Jennie releases the single Handlebars, a collaboration with Dua Lipa, and the lyrics are sweet: let’s explore their meaning.
Jennie’s debut album was released on March 7 and is already one of the most popular releases of the moment. To crown her success, the South Korean singer, already famous as a member of BLACKPINK, has released a new single, Handlebars, in collaboration with British pop star Dua Lipa. The video was released on March 10, and given the names involved, all eyes are on the lyrics and their meaning. There is an interesting sweetness in these lines.: let’s discover it together in this article. You will also find the complete lyrics at the bottom.
Handlebars: the song lyrics & their meaning
Handlebars talks about the power of love and how we often lose control in the face of it: in the lyrics, Jennie and Dua Lipa express their surprise, enthusiasm, and, in some ways, the fear of surrendering to love without a safety net. The title, “Handlebars“, is mentioned in the chorus when Jennie explains that she “always goes all in, over the handlebars,” implying that she often pushes past limits, letting herself be swept away by passion.
I trip and fall in love
Just like a Tuesday drunk
I always go all in, all in, all in
Over the handlebars
Hitting the ground so hard
If I’m alone, fallin’, fallin’, fallin’
We ain’t gotta talk about it
We know exactly what Jennie is talking about: when we fall in love, the emotions we feel are so strong that they take over everything. We think of nothing else, we want nothing else, and what we feel pushes us strongly to be closer to the person we’re drawn to. These are the well-known symptoms of having a crush that we’ve discussed here. But often, they seem too intense, something we’ve never experienced before—something that, in some ways, feels wrong. This is why the lyrics of Handlebars ask questions like these:
Mercy
Why is it love is never kind to me?
I heard that fools rush in and, yeah, that’s me
It burns me time and time again
So why am I still fixing for this frying pan
Yes, losing control can be scary, and we may feel the urge to “fix” what we feel, to adjust who we are. Yet, the truth is that all of this is completely normal—the intensity of these emotions is precisely the biological tool humans have to develop the most promising relationships.
It’s true, the meaning behind Handlebars and its lyrics almost feels like a cry for help: Have mercy on me, fix this tendency of mine to surrender to love and lose myself in it. But in the end, it’s just a specific phase of falling in love. And it’s worth remembering something important: it only happens a few times in life, and only for brief, fleeting moments. So maybe, instead of overthinking it, should we just enjoy the ride?
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The official video and the complete lyrics
I trip and fall in love
Just like a Tuesday drunk
I always go all in, all in, all in
Over the handlebars
Hitting the ground so hard
If I’m alone, fallin’, fallin’, fallin’
We ain’t gotta talk about it
Mercy
Why is it love is never kind to me?
I heard that fools rush in and, yeah, that’s me
It burns me time and time again
So why am I still fixing for this frying pan
I wonder what you’re doing for tonight and forever
I could be the rest of your life or whatever
My lips and your lips, we could press them together
I don’t ever think twice, and, baby, that’s why
I trip and fall in love
Just like a Tuesday drunk
I always go all in, all in, all in
Over the handlebars
Hitting the ground so hard
If I’m alone, fallin’, fallin’, fallin’
Another round, another drink
I try to stop, but I can’t think
About anything else but you
And I’m a little too buzzed on your love to play it cute
A single kiss, I lost my mind for seven days and seven nights
Can’t eat, sleep, baby, it’s true
Tryna bite my lip, I’m probably gonna slip
And say some crazy shit to you
I wonder what you’re doing for tonight and forever
I don’t ever think twice, and, baby, that’s why
I trip and fall in love
Just like a Tuesday drunk
I always go all in, all in, all in
Over the handlebars
Hitting the ground so hard
If I’m alone, fallin’, fallin’, fallin’
We ain’t gotta talk about
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We ain’t gotta talk about
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We ain’t gotta talk about it
