The Lyrics for do re mi by Blackbear have been translated into 36 languages
Do, re, mi, fa, so (Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh) Do, re, mi, fa, so
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Yeah, if I could go back to the day we met I probably would just stay in bed You run your mouth all over town And this one goes out to the sound Of breakin′ glass on my Range Rover Pay me back, or bitch it's over All the presents I would send Fuck my friends behind my shoulder Next time, I′ma stay asleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep, oh And you got me thinkin' lately Bitch, you crazy And nothing's ever good enough I wrote a little song for ya It go like Do, re, mi, fa, so fuckin′ done with you, girl So fuckin′ done with all the games you play I ain't no Tic-Tac-Toe Send the X and O′s on another note I'm do, re, mi, fa, so fuckin′ done with you, baby So send the X and O's on another note, I′m ghost (Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh) If I could go back to the day we met I probably would've stayed in bed You wake up everyday and make me feel like I'm incompetent Designer shoes and Xanax tabs Compliments your make-up bag You never had to buy yourself a drink ′Cause everybody want to tap that ass sometime And you got me thinkin′ lately Bitch, you crazy And nothing's ever good enough I wrote a little song for ya It go like Do, re, mi, fa, so fuckin′ done with you, girl So fuckin' done with all the games you play I ain′t no Tic-Tac-Toe Send the X and O's on another note I′m do, re, mi, fa, so fuckin' done with you, baby So send the X and O's on another note, I′m ghost (Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh) (And you got me thinkin′ lately, yeah) (Bitch, you crazy) (And nothing's ever good enough) I wrote a little song for you, it go like Do, re, mi, fa, so fuckin′ done with you, girl So fuckin' done with all the games you play I ain′t no Tic-Tac-Toe Send the X and O's on another note I′m do, re, mi, fa, so fuckin' done with you, baby So send the X and O's on another note, I′m ghost (Yeah, yeah, yeah) (So send the X and O′s on another note, I'm ghost) Do, re, mi, fa, so (Yeah, yeah, yeah) So send the X and O′s on another note, I'm ghost
Writer(s): Matthew Tyler Musto
2017 Artist: blackbear ft. Gucci Mane Director: Megan Park Megan Park is better known as an actress
than a director, appearing on The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I can’t vouch for her talent in front of the camera, but after watching the five music videos she’s directed since 2016, I can confirm she holds prowess behind it. Tributes breathe life into old works, and the mv for blackbear’s “Do Re Mi” modernizes and scandalizes a children’s classic with minor casualties. The notes sung to “do re mi” are not, in fact, do re mi. “Mi fa so fucking done with you” however,
forms a seamless transition from note names to lyrics.
The plot unfolds at a mansion, largely in one room; keeping the action contained adds intimacy to the setting. The style parallels Park’s work in Elohim’s “Hallucinating” and “Rich White Girls” by Mansionz – blackbear’s project with Mike Posner.
Liesl suffering the war’s curtain fabric shortage
The video’s dreamy ambiance coincides perfectly with the song’s musicality. The ethereal light and consistent slow-mo complement the low-tempo and reverberant beat. A shot of a Gucci briefcase featuring the video information (:02) provides a tongue-in-cheek start to the scenario.
Lyrically, the song mixes innocence and vulgarity, with references to tic-tac-toe and Xanax tabs. The aural juxtaposition entertains but pales in comparison to its visual portrayal. The children make this mv. Their uncoordinated dancing (:23, :54) endears, and the addition of kittens (:29) intensifies the sentiment. Park keeps the camera close and on the children’s eye level, furthering the video’s intimacy. The girl sneezing on the kitten as blackbear sings, “And you got me thinkin’ lately/ Bitch you crazy” (:46) incapsulates the cute, coarse, and bizarre of the video in one shot.
The children shine brightest during the rap (1:22 – 2:06), where the contrast heightens between music and video. Shots cut between Gucci Mane rapping about balling and a blond kid busting moves, Gucci Mane and a little girl overcoming skepticism to become friends, and blackbear joining the blond kid’s backlit breakdown.
*bffs*
The puppets, another nod to TSOM, advance the blending of childlike and lewd elements and mirror the relationship between blackbear and Liesl (love interest; actress unknown). The puppets open with grinding (2:14) before resorting to violence as Leisl checks blackbear’s phone (2:21).
The naive/coarse combination’s effectiveness stops at blackbear’s interactions with Liesl. Children dancing to dirty lyrics they can’t understand is comical. Children watching a pair of adults tie tongues is gross (1:12), as anyone who had a babysitter invite over his/her creepy S.O. can attest.
Additionally, Liesl’s vengeance underwhelms. She preferably would have taken a bat to the Range Rover as the lyrics suggested. While fittingly bizarre, urine, spray painted dicks, and toilet paper land her actions in a category that fits neither of the video’s age groups: adolescent.
Kids say the darnedest things, and curtailing Liesl’s screams with “just drive” ends this video on a high note.
“Just drive.”