"Bottled Up" is Dinah Jane's debut solo single. It was released on September 21, 2018 as the lead single from her upcoming untitled debut studio album. The song is a collaboration with American rapper's Marc E. Bassy and Ty Dolla Sign. The song was written by Dinah, A.CHAL, Ty Dolla $ign & Marc E. Bassy. It's her first song to be released as a lead artist and her first since Fifth Harmony went on hiatus.
Background and release[]
"Bottled Up" was written by A.CHAL, Tyrone William Griffin Jr, Marc Griffin and Dinah Jane with the production done by James Hau, David Park, William Mosgrove, Nick Balding. It is Jane's official debut single before her upcoming album. Jane then had a choice to add a rapper to the song were she chose Ty Dolla Sign and Marc E. Bassy. Who she's been wanting to work with ever since Fifth Harmony The song was premiered at New York Fashion Week during one of Teen Vogue’s performances.
Composition and lyrics[]
"Bottled Up" is a midtempo, R&B song that draws influences of tropical, reggae and hip hop music. It contains a "light tropical-tinged backbeat with a simple urban bassline." It runs for a total of three minutes and nineteen seconds. Lyrically, the song is about "drinking your feelings away" in an interview with Z100, she said "It’s about someone who has a hard time sharing their emotion, so they bottle up their feelings and they turn to smoking and drinking because that’s the way they’re getting it out." The song is in 97 beats per minute.
Critical Reception[]
"Bottled Up" gained positive and negative feedback, mostly based on the songs sound, which had a very similar to Fifth Harmony's single Work from Home In an interview with "Music Choice" she explained saying "I remember being in the studio with Marc, and he was just like, ‘So what’s your vibe? Where do you wanna go with this? You wanna just make hits or do you wanna go global?’” Dinah recalled. “I was like, ‘I wanna go global. I want a global record […] I love this record a lot […] It’s been a year or two... and I feel like because it’s such a bop to me, it can be a bop to other people, as well.”
Thomas Bleech said that the "Chorus was way to simple" and that "not even a guest rap verse from Ty Dolla $ign could save this song and make it somewhat likeable or commercially ready. Mike Neid from Idolator said that "Jane gets a little flirty" and "Marc E. Bassy need a little coaxing to open up about their feelings." Matt Gehring from MTV said that they "Loved the 'Work from Home and 'Worth It' references" and that there "ready for a hit maker". HotNewHipHop called the song "Upbeat and high energy" and that it tackles "the subject of bottling up emotions in romantic relationships,"
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Lyrics[]
[Intro: Dinah Jane]
Dinah Jane
[Verse 1: Dinah Jane]
I don't need no diamond ring, baby, I got you
I can buy the finer things, simple things will do
Say the best things in life are free, now I know why
Since you gave your love to me, opened up my eyes
[Pre-Chorus: Dinah Jane]
I'm a bad chick, I need a bad one with me
Work from home, but he gon' stay up with me
No sleep tonight, yeah, you know what I like
If you ride for me, I'm gonna ride for you
Back to back, boy, we gon' make it through
No sleep tonight, yeah, you know what I like (woo)
[Chorus: Marc E. Bassy]
I'm drinking, baby, 'cause I'm bottled up
I'm smoking, baby, yeah, I'm high as fuck
I'm drinking, baby, 'cause I'm bottled up
I'm smoking, baby, yeah, I'm high as fuck
[Verse 2: Ty Dolla $ign]
Dolla $ign
Bottled up, yeah, yeah
Bottled up, yeah
Feeling like Bee & Jay, we're drunk in love, yeah
I put 50 on your wrist, that don't mean shit
When you tell me that you're mine, I know you mean it
D'Ussé, put it on the rocks
Little baby, on that french Vanilla Ciroc (ooh, yeah)
We could be anywhere in the world right now
But you're here with me, girl (oh, woah)
[Chorus: Marc E. Bassy, Dinah Jane & both]
I'm drinking, baby, 'cause I'm bottled up (baby, I got you, ooh)
I'm smoking, baby, yeah, I'm high as fuck (simple things will do)
I'm drinking, baby, 'cause I'm bottled up
I'm smoking baby, yeah, I'm high as fuck
[Verse 3: Dinah Jane]
I know that sex appeal is all they sell
I could get it with a one night stand, but it won't be real
But he putting in the work
Let me feel if this is worth it
Gonna have to hit him with the bust down
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus: Dinah Jane]
I'm a bad chick, I need a bad one with me
Work from home, but he gon' stay up with me
No sleep tonight, yeah, you know what I like
If you ride for me, I'm gonna ride for you
Back to back, boy, we gon' make it through
No sleep tonight, yeah, you know what I like (yeah)
[Chorus: Marc E. Bassy, Dinah Jane & both]
I'm drinking, baby, 'cause I'm bottled up (I'm bottled up, yeah, yeah)
I'm smoking, baby, yeah, I'm high as fuck (I'm high as fuck)
I'm drinking, baby, 'cause I'm bottled up (been drinking, oh)
I'm smoking baby, yeah, I'm high as fuck (yeah)
Baby, I'm bottled up, yeah
Baby, I'm bottled up
Baby, I'm bottled up, yeah
Baby, I'm bottled up
[Outro: Dinah Jane]
Baby, I'm bottled up, yeah
Baby, I'm bottled up, yeah
Baby, I'm bottled up, yeah
Baby, I'm bottled up, yeah, yeah, yeah (bottled up)
I'm bottled up
I'm bottled up