Waterparks have hilariously changed up the lyrics to their new single Turbulent to create a radio-friendly version.
If you've had Waterparks' new single Turbulent on repeat since its release last month, you'll have noticed there's a whole lotta uses of the word 'fuck' in there.
So, in order to make a more radio-friendly version of the tune, frontman Awsten Knight has changed up some of his lyrics – adapting the chorus of 'I'd unfuck you if I could' to 'I'd unhug you if I could', and the pre-chorus of 'So fuck yourself / And fuck your feelings' to 'So frick yourself / And frick your feelings'. Genius.
The clean version of Turbulent aired on Radio 1's Rock Show with Daniel P Carter over the weekend, and it's now available to listen to at this link (it's the second song in, so skip to around three minutes).
If you now need a reminder of the original lyrics, they are as follows:
You had your own Pete Wentz and Patrick combined,
Writing you songs and singing them all like,
Every single day.
Tour brings that special pain.
So fuck yourself
And fuck your feelings
I believe but not in you
and me, so
So fuck yourself
And fuck your feelings
I believe but not in you
and me, so
I’d unfuck you if I could.
I’d unlove you like I should have
Months before I did,
In the months before I split.
It’s turbulent,
It’s turbulent.
I’d unfuck you if I could.
I’d unlove you like I should have
Months before I did,
In the months before I split.
It’s turbulent,
It’s turbulent.
You had your own Awsten Knight, (hi)
He texted back fast and he made you laugh,
Yeah, yeah,
You must be out of your mind,
Well, I know you are.
Let’s see, where to start?
How about the messages that you still send
Even though I blocked your number
And I never fucking answer.
My anxiety was turbulent and permanent,
You gave me hell on Earth
And said to “work with it.”
So fuck yourself
And fuck your feelings
I believe but not in you
and me, so
So fuck yourself
And fuck your feelings
I believe but not in you
and me, so
I’d unfuck you if I could.
I’d unlove you like I should have
Months before I did,
In the months before I split.
It’s turbulent,
It’s turbulent.
I’d unfuck you if I could.
I’d unlove you like I should have
Months before I did,
In the months before I split.
It’s turbulent,
It’s turbulent.
You had a taste of the life,
But you grew complacent
And my sanity laced itself
Up in the back of your mind.
And that’s where you left me
To die.
So there you go.
While you're here, be sure to pick up this week's issue of Kerrang! to read our huge new interview with Awsten. In it, the singer and guitarist has revealed some pretty big, bold ideas for the future of Waterparks…
“What’s cool is that everything that will come out next is written already – we just need to finishing recording,” he explains. “Everything has got demos. Recently, actually, like a week before Slam Dunk, Hopeless [Records] said, ‘Hey, can we come and hear stuff?’ And I was so apprehensive, because it’s a weird thing for someone to come in and hear something that’s unfinished. I didn’t want anyone to say it wasn’t ready, because it’s like, ‘No shit!’ But people from Hopeless came in and were listening and going, ‘Holy fuck!’
“I explained what I wanted to do and how I wanted this album to be: I want every song to be the best fucking song, and I want them to be able to all live in different worlds. Like, if we’re referring to playlists or anything like that, I want every one of these songs to be able to just live on its own in a completely different fan base, you know what I mean? That’s the idea behind this. There’s one song that could have been considered a little bit pop-punk, and I was like, ‘Fuck this!’ So we just changed it up. We get on all the playlists that are like, ‘Pop-Punk Forever!’ and I’m just like, ‘Meh, I guess…’ I just want every song to be able to live comfortably with completely different sets of people. That’s a cool, conscious thing that I’m really excited about.”
Awsten also says that he hasn't been influenced by other styles of music on new material – instead, he takes inspiration from films, TV shows and anything else along those lines. And it's resulted in something very special…
“While we’re making albums I try not to listen to any other bands, just because it’s so easy to accidentally fall into somebody else’s lane, and I never, ever want to do that,” he says. “It’s funny that you mention movies being influential because there’s at least three songs that come to mind right now that feel like a movie score (laughs). But it’s cool – it’s like taking a movie score and then putting a song into it. I don’t want to get too in-depth yet, but you can probably find most genres, or at least pieces of genres, in these songs.”
