- What's up guys, it's Alessia Cara
and I am in my bathroom right now.
Gonna play you some songs for MTV's
"Unplugged at Home" edition
because we are social distancing and staying home
and if you're not you should get your butt inside.
Right now.
This is a song off of my newest EP called "This Summer"
and it is a fun one.
It's a fun one sonically.
Not so much lyrically because
it's about a friendship going wrong
and sort of watching somebody change in front of you,
which is a weird feeling,
if you've ever been through that before.
Yeah, this song is basically just me saying,
"That was weird."
Here we go.
This is "Rooting for You."
(Fingerpicks guitar)
Here we go.
♪ You got me feeling like the elephant ♪
♪ In every room I'm walking into, yeah ♪
♪ We started out innocent ♪
♪ Til I got pulled right into your issues, yeah ♪
♪ I'm tired of sending hugs and kisses, no ♪
♪ So tired of all your burning bridges ♪
♪ It's like damn, why you gotta be so cold ♪
♪ In the summer time, summer time ♪
♪ I was really rooting for you, yeah ♪
♪ It's like man, why you gotta be so cold ♪
♪ In the summer time, summer time ♪
♪ I was really rooting for you, oh no ♪
♪ We were really rooting for you, yeah ♪
(instrumental guitar music)
♪ Oh ♪
(instrumental guitar music)
♪ And I now I see you having so much fun with everyone ♪
♪ You have so much fun making fun of ♪
♪ Did you go and bump your head ♪
♪ Did you forget where you came from ♪
♪ I'm tired of sending my well wishes ♪
♪ So tired of all your burning bridges ♪
♪ It's like damn, why you gotta be so cold ♪
♪ In the summer time, summer time ♪
♪ I was really rooting for you, yeah ♪
♪ We were really rooting for you, yeah ♪
♪ It's like man, why you gotta be so cold ♪
♪ In the summer time, summer time ♪
♪ I was really rooting for you, oh no ♪
♪ We were really rooting for you, yeah ♪
(Instrumental guitar)
This is where the sax solo comes in.
But I do not have a sax.
(Instrumental guitar)
♪ I'm not even broken hearted ♪
♪ I'm just a little disappointed ♪
♪ What a shame, we could've had a good thing ♪
♪ You let go of a good thing ♪
♪ It's like damn, why you gotta be so cold ♪
♪ In the summer time ♪
♪ I was really rooting for you, oh no ♪
♪ We were really rooting for you ♪
♪ Oh I was really rooting for you ♪
♪ Why you gotta be so cold in the summer time ♪
♪ I was really rooting for you, oh yeah ♪
♪ We were really rooting for you, yeah ♪
♪ It's like man ♪
♪ In the summer time ♪
♪ I was really, I was really rooting for you ♪
(strums guitar)
Yeah, cool.
This next song I wanna play is,
it's a meaningful one to me
because I wrote it during a time
where I felt like I was finally healing
from a lot of things that I could not heal from
for a while, if that makes sense.
And whether it was just a distraction
or if I was actually healing, I don't know,
but in this moment I wanted to encapsulate
that feeling of joy.
Just feeling this weight kind of fall off of me
that I'd been carrying and shouldering for a long time
and the reason I wanted to write it down
is because I knew that it was gonna go away.
I knew that it was just a fleeting moment,
especially because of the way I am.
I am a very emotionally unstable person a lot of the time
and so I knew that I was gonna fall right back
into my little hole of sadness.
But I wanted to capture this tiny glimpse of happiness
while I still had it.
I'm gonna shut up now, though, and sing.
So let's do it.
This is "October."
