"Peppers" is a song by Lana Del Rey featuring Tommy Genesis from her ninth studio album and eighth major-label studio album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. It samples "Angelina" from Genesis' 2015 album World Vision.
Background[]
The unmastered version of the song leaked before the album's release. The official instrumental, including the version without the sample, leaked on May 20, 2023.
Cross-references[]
- Braiding someone's hair is also mentioned in "Fishtail".
- Cars are also mentioned in "Bartender", "California", "Children of the Bad Revolution", "Driving in Cars with Boys" and "Video Games", among several others.
- Coffee is also mentioned in "Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman like Me to Have – but I Have It", "In My Feelings", "Love", "Marilyn Monroe", "Queen of the Gas Station", "Vacation", “Wildflower Wildfire“ and in the poem "Never to Heaven".
- Del Rey has mentioned her boyfriend in "Taco Truck x VB", "Jesus Is My Boyfriend", "Brooklyn Baby", "Black Bathing Suit", among several others
- Vines are also mentioned in "Burning Desire", "Dark but Just a Game", "Every Man Gets His Wish", "Happiness Is a Butterfly" and "Old Money".
- The lyric "I'm in love" also appears in "West Coast" and "Playing Dangerous".
- The lyric "skinny-dip in my mind" is similar to "skinny-dip inside your mind" which appears in "Fishtail".
- Wine is also mentioned in "Bartender", "Cherry", "Dance for Money", "Drive By", "Every Man Gets His Wish" and "Tomorrow Never Came".
Official versions[]
- Album version — 4:08
- Instrumental version — 4:08
- Instrumental version (no sample) — 4:08
- Unmastered version — 4:07
Lyrics[]
[Tommy Genesis]:
Hands on your knees, I'm Angelina Jolie
Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie
Let me put my hands on your knees, you can braid my hair
Do a fat criss-cross in the back
[Lana Del Rey & Tommy Genesis]:
Somewhere, ha
[Lana Del Rey]:
Me and my boyfriend listen to the Chili Peppers
We write hit songs without tryin’ like all the time, all the time
I take off all my clothes, dance naked for the neighbors
I'm like, "Fuck it, gonna give a show," I open up the blinds
I threw caution to the wind, get onto the bike
Take a minute to yourself, skinny-dip in my mind
I'm in love, I’m in love
Got a knife in my jacket, honey on the vine
Baby, I'll bring the coffee if you bring the wine
I'm in love, I'm in love ('Cause I'm in love)
[Tommy Genesis]:
Hands on your knees, I'm Angelina Jolie
Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie
Let me put my hands on your knees, you can braid my hair
Do a fat criss-cross in the back somewhere, ha
Hands on your knees, I'm Angelina Jolie
Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie
Let me put my hands on your knees, you can braid my hair
Do a fat criss-cross in the back somewhere, ha
[Lana Del Rey]:
I sit upskirt, I don’t have much to lose
I've got a dog, I take it for a midnight, a midnight drive, yeah
My boyfriend tested positive for COVID, it don’t matter
We've been kissin’, so whatever he has, I have, I can't cry
I threw caution to the wind, get onto the bike
Take a minute for yourself, skinny-dip in my mind
I'm in love, I'm in love (I’m in love)
[Tommy Genesis]:
Hands on you knees, I'm Angelina Jolie
Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie
Let me put my hands on your knees, you can braid my hair
Do a fat criss-cross in the back somewhere, ha
[Lana Del Rey]:
I don't know, maybe we should do something like, like merge this song
You know that song, where it's like, haha, "Wipe out"?
Wipe out!
[Tommy Genesis]:
Hands on your knees, I'm Angelina Jolie
Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie
Let me put my hands on your knees, you can braid my hair
Do a fat criss-cross in the back somewhere, ha
[Lana Del Rey]:
(Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-doo-doo) (Wipe out!)
[Tommy Genesis]:
Hands on your knees, I'm Angelina Jolie
Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie
Let me put my hands on your knees, you can braid my hair
Do a fat criss-cross
[Lana Del Rey]:
(Wipe out!)
[Lana Del Rey & Tommy Genesis]:
In the back somewhere, ha
[Tommy Genesis]:
Hands on your knees, I'm Angelina Jolie
Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie
Let me put my hands on your knees, you can braid my hair
Do a fat criss-cross
[Lana Del Rey & Tommy Genesis]:
In the back somewhere, ha
[Tommy Genesis]:
Hands on your knees, I'm Angelina Jolie
Hands on your knees, Angelina Jolie
Let me put my hands on your knees, you can braid my hair
Do a fat criss-cross in the back
[Lana Del Rey & Tommy Genesis]:
Somewhere, ha
Credits[]
Personnel
- Lana Del Rey — songwriting, production, vocals, background vocals
- Benji Lysaght — songwriting, production, guitar
- Mike Hermosa — songwriting, guitar
- Tommy Genesis — songwriting, vocals
- Father — songwriting, production [Tommy Genesis' performance]
- Jack Antonoff — production, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, chimes, drums, synth [Moog Model D], engineering, mixing, programming
- Gus Seyffert — bass, keyboards
- Carla Azar — drums
- Phoenix Grant — omnichord
- Laura Sisk — engineering, mixing
- Michael Harris — engineering
- Brian Rajaratnam — engineering assistance
- Jon Sher — engineering assistance
- Mark Aguilar — engineering assistance
- Matt Tuggle — engineering assistance
- Megan Searl — engineering assistance
- Matthew Harvey — mastering [Tommy Genesis' performance]
- Ruairi O'Flaherty — mastering
