- Hey guys, it's Annie Le Blanc,
and this is "Lipstick and Lyrics" for my new song "Utopia".
(pop music)
The definition of Utopia is an imaginary place
where everything is perfect.
So it's where your mind goes where you're just like,
this is my perfect place, this is where I'm happy
this is where I feel most comfortable,
and you go to that place.
And it's your Utopia.
So I was in the studio and we were just,
we were trying to find words
we were on the lyric part of the song.
And we were kind of struggling to find like the word.
Cause we knew what we wanted to write about
but we couldn't find the word and one of my song writers,
I mentioned "Euphoria" because that was like
a really popular TV show that I'm not allowed to watch,
but it's fine.
After I said Euphoria she had the idea of "Utopia"
and we absolutely loved it and that's how the song
kind of got a kick.
♪ Need a place to run and hide, enough ♪
♪ Only so much I could take, yeah ♪
There was so much happening in my life at this moment
that I just needed a quiet place to just think
and just be by myself and just like say enough
to like all this stuff coming at me.
And just kind of take a little moment to myself.
I have no idea what makes me want to hide away,
like a lot of stuff.
For this song of course I go to my Utopia
which is my happy place.
So the things that calm me down are definitely my dogs,
my friends, and my family of course.
They are pretty good about just making sure that I'm feeling
a hundred percent all the time.
The fans definitely help me a lot.
Even just to come out of my shell.
Cause I was the shyest girl like ever, that you'd ever meet.
And my fans definitely brought me out of my shell
and made me more confident and they,
I feel like when I get out of bed I have people who love me
right there then and always so.
♪ Silver lining, you came in ♪
♪ Break a smile even when it rain on us ♪
So pretty much when everything got like really
just at the lowest points.
Finally just at the perfect timing, that person
or something happens to you and it's just like
the icing on the cake like
you came in at the right time silver lining.
No matter what we're doing
I will always have a smile on my face
cause I'm doing it with this person.
There's been so many times where it's almost just like
a blessing in disguise.
Where I feel like it's not the right decision or
I got myself into just not a good situation.
I remember I sent like a really risky heartfelt text.
Not even like confessing my love to someone
just like something that I felt deeply about,
and I wanted to tell that person that.
And I was waiting all night to get a response,
and I was so scared and by the time like in the morning,
I was like this was a mistake,
like I need to delete that text,
like what if this person sees it?
And like it was so bad and I was so stressed.
And finally the person texted me back and they said just
everything that I needed to hear so, yeah.
♪ Nothing matters when I'm in a utopia ♪
♪ whenever I'm close to you ♪
There's so many people that feel like Utopia to me,
like everyone that I'm close with I feel like I can
go to them and talk to them about anything.
And it just feels like home.
So in this music video, utopia,
it had very pretty sun ray shots.
Which the first time I ever like heard the full song,
like and I really thought about what I wanted
for the music video, sun rays were the first thing
that came to my mind.
Like utopia, like pretty, perfect, green, flowers,
and sun rays.
And I think we really did do a good job incorporating that
into the music video.
Asher is in the new music video.
This is so exciting that I actually get to talk about this.
Because I've had to keep it a secret for so long,
and it's already out you guys have seen it.
And it was so fun working with him.
All laughs, all day long.
So much fun, a dream, a utopia.
In the hospital scenes where Asher's like laying down
on the bed and stuff, we couldn't stop laughing number one.
Number two, because he kept like laying down,
and he was supposed to be like I don't know sleeping?
I don't know fully, but.
He kept like blinking like this, like while he was like,
"supposed to be sleeping", and I couldn't stop laughing
because it just didn't look like he was sleeping
it looked like he was going like this.
But anyways that wasn't a good one
but I thought I would share it.
So there was a scene that we cut.
Actually we didn't even film it because we cut it
before it was even filmed.
But, that's it.
That's all.
There was a scene that was cut, because it was,
because my mom didn't like it.
And neither did anybody else, except for Nayip.
So yeah, it was just a lot for me.
♪ Never feeling along ♪
♪ always feel like I'm home when I'm in a utopia ♪
Pretty much when you're in that happy place,
you just, you don't think of anything
that's wrong in your life.
It's all about that moment and that's the only thing
that you can think about.
Forget all that other stuff, I'm living right here.
Just recently I've been more involved
with the music I'm making, like it's more from me.
So just being in the studio with such talented people
sometimes can be like really nerveracking.
It's scary cause you're like
what if I'm not doing this right?
But really there's no wrong or right answers
you're just all kind of working together as a team
and it's just like a really fun experience,
and I'm so glad I get to be a part of it.
♪ All we got is time ♪
♪ With you it's never wasted ♪
♪ Wish I could spend it all with you ♪
♪ But I hardly get a break, yeah ♪
So pretty much I'm in this utopia and I'm like
starting to think of all the stuff that I have to go back to
and I just wish that every moment I could spend with you.
Like every single moment of my life
I want to spend with you.
But I have other things to do
and I have to get back to reality,
but I just want to stay here.
Sometimes days can get a little difficult
just because I feel overwhelmed with the busy week I have
but you know, it doesn't really get to me
because I love what I'm doing and yeah that's kind of it.
I just love it.
If I did have a free day tomorrow,
I would definitely say a, one of those big bouncy houses?
Like slip and slide ones though?
Yes.
(pop music)