Nicotine | |
Cover: | Panic at the Disco Nicotine.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Panic! at the Disco |
Album: | Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! |
Label: | Fueled by Ramen |
Producer: | Butch Walker |
Prev Title: | Girls / Girls / Boys |
Prev Year: | 2013 |
Next Title: | Hallelujah |
Next Year: | 2015 |
"Nicotine" is a song by American rock band Panic! at the Disco. It appears as the fifth song on the band's fourth studio album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, which released on October 8, 2013. A music video for the song released in early 2014, with "Nicotine" becoming the album's fourth single on May 6, 2014, alongside a promotional EP.
While in New York, Panic! at the Disco's frontman Brendon Urie began writing "Nicotine" with Amir Salem and band member Dallon Weekes.[1] During this time, Urie was quitting smoking and Salem was going through relationship issues, so they merged the two concepts and wrote about a girl metaphorically being a cigarette.[2]
"Nicotine" personifies addiction, lyrically describing continuing to be in a relationship despite knowing the negative consequences that will follow.[1] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Urie stated "it's that drunk text you know you shouldn’t answer. It feels good in the moment but the next day, you know, you get that shame hangover".[3] This is instrumentally backed by house-style drums with "catchy hooks and powerful guitar riffs".[4]
A music video for "Nicotine", directed by Kai Regan, was released on February 28, 2014. The video alternates between black-and-white shots of Urie walking and driving through snow and Urie sulking in a hotel room.[3] On YouTube, the song's video has received over 21 million views.
Nicotine EP[5]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[6]
Panic! at the Disco
Production
Additional musicians