| Lucid | |
| Cover: | Rina Sawayama Lucid.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Rina Sawayama |
| Album: | Sawayama (Deluxe) |
| Written: | 2018 |
| Released: | 25 November 2020 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 3:38 |
| Label: | Dirty Hit |
| Producer: | BloodPop |
| Prev Title: | Dance in the Dark |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | Beg for You |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
"Lucid" (stylised in all caps) is a song by Japanese-British singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama, released on 25 November 2020 as the sixth overall and first single from the deluxe edition of her debut studio album Sawayama. Sawayama first teased a collaboration with BloodPop on 2 October 2020, Tweeting out "BloodPop X Rina Sawayama Coming Soon" alongside a Polaroid picture with the words "Lucid Mix" written on it.[2]
The dance-pop song is about "living a different life through dreaming". It was written by Sawayama and Lauren Aquilina in 2018 on the floor of the singer's apartment from a beat sent to them by BloodPop.[3] The song has been described as "Gaga-esque" and garnered comparisons to the singer's 2020 album Chromatica, also produced by BloodPop.[4] [5]
The video was directed by Dave Ferner and Ksenia Kulakova, and was filmed at MARS Studios, owned by Bild Studios, in London, with all staff observing COVID-19 protocols during production. The video was filmed using a virtual production set, with scenes created in Blender and filmed using an LED projection screen.[6]
The song was used in the third episode of the Netflix series Heartstopper and subsequently appeared on the Heartstopper: Official Mixtape released by Spotify.[7]