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2019 single by Celeste

"Foreign"
Strange - Celeste.jpg

Cover for the studio version
Single by Celeste
from the anthology Not Your Muse
Released 4 September 2019
Genre Soul[i]
Length 3:20 (studio version)
4:xv (album version)
5:03 (live version)
Label Polydor
Songwriter(southward)
  • Celeste Waite
  • Stephen Wrabel
  • Jamie Hartman
Producer(southward) Jamie Hartman
Celeste singles chronology
"Coco Blood"
(2019) 		"Foreign"
(2019) 		"Stop This Flame"
(2020)
Music video
"Strange" on YouTube
Audio sample

Audio sample of the song's chorus.

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"Foreign" is a song past British vocalist and songwriter Celeste. The song was released on 4 September 2019 through Both Sides and Polydor Records every bit the lead single from her debut studio album Not Your Muse (2021). Information technology was written past Celeste, Stephen Wrabel, and Jamie Hartman, who also produced the runway.[ii] She released a alive version of the song on 20 September 2019,[3] likewise as the song'south music video in November 2019.[4] The original version has been edited for radio play on the version titled "Strange (Edit)", therefore excluding an extra verse towards the end of the song.

Background and composition [edit]

Celeste premiered the song at the BBC Music Introducing concert at The Lexington in February 2019. She told BBC, "Yous never know how you're gonna feel when you perform something for the first fourth dimension and how people are going to react to it, and I had such a warm response and it seemed like it was a memorable vocal for people in that moment."[five] Celeste told the Evening Standard, "They identified it equally a special vocal."[six]

"Strange" is "a tale of lost friendships and broken relationships".[seven] In the chorus, Celeste ponders: "Isn't it strange? / How people can alter / From strangers to friends / Friends into lovers / And strangers over again" over silky strings and a "haunting and frail" piano tune.[8] [ix] [10] The song was written and recorded in Los Angeles during the 2018 California wildfires. Robin Murray from Clash noted that the damaged areas were "transformed into these hideous conflicting realms which [Waite] began to view [every bit] counterpoints to her own emotional turmoil."[eleven] She told Idolator, "I began to think of all the destruction the fires caused, the loss, the isolation, people finding themselves in a state of affairs where they accept no home, no sense of familiarity,"[9] After hearing Celeste sing "Tried to run into through all the smoke," David Smyth from Evening Standard wrote, "her vox trails off close to silence, equally though she isn't quite sure of the words." Celeste commented on this statement, proverb "It's go ane of my favourite songs I've written, because it allows me to alive in the imperfections of my voice... The air was thick with fume, which is why my vocalization sounds more husky than it is commonly."[six] Modestas Mankus from Our Culture Mag wrote, "Celeste brings us a melancholic mood through a melodious voice and soft ad-like pianoforte."[12]

"Strange" is composed in the cardinal of D major with a tedious tempo of 68 beats per infinitesimal. The song features strings from musician Sebastian Plano.[ii]

Reception [edit]

Modestas Mankus from Our Culture Magazine wrote:[12]

Celeste's ability to explore an event that is then distressing to access her ain past and personal experience of loss showcase a side of Celeste that has been previously visible in her previous work. Celeste has established herself as an artist who tin mould and bring out authenticity and passion with fluency and maturity that not many artists can exercise so apace in their careers,

Idolator ranked the vocal at number 34 on their list of The 75 Best Popular Songs Of 2019.[13] Apple Music also listed it as i of The 100 Best Songs of 2019.[fourteen]

Music video [edit]

The music video for "Strange" was shot in Bulgaria in October 2019,[15] and released on 7 November 2019.[iv] Celeste told Dork that the video "begins at the end and comes full circle, representing the reckless behaviours which tin atomic number 82 you from beingness lovers to strangers."[15] A French lyric video illustrated past Toby Calo was released on Celeste's social media platforms on Christmas Day 2019.[16] [17]

Alive performances [edit]

Celeste made her late night television debut when she performed the song on Subsequently... with Jools Holland in October 2019.[18] [xix] Following her operation of "Foreign" at the 2020 Brit Awards, Celeste saw interest from other big names in the pop music manufacture who attended the ceremony such every bit Billie Eilish,[20] Camilla Cabello,[21] Finneas,[22] and Stormzy.[23] She has also made her American television debut with the vocal on The Belatedly Late Bear witness with James Corden, [24] as well as her French television debut with the song on C à vous.[25]

Uses in other media [edit]

The episode "Make Rebecca Great Over again" of the Apple Boob tube evidence "Ted Lasso" featured "Strange" played over the end credits.[26]

The episode "The Duke and I" of the Netflix show "Bridgerton" featured a classical encompass of "Foreign".[27]

The final episode of the first season of another Netflix show past the proper noun of "Sex/Life", entitled "This Must Be the Place", also featured the vocal.

