Yellow Hearts

Album

American Idiot

Label

Arista Records

Genre

Indie pop

Composer(s)

Ant Saunders

Entered Chart

Nov 23, 2019

Peak Date

Nov 23, 2019

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Trash Bin

Ant Saunders is confused because his female friend has responded to him with some yellow heart emojis. He has feelings for her but in unsure whether the emojis are indicating friendship or if she wants to get romantically involved. She put yellow hearts around my name I thought they were all just the same To you, what do they really mean? Have you only been playing games? Ant was unaware that colored hearts symbolize various feelings and emotions. He is trying to understand what message his female friend is trying to communicate. Is she intentionally playing games with his emotions? Written and produced by Ant Saunders, "Yellow Hearts" was self-released on June 17, 2019 as his third single. The song gained popularity on the video-sharing platform TikTok, earning Saunders a recording contract with Trash Bin/Arista Records. They re-issued the track in November 2019. The song was inspired by an actual girl. She was originally interested in Ant, but after a while he started questioning whether she was still attracted to him or not. The experience stressed the singer out and made him depressed. The yellow hearts were inspired by their exchanges on Snapchat; whenever Ant complimented her, she would send him a bunch of yellow hearts. Asked by Genius how the girl responded to "Yellow Hearts," Ant replied that he feared she "was going to block me on everything and never want to speak to me again." However, it turned out she really likes the song and felt guilty about making him feel miserable, which made Ant feel bad. He added that they're "cool now."

She put my name with yellow hearts, uh
Her favorite color like the stars
I didn't listen very hard, uh
When she told me she was crazy from the start
She put my name with yellow hearts, uh (yeah, she did)
I said she was a work of art (work of art)
I didn't listen very hard (very hard, no no)
When she told me she was crazy from the start

I drive down open roads so slow
Here comes the train, I let it go
Ain't got nobody on my phone
I don't like being all alone (don't like being all alone)
Not good at keeping at the trends (no, no)
Too good at welcoming amends (oh, oh, oh)
It's been a while since I heard her say
That we were more than friends (oh, oh, oh)

Oh I, I-I-I
Know a lot is going on
But girl please tell me
And I'll let you be
Are you still with me or not?

She put my name with yellow hearts
Her favorite color like the stars
I didn't listen very hard
When she told me she was crazy from the start
She put my name with yellow hearts, uh (yeah, she did)
I said she was a work of art (work of art)
I didn't listen very hard (very hard, no no)
When she told me she was crazy from the start

She put yellow hearts around my name
I thought they were all just the same
To you, what do they really mean?
Have you only been playing games? Yeah

Yeah, I'm by the garden with the carpenter bees
Like I'm Bob Rossin' with a Harden beard
Taking it all in like I got got no issue in my nature
Primroses blooming in the night
Birds wanna take me on a flight
Appreciating my land 'fore it turns into a glacier
Chasers are no good use (no good use)
This taste will be long endured (oh)
Why'd you have to go so soon? (Ooh)
I thought this was good as new

(She put yellow hearts around my name) ooh
Whoa (I thought they were all just the same)
(To you, what do they really mean?) Oh
(Have you only been playing games?)

She put my name with yellow hearts (yeah, she did)
Her favorite color like the stars (like the stars)
I didn't listen very hard (very hard, no, no)
When she told me she was crazy from the start
She put my name with yellow hearts (she put yellow hearts around my name) (yeah, she did)
I said she was a work of art (I thought they were all just the same) (work of art)
I didn't listen very hard (to you, what do they really mean?) (Very hard, no no)
When she told me she was crazy from the start (have you only been playing games?)

Mm-mm
Have you only been playing games?
No, no