out their very own vocals.)
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Songs from the 11-track album will seem all through the collection, which simply debuted right now, however “Have a look at Us Now (Honeycomb)” stands out in first three episodes. Like within the ebook, although Reid’s model is simply referred to as “Honeycomb,” that is the primary track Daisy (Keough) and The Six, led by frontman Billy Dunne (Claflin), work on collectively, which ends up in their game-changing partnership, musical and in any other case. Nonetheless, when she joins the band within the studio, Billy is shocked to be taught she’s altered a few of his lyrics. For instance, she modified the hook from, “I do know we are able to get all of it again,” to “We are able to make an excellent factor unhealthy.” Hey recoils.
In spite of everything, the track comes from a private place for Billy. He is attempting to make proper after abusing medicine, dishonest on his spouse Camila, and spiraling so badly that he missed the beginning of their daughter to verify into rehab. His “Honeycomb” is a vow to his household, and in addition to himself, that he is usually a higher man. Maybe it is even proof that he already is. (Therefore the road, “Have a look at us now.”)
However the music business is difficult to please, and Billy’s lovey-dovey demo bored document executives. Producer Teddy Value knew when Daisy overheard the demo in his workplace that he needed to carry her in to shake issues up. To be clear, she loves the track, however she does not purchase Billy’s plain message. “It is about beginning a brand new life, Daisy, it is about redemption…from letting individuals down,” he tells her as they argue within the recording sales space.
Unconvinced, she presses, “So, you let someone down, proper? And now you are saying the whole lot’s high-quality, take a look at us now, the whole lot’s prior to now…I do not consider it. It does not sound trustworthy and it sounds easy. And I do not know you very properly; you do not appear easy to me.”
So, she complicates the lyrics so as to add some pressure and turbulence to Billy’s very linear narrative. However what he sees is not only a swapping of phrases; it is a disturbance in his journey of therapeutic. Little does he know, Daisy will solely proceed to take over his life from right here, and he’ll do the identical to her.
The ensuing track begins as a mellow rock ballad however picks up velocity, blossoming into rock-pop territory. Guitars go wailing whereas Billy and Daisy belt in crisp harmonies. And truthfully, it is fairly catchy. “Oh, we are able to make an excellent factor unhealthy” has been echoing in my head for a complete week previous to scripting this story.
“Have a look at Us Now (Honeycomb)” was written by Blake Mills, Jason Boesal, Stephony Smith, Jonathan Rice, and Marcus Mumford, which may clarify its folk-rock influences. (Mills himself has collaborated with various artists together with Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes, Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, and Phoebe Bridgers.) Accompanying Keough and Claflin have been Mills and Madison Cunningham on guitar and background vocals; Tyler Chester on electrical piano, organ, and synth; Pino Palladino on bass; Abe Rounds on drums; and Matt Chamberlain on percussion.
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Daisy Jones & The Six – Look At Us Now (Honeycomb) [Official Lyric Video]
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Readers will discover that the lyrics are completely different from these in Reid’s novel. Although she did not write out the total lyrics to “Honeycomb,” characters point out traces within the story, like: “Sooner or later issues will cool down / We’ll decide all of it up and transfer city / We’ll stroll by way of the switchgrass all the way down to the rocks / And the youngsters will come round.” And the chorus, which Daisy modified primarily based on her interpretation, was initially: “Will the life we need look ahead to us? / Will we dwell to see the lights coming off the bay? / Will you maintain me, will you maintain me, will you maintain me till that day?”
The recorded model makes use of much less particular phrasing and focuses extra on the tumult than Billy’s good intentions. As present-day Billy remembers within the collection, “Come to think about it, we by no means did my model.” But it surely’s a formidable track, and it foreshadows his and Daisy’s lengthy and winding saga forward.
Learn the total lyrics under.
I do not know who I’m
child, child, child,
Are you aware who you might be?
Is it out of our arms?
Inform me, inform me, inform me
How we made it this far?
Did we unravel a very long time in the past?
Is there an excessive amount of that we do not need to know?
I want it was simple, nevertheless it is not so
Oh, we may make an excellent factor unhealthy
Oh, we may make an excellent factor unhealthy
Now the place can we stand?
child, child, child,
Nobody is aware of who you might be
And if this was your plan,
Inform me inform me why
You have been crying in the dead of night
We unraved a very long time in the past
We misplaced and we could not let it go
I want it was simple, nevertheless it is not so
so child
Oh, we may make an excellent factor unhealthy
Oh, we may make an excellent factor unhealthy
Oh, we may make an excellent factor unhealthy
Oh, we may make an excellent factor unhealthy
How did we get right here?
How can we get out?
We was one thing to see
However, child, take a look at us now
Child, take a look at us now
This factor we been doing
Ain’t figuring out
Why cannot you simply admit it to me?
Oh child, take a look at us now
Oh child, take a look at us now
Oh child, take a look at us now
Oh child, take a look at us now
Oh child, take a look at us now
How did we get right here?
How can we get out?
This factor we been doing
Ain’t figuring out
Oh,
How did we get right here?
How can we get out?
We was one thing to see
Oh child, take a look at us now
Child, take a look at us now
This factor we been doing
Ain’t figuring out
Why cannot you simply admit it to me?
Child, take a look at us now
Child, take a look at us now
Oh, we may make an excellent factor unhealthy
Oh, we may make an excellent factor unhealthy
Erica Gonzales is the Senior Tradition Editor at ELLE.com, the place she oversees protection on TV, motion pictures, music, books, and extra. She was beforehand an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There’s a 75 p.c probability she’s listening to Lorde proper now.