The song was too used in season 2, episode half dozen entitled "My Druthers" of the popular Netflix serial Outer Banks equally the episode drew to a close. Equally a result, the song received a viral resurgence on TikTok and other social media sites, with more 183.3K videos created on TikTok as of February 21, 2022.[28]

Credits and personnel [edit]

Credits adjusted from Tidal:[2]

  • Celeste Waite: vocals, composer, lyricist
  • Jamie Hartman: producer, lyricist, composer, piano, vocal producer
  • Stephen Wrabel: lyricist, composer
  • Sebastian Plano: strings, cord director
  • Tom Elmhirst: mixer, studio personnel

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

References [edit]

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  3. ^ Strange (Alive) - Single by Celeste, Apple Music, retrieved 23 December 2019
  4. ^ a b Celeste - Foreign (Official Video), YouTube, vii November 2019, retrieved 23 December 2019
  5. ^ Celete is BBC Music Introducing Creative person of the Year 2019. Facebook. BBC Music Introducing. 3 Dec 2019. Event occurs at 4:30. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b Smyth, David (8 November 2019). "Celeste: 'After my father died, I had then much more bulldoze to do music'". Evening Standard . Retrieved 25 Dec 2019. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Arunarsirakul, Alissa (5 September 2019). "Celeste Is the Ascension R&B Songstress Who Highly Values Intimacy in Her Songwriting". Ones To Lookout man . Retrieved 23 December 2019. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  9. ^ a b Wass, Mike (vii November 2019). "New Find: Celeste'due south Hauntingly Beautiful "Strange"". idolator . Retrieved 28 November 2019. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Malachosky, Evan (six September 2019). "Celeste: Strange". Cool Hunting . Retrieved 23 December 2019. {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Murray, Robin (5 September 2019). "Celeste Shares Affecting New Single 'Strange'". Clash . Retrieved 28 November 2019. {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: url-condition (link)
  12. ^ a b Mankus, Modestas (7 September 2019). "Review: Celeste 'Strange'". Our Civilization Mag . Retrieved 23 Dec 2019. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Wass, Mike (xxx Dec 2019). "The 75 Best Pop Songs Of 2019". idolator . Retrieved 10 Apr 2020. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "The 100 Best Songs of 2019". Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via Apple Music.
  15. ^ a b "Watch Celeste'southward new video for 'Strange'". Dork. seven November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Celeste - Foreign (Official French Lyric Video), YouTube, 25 Dec 2019, retrieved 25 December 2019
  17. ^ "Celeste on Instagram: "une nouvelle vidéo lyrique pour étrange en français ~ Joyeux Nöel Analogy & Video by @tobycato"". Instagram. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 Dec 2019. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Celeste: Who is BBC Music Introducing's Artist of the Twelvemonth?". BBC. three Dec 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019. {{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "BBC 2 - Afterwards... Live Tracks, Celeste - Foreign (Later on... With Jools Kingdom of the netherlands)". BBC . Retrieved eight January 2020.
  20. ^ The Official Big Meridian 40 [@BigTop40] (24 Feb 2020). "Then @billieeilish is just every bit large a fan of @celeste's music are nosotros are" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "Camila Cabello Instagram Story: 24 February 2020". Retrieved 29 February 2020. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ FINNEAS [@finneas] (25 February 2020). "Heard this song for the first fourth dimension when performing at the brits and fell in dear with it immediately" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ BRIT Awards [@BRITs] (nineteen February 2020). ""That's a perfect vocal." The moment @stormzy bumped into @celeste backstage at The #BRITs and told her exactly how much he loves 'Strange'" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  25. ^ "C à vous la suite Intégrale : Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan et Celeste". France Télévisions (in French). C à vous. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  26. ^ "Ted Lasso" Make Rebecca Great Again (TV Episode 2020) - IMDb , retrieved 2021-02-27
  27. ^ "Bridgerton Netflix Soundtrack Classical Pop Song Covers , retrieved 2021-03-xix
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