​​alt-J – Hard Drive Gold (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

Watch the music video for ​​alt-J’s “Hard Drive Gold” song. The song is the 2022 debut from alt-J. Listen, stream, buy, read the lyrics, mp3 download.

​​alt J Hard Drive Gold

“Hard Drive Gold” is a teenager’s juvenile fantasy of becoming an overnight millionaire by trading cryptocurrency. alt-J describe the song as “tongue-in-cheek”.

The track dropped as the third single leading up to the release of The Dream. In keeping with the band’s tradition of using music videos to create and showcase short films instead of replicating tired “indie band music video tropes”. This time, however, instead of giving the project to a director, lead singer Joe Newman directed the video with his partner, who previously choreographed the band’s video for “Deadcrush”. The short tells the story of an athlete who, with the help of her late mother, uses her last four minutes alive to nail a pole vault jump.

​​alt-J – Hard Drive Gold

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Lyrics

[Chorus]
Gimme that gold
Straight into my hard drive
Gimme that gold
Straight into my hard drive, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]
I’m fifteen in my garden skipping
My neighbor Sue is watching me from her window
Oh, mama, did you tell Sue I’m a millionaire now, baby?
Trading that crypto
Oh yeah? No?

[Chorus]
Gimme that gold
Gimme that fire!
Gimme that gold
Gimme the fire! (Hot)

[Verse 2]
Crying on a stranger is so very soothing
I’m outside my school
My teacher took me to one side and told me I was (scum)
I left then Googled “neoliberal”

[Refrain]
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money

[Chorus]
Straight into my hard drive
Gimme that gold
Straight into my hard drive, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]
Non-shatter ruler, put it on the table and go “brrrrrrr”
Watch it shatter
Clearly must talk to Neo with the Audi
The next morning he shouts from his door

[Refrain]
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money

[Refrain]
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money, boy
Don’t be afraid to make, to make money

[Chorus]
Gimme that gold
Straight into my hard drive
Gimme that gold
Straight into my hard drive, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah