Better in Blak

About Better in Blak

"Better in Blak" is a song by Australian singer/songwriter Thelma Plum, released on 26 April 2019 as the third single from Plum's debut studio album Better in Blak (2019). Plum said "I wrote 'Better in Blak' about my experiences with people trying to take the colour from the conversation. My colour is an important part of who I am, and over the last couple of years I've had people try and tell me 'it's not about colour' when obviously to me it is."In July 2019, "Better in Blak" was nominated for Film Clip of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, "Better in Blak" was nominated for Best Video. more »

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2019

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Do you know what it feels like?
To get calls in the middle of the night?
Saying you're not worth it, you deserve it
Go on, have another drink
Do you know what it feels like?
To get stuck in the middle of a fight?
Screaming you're not worth it, you deserve it
Go on, have another drink

But if I just keep quiet
I'll be the one who's lying too
Why should I keep hiding, always crying?
Tell me what did I do?

You took the colour from me, darling, I'll get it back
You took the colour from me, but I look better in black
If I knew what I know now, maybe I would take it back
But f*ck that, I look better in black

Do you know what it feels like?
To be told that you are never right?
If I had a lighter skin maybe I would win
Does it make you want to think?
Do you know what it feels like?
'Cause I know what it feels like!
If I had a lighter skin maybe I would win
Does it make you want to think?

But if I just keep quiet
I'll be the one whose lying too
Why should I keep hiding, always crying?
Tell me what did I do?

You took the colour from me, darling, I'll get it back
I'll get it back, I'll get it back, I'll get it back, I'll get it back
You took the colour from me, but I look better in black
If I knew what I know now, maybe I would take it back
But f*ck that, I look better in black

Hey! I look better in black
Hey! I look better in black
If I knew what I know now, maybe I would take it back
But f*ck that (f*ck that!) I look better in black

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Thelma Plum

Thelma Plum is an Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter from Delungra, New South Wales. Now based in Melbourne, she is a graduate of the Music Industry College in Brisbane. She released her debut EP, Rosie, in March 2013 and followed it up with a second, Monster, in 2014.Plum won Triple J's National Indigenous Music Awards competition in 2012 and nominated for a Deadly in Most Promising New Talent in Music and for an Unearthed J Award. She has toured around Australia and has been on rotation nationally on Triple J. more »

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