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	\| name = Messy		\| name = Messy
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	\| artist = ]		\| artist = ]
	\| album = This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway		\| album = This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway
	\| released = ~~May~~ 30~~, 2024~~		\| released = {{start date\|2024\|5\|30\|df=y}}
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	\| length = 4:44		\| length = 4:44
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	"'''Messy'''" is a song by English singer ], released on ~~May~~ 30, 2024 as the sixth single from her second studio album ''This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway'' (2024). It went viral on the video-sharing app ] and became her first charting song.		"'''Messy'''" is a song by English singer ], released on 30 May 2024 as the sixth single from her second studio album ''This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway'' (2024). It went viral on the video-sharing app ] and became her first charting song.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	<blockquote>"Messy" is an ] anthem, it really showcases everything I felt during my last relationship, but also it is deeper than that, as it talks about how I feel about myself in general — being too messy one day and too clean another, struggling to find that balance in myself.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Miller \|first1=Eythana \|title=Lola Young - A Londoner and Her Lyrics \|url=https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/lola-young \|website=Metal Magazine \|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>"Messy" is an ] anthem, it really showcases everything I felt during my last relationship, but also it is deeper than that, as it talks about how I feel about myself in general — being too messy one day and too clean another, struggling to find that balance in myself.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Miller \|first1=Eythana \|title=Lola Young - A Londoner and Her Lyrics \|url=https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/lola-young \|website=Metal Magazine \|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref></blockquote>

	In an interview with ''Atwood Magazine'', Lola Young said that "Messy" had her favorite lyrics in ''This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway'' and she considered them some of her best.he also described, "It's raw, honest, and encapsulates a lot of the themes of the album. It's about embracing imperfections and finding strength in who I am, scatty or not ]."<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Mosk \|first1=Mitch \|title=“Finding my voice has been a journey of resilience”: Lola Young Is Raw, Honest, Unapologetic, & Messy – and We Wouldn’t Have Her Any Other Way \|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/lymw-lola-young-this-wasnt-meant-for-you-anyway-album-interview-music-feature/ \|website=Atwood Magazine \|access-date=20 December 2024 \|date=October ~~24,~~ 2024}}</ref>		In an interview with ''Atwood Magazine'', Lola Young said that "Messy" had her favorite lyrics in ''This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway'' and she considered them some of her best. She also described, "It's raw, honest, and encapsulates a lot of the themes of the album. It's about embracing imperfections and finding strength in who I am, scatty or not ]."<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Mosk \|first1=Mitch \|title=“Finding my voice has been a journey of resilience”: Lola Young Is Raw, Honest, Unapologetic, & Messy – and We Wouldn’t Have Her Any Other Way \|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/lymw-lola-young-this-wasnt-meant-for-you-anyway-album-interview-music-feature/ \|website=Atwood Magazine \|access-date=20 December 2024 \|date=24 October 2024}}</ref>

	==Composition==		==Composition==
	"Messy" is a ] song.<ref name="BB">{{cite web \|last1=Denis \|first1=Kyle \|last2=Lipshutz \|first2=Jason \|last3=Unterberger \|first3=Andrew \|title=Lola Young Scores the Year’s Last (?) Big Viral Hit \|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lola-young-messy-trending-up-tiktok-viral-hit-1235861154/ \|website=] \|access-date=20 December 2024 \|date=December ~~18,~~ 2024}}</ref> It finds Lola Young in an increasingly angry vocal tone, as she directs sharp criticism toward a lover for certain expectations imposed on her.<ref name="Atwood">{{cite web \|last1=Denney \|first1=Brian \|title=Today’s Song: Lola Young’s Fresh New Single “Messy” Isn’t for You. Perhaps ~~That’s~~ What Makes It So Irresistible \|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/messy-lola-young-song-review/ \|website=Atwood Magazine \|access-date=20 December 2024 \|date=June ~~21,~~ 2024}}</ref>		"Messy" is a ] song.<ref name="BB">{{cite web \|last1=Denis \|first1=Kyle \|last2=Lipshutz \|first2=Jason \|last3=Unterberger \|first3=Andrew \|title=Lola Young Scores the Year’s Last (?) Big Viral Hit \|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lola-young-messy-trending-up-tiktok-viral-hit-1235861154/ \|website=] \|access-date=20 December 2024 \|date=18 December 2024}}</ref> It finds Lola Young in an increasingly angry vocal tone, as she directs sharp criticism toward a lover for certain expectations imposed on her.<ref name="Atwood">{{cite web \|last1=Denney \|first1=Brian \|title=Today’s Song: Lola Young’s Fresh New Single “Messy” Isn’t for You. Perhaps That's What Makes It So Irresistible \|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/messy-lola-young-song-review/ \|website=Atwood Magazine \|access-date=20 December 2024 \|date=21 June 2024}}</ref>