(strums guitar)
♪ 5AM, nowhere to sleep ♪
♪ Your friends speaking in tongues in the back seat ♪
♪ Just one little glance, I know what you mean somehow ♪
♪ We're stealing moments, moments away ♪
♪ Why are we just not as good in the day ♪
♪ Is it too soon to know if it's too soon to say for now ♪
♪ The bubble we're living in, setting me free again ♪
♪ I don't know what it is about this ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss you when it's over, yeah ♪
♪ I hope we never see October, yeah ♪
♪ I felt the weight fall off my shoulders, yeah ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss this when it's ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss you when it's done ♪
(strums guitar)
♪ I can't feel my hands, you laugh like you do ♪
♪ It happened like that, according to you ♪
♪ It's only a month but it doesn't feel new somehow ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ The bubble we're living in ♪
♪ Setting me free again ♪
♪ I don't know what it is about this ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss you when it's over, yeah ♪
♪ I hope we never see October, yeah ♪
♪ I felt the weight fall off my shoulders, yeah ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss this when it's ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss you when it's ♪
♪ Paint a picture in my brain ♪
♪ Encapsulate the fleeting feeling ♪
♪ It ricochets, replace my pain ♪
♪ Til every trace is leaving ♪
♪ The nerve of autumn time days flying by ♪
♪ Every sunrise healing me, and we're okay ♪
♪ We'll live this way til it's done ♪
♪ Dum da da da da, dum da da da ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss you when it's over ♪
♪ I hope we never see October ♪
♪ I felt the weight fall off my shoulders, yeah ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss this when it's, I'm gonna miss ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss you when it's over, yeah ♪
♪ I hope we never see October, yeah ♪
♪ I felt the weight fall off my shoulders, yeah ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss this when it's ♪
♪ I'm gonna miss you when it's gone ♪
(strums guitar)
Cool.
All right, guys.
This is the last song I wanna play for you.
This is one is, I was gonna say one of my older ones,
but it's really not that old.
It's just off of my second album, "The Pains of Growing."
This will always be one of my favorite songs I've ever made.
It's very emotional for me and it's about
not only wanting a little bit more of someone
but also wanting a little bit more from them.
I know, for me, when I'm in love and insecure
at the same time, it doesn't always go very well
because you need that extra reassurance
and when that's not always given
it can be a scary thing cause you're just like,
"Well, what if this person is bored of me?"
And so this song is sort of like a plea, I guess,
to the person that I was writing for
to just reassure me, one more time even,
that, you know, they still love me the same way.
So, here we go.
This is "A Little More."
(guitar instrumental music)
♪ There you are with your college friends ♪
♪ You played in the marching band ♪
♪ I can't help but wish I knew you then ♪
♪ But I guess I know you now ♪
♪ It's looks as if I've stumbled ♪
♪ Right into the palm of your hand ♪
♪ Hey you, hey mister, knock on my door ♪
♪ I'm sorry that I've been emotions galore ♪
♪ Am I crazy for wanting a little bit more ♪
♪ A little more of you ♪
♪ A little more, a little more of you ♪
♪ This feeling's hard to ignore ♪
♪ Please say you'll never get bored ♪
♪ But can you blame me for wanting a little bit more ♪
♪ A little more of you ♪
♪ A little more, a little more of you ♪
♪ Say that it's the same ♪
♪ Take a drill right to my brain ♪
♪ Oh the way you did just yesterday ♪
♪ I guess I get it now ♪
♪ It looks as if I've stumbled ♪
♪ Right into the palm of your hand ♪
♪ Hey you, hey mister, knock on my door ♪
♪ I'm sorry that I've been emotions galore ♪
♪ Am I crazy for wanting a little bit more ♪
♪ A little more of you ♪
♪ A little more, a little more of you ♪
♪ This feeling's hard to ignore ♪
♪ Please say you'll never get bored ♪
♪ Can you blame me for wanting a little bit more ♪
♪ A little more of you ♪
♪ A little more, a little more of you ♪
♪ Yeah yeah, yeah yeah ♪
♪ Oh more ♪
♪ Yeah yeah, yeah yeah ♪
♪ Mmmm ♪
♪ Yeah yeah yeah ♪
♪ Am I crazy for wanting a little bit more ♪
♪ A little more of you ♪
♪ A little more, a little more of you ♪
(strums guitar)
Yay!
Thank you, guys!
Thank you so much for watching.
Thank you MTV for having me.
This was MTV's "Unplugged: Home Edition."
This was fun.
Until next time, guys.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay home.
(blows kiss)