Dominic Fike – Ant Pile (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

Dominic Fike teases forthcoming Sunburn album with the release of the “Ant Pile” song. Watch the video, listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the track produced by Henry Kwapis, Jim-E Stack, Julian Cruz, Dominic Fike & Devin Workman.

Back in 2020, Dominic Fike offered up an enticing debut project in the form of What Could Possibly Go Wrong, on which he delivered 14 featureless tracks. Since then, we’ve seen him make his acting debut on season two of HBO’s Euphoria, quickly becoming a fan favourite among household names like Zendaya and Jacob Elordi. Now that he has more free time to pour back into music, the “3 Nights” hitmaker is gearing up to drop his sophomore album, Sunburn.

The singer shared the big news earlier this month, along with confirmation of a July 7 release date. So far he’s given us one single, “Dancing In The Courthouse,” which was followed this New Music Friday (May 26) by another sure-fire hit. Called “Ant Pile,” the latest release finds Fike candidly reflecting on his first love, which definitely came with plenty of awkward moments during his younger years. As Uproxx notes, the forthcoming project is autobiographical in nature, and inspired by his childhood in Florida.

“First grade / Somebody tied you to an ant pile / And that wasn’t even the worst day / Back then you knew I always liked you,” the multi-talent begins his first verse, revealing to listeners that his feelings for the girl in question stretch far back long before he found fame. “Ninth grade / I picked you up before the first date,” the 27-year-old later adds. “You were allergic to your entrée / You couldn’t do pasta.”

Dominic Fike – Ant Pile (prod. Henry Kwapis, Jim-E Stack, Julian Cruz, Dominic Fike & Devin Workman)

7 July 2023
1 Song, 2 minutes
℗ 2023 Sandy Boys, LLC., under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
First grade (First grade)
Somebody tied you to an ant pile (Ant pile)
And that wasn’t even the worst day (Uh-huh)
Back then you knew I always liked you (Uh-huh)
We went to high school (Uh-huh)
And on the first day (First day)
You pushed me up against the brick wall (Brick wall)
You pushed me up against the locker (Locker)
Said let’s get home before your mom does (Uh-huh)
Know what your mom does (Uh-huh)

[Verse 2]
She takes a different lover every day
She threw her wedding ring away
But you still love your mama, don’t you?
Daniella, she smokes so much nowadays
Sometimes the pipe, but mostly Camels (Mostly Camels)
Sometime around eighth grade remember our bodies were changing

[Chorus]
You looked at me different
(In the middle of, in the middle of)
And held me like you missed me
(In the middle of, in the middle of)
We started to feel different
(In the middle of, in the middle of)
And that was when you kissed me
(In the middle of, in the middle of)

[Verse 3]
Ninth grade (Ninth grade)
I picked you up before the first date (First date)
You were allergic to your entrée (Oh-oh)
You couldn’t do pasta (Oh-oh)
And the movie was awful (Oh-oh)
I said, “Let me get a redo
Anywhere you wanna go and you can pick it
I can meet you, like”

[Verse 4]
What’s the worst thing to happen next evening?
The tire burst, the fireworks in the theater
The higher-ups will tell you what you can’t eat
Where you can’t go, how to dress, how to act decent
I’ve seen you fall to pieces
Seen you completely naked
There’s no more ways you can surprise me

[Chorus]
Since you looked at me different
(In the middle of, in the middle of)
And held me like you missed me
(In the middle of, in the middle of)
We started to feel different
(In the middle of, in the middle of)
And that was when you kissed me
(In the middle of, in the middle of, ooh)