	==Critical reception==		==Critical reception==
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	==Promotion==		==Promotion==
	On ~~November~~ 28, 2024, social media personalities ] and ] posted a clip on TikTok of them dancing to the song, with moves including ]s and a "half-]". It led to the song gaining significant popularity, skyrocketing to 3.9 million official on-demand streams in the United States (according to ])<ref name="BB" /> and being used in over 250,000 videos on TikTok, including one by ] of her ]ing to the song.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Phillip \|first1=Riann \|title=“It’s A Big ‘Messy’ Moment, Innit?”: Lola Young Spills On Her Viral Gen-Z Anthem, Staying Grounded & That Sofia Richie Grainge Dance \|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/lola-young-messy-interview \|website=] \|access-date=20 December 2024 \|date=13 December 2024}}</ref>		On 28 November 2024 social media personalities ] and ] posted a clip on TikTok of them dancing to the song, with moves including ]s and a "half-]". It led to the song gaining significant popularity, skyrocketing to 3.9 million official on-demand streams in the United States (according to ])<ref name="BB" /> and being used in over 250,000 videos on TikTok, including one by ] of her ]ing to the song.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Phillip \|first1=Riann \|title=“It’s A Big ‘Messy’ Moment, Innit?”: Lola Young Spills On Her Viral Gen-Z Anthem, Staying Grounded & That Sofia Richie Grainge Dance \|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/lola-young-messy-interview \|website=] \|access-date=20 December 2024 \|date=13 December 2024}}</ref>

	==Charts==		==Charts==
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	! scope="row"\| Australia (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2024-12-16\|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart\|publisher=]\|date=16 December 2024\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>		! scope="row"\| Australia (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2024-12-23\|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart\|publisher=]\|date=23 December 2024\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/christmas-creeps-into-the-top-20\|title=Christmas creeps into the top 20\|publisher=]\|date=20 December 2024\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
	\| 18		\| 6
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		⚫	{{single chart\|Flanders\|32\|artist=Lola Young\|song=Messy\|rowheader=true\|access-date=22 December 2024}}
⚫	! scope="row"\| ~~Canada~~ (])<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/~~canadian-~~hot-100/2024-12-21/\|title=''Billboard'' ~~Canadian~~ Hot 100: Week of December 21, 2024\|magazine=]\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
⚫	\| 52
	\|-		\|-
	! scope="row"\| ] ('']'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/~~billboard~~-~~global~~-~~200~~/2024-12-21/\|title=''Billboard'' ~~Global~~ ~~200~~: Week of December 21, 2024\|magazine=]\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>		! scope="row"\| Canada (])<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2024-12-28/\|title=''Billboard'' Canadian Hot 100: Week of December 28, 2024\|magazine=]\|access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref>
	\| 62		\| 43
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Germany\|68\|songid=2458271\|artist=Lola Young\|song=Messy\|rowheader=true\|access-date=20 December 2024}}
⚫	! scope="row"\| New Zealand (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2024-12-20\|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart\|publisher=]\|date=~~December~~ 20, 2024\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
			\|-
		⚫	! scope="row"\| ] ('']'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2024-12-28/\|title=''Billboard'' Global 200: Week of December 28, 2024\|magazine=]\|access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref>
		⚫	\| 33
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Ireland4\|3\|date=20241220\|rowheader=true\|access-date=20 December 2024}}
			\|-
			! scope="row"\| Lithuania (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s51-3/\|title=2024 51-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)\|publisher=]\|language=lt\|date=20 December 2024\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
		⚫	\| 25
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Dutch40\|24\|year=2024\|week=52\|rowheader=true\|access-date=28 December 2024}}
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Dutch100\|45\|artist=Lola Young\|song=Messy\|rowheader=true\|access-date=21 December 2024}}
			\|-
		⚫	! scope="row"\| New Zealand (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2024-12-20\|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart\|publisher=]\|date=20 December 2024\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
	\| 8		\| 8
	\|-		\|-
	! scope="row"\| ~~Sweden~~ (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://~~www~~.~~sverigetopplistan.se~~/~~chart~~/~~41?dspy=~~2024~~&dspp=50~~\|title=~~Veckolista~~ ~~Singlar,~~ ~~vecka~~ ~~50, 2024~~\|publisher=]\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>		! scope="row"\| Norway (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2024-w51/\|title=Singel 2024 uke 51\|publisher=]\|access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref>
	\| 93		\| 30
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row"\| Sweden (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2024&dspp=51\|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 51, 2024\|publisher=]\|access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref>
⚫	{{single chart\|UK\|11\|~~date~~=~~20241213~~\|rowheader=true\|access-date=20 December 2024}}
			\| 55
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Switzerland\|42\|artist=Lola Young\|song=Messy\|rowheader=true\|access-date=22 December 2024}}
⚫	! scope="row"\| US ]<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/~~hot~~-~~100~~/2024-12-21/\|title=''Billboard'' ~~Hot~~ ~~100~~: Week of December 21, 2024\|magazine=]\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
⚫	\| 64
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|UK\|7\|date=20241220\|rowheader=true\|access-date=20 December 2024}}
⚫	! scope="row"\| US ] ('']'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs/2024-12-21/\|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: Week of December 21, 2024\|magazine=]\|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
	\| 7		\|-
		⚫	! scope="row"\| US ]<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2024-12-28/\|title=''Billboard'' Hot 100: Week of December 28, 2024\|magazine=]\|access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref>
			\| 54
			\|-
		⚫	! scope="row"\| US ] ('']'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs/2024-12-28/\|title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: Week of December 28, 2024\|magazine=]\|access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref>
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	==References==		==References==
	{{~~Reflist~~}}		{{reflist}}

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Revision as of 00:56, 28 December 2024

2024 single by Lola Young

"Messy"

Single by Lola Young

from the album This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway

Released

30 May 2024 (2024-05-30)

Genre

Length

4:44

Label

Island

Songwriter(s)

Lola Young
Conor Dickinson

Producer(s)

Solomonophonic
Manuka
Monsune
Carter Lang

Lola Young singles chronology

"Fuck"
(2024)

"Messy"
(2024)

"Flicker of Light"
(2024)

Music video

"Messy" on YouTube

"Messy" is a song by English singer Lola Young, released on 30 May 2024 as the sixth single from her second studio album This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway (2024). It went viral on the video-sharing app TikTok and became her first charting song.

Background

Lola Young stated in an interview with Metal Magazine:

"Messy" is an ADHD anthem, it really showcases everything I felt during my last relationship, but also it is deeper than that, as it talks about how I feel about myself in general — being too messy one day and too clean another, struggling to find that balance in myself.

In an interview with Atwood Magazine, Lola Young said that "Messy" had her favorite lyrics in This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway and she considered them some of her best. She also described, "It's raw, honest, and encapsulates a lot of the themes of the album. It's about embracing imperfections and finding strength in who I am, scatty or not lol."

Composition

"Messy" is a soul-pop song. It finds Lola Young in an increasingly angry vocal tone, as she directs sharp criticism toward a lover for certain expectations imposed on her.

Critical reception

Brian Denney of Atwood Magazine wrote, "'Messy' is a beautiful display of Young's gritty vocals and world-class lyrical storytelling. As a listener, it plays out as if you are watching the singer leave an angry voicemail to her lover, simply fed up with the irrationality of trying to please a partner who will never be satisfied."

Promotion

On 28 November 2024 social media personalities Jake Shane and Sofia Richie posted a clip on TikTok of them dancing to the song, with moves including finger guns and a "half-shimmy". It led to the song gaining significant popularity, skyrocketing to 3.9 million official on-demand streams in the United States (according to Luminate) and being used in over 250,000 videos on TikTok, including one by Kylie Jenner of her lip syncing to the song.

Charts

Chart performance for "Messy"
Chart (2024)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	32
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)	43
Germany (GfK)	68
Global 200 (Billboard)	33
Ireland (IRMA)	3
Lithuania (AGATA)	25
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	45
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	8
Norway (VG-lista)	30
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	55
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	42
UK Singles (OCC)	7
US Billboard Hot 100	54
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)	5

References

Miller, Eythana. "Lola Young - A Londoner and Her Lyrics". Metal Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
Mosk, Mitch (24 October 2024). ""Finding my voice has been a journey of resilience": Lola Young Is Raw, Honest, Unapologetic, & Messy – and We Wouldn't Have Her Any Other Way". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
^ Denis, Kyle; Lipshutz, Jason; Unterberger, Andrew (18 December 2024). "Lola Young Scores the Year's Last (?) Big Viral Hit". Billboard. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
^ Denney, Brian (21 June 2024). "Today's Song: Lola Young's Fresh New Single "Messy" Isn't for You. Perhaps That's What Makes It So Irresistible". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
Phillip, Riann (13 December 2024). ""It's A Big 'Messy' Moment, Innit?": Lola Young Spills On Her Viral Gen-Z Anthem, Staying Grounded & That Sofia Richie Grainge Dance". Vogue. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
"ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
"Christmas creeps into the top 20". Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
"Lola Young – Messy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
"Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Week of December 28, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
"Lola Young – Messy" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
"Billboard Global 200: Week of December 28, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
"Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
"2024 51-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
"Nederlandse Top 40 – week 52, 2024" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
"Lola Young – Messy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
"NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
"Singel 2024 uke 51". VG-lista. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
"Veckolista Singlar, vecka 51, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
"Lola Young – Messy". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
"Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
"Billboard Hot 100: Week of December 28, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
"Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: Week of December 28, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved 24 December 2024.

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