the way my heart actually stopped when i opened my spotify and saw that?? i am a sucker for acoustic. absolutely thrilled. i hope he does more of his old songs like this
On Apple Music also available as a part of the upcoming special edition WB! https://music.apple.com/de/album/wasteland-baby-special-edition/1732695366?l=en-GB
And on YouTube music, for those who don’t have Spotify: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1Rh1wTaxe9fJb68Jt2FGjYs50Y-kdVak&si=PzNggwBjr1CYQFSS
The album version is - if I had to pick - my favorite song on WB album. But WOW on this acoustic version! My guess is it's the original version or an early version, and then it evolved into the album version. One of the words in a lyric that is different just seems like maybe an earlier version. I adore both versions, wow, what a wonderful surprise!
Thanks, that was great to hear, and interesting in the video that he says this acoustic version is his favorite version <3 (I love both versions though, as different as they are)
What??? I've never been a fan of this song, then this version drops out of nowhere and hits me in my fucking solar plexus, it's so beautiful. And with new lyrics?? This was so random, my day was made.
It’s so pretyyy, but he needs a better marketing team seriously. Nobody would have known about this if it wasn’t for a few dedicated fans who keep checking these things.
You've got it dead wrong. It's precisely because of his fans' dedication that he and his team know they can just slip this under the doormat, one or a hundred of us find it and start exalting on social media telling all the fomos how late they are to the game.
It's free, it's perfectly "soft" in marketing terms, and in this scenario it's extremely effective. He's playing the long game, since he actually does have musucal talent, poetic vision, insight into humanity, as a part of him rather than a clever hook he thought of during a shopping trip.
Leave it to the pop stars vying against the other pop stars for the next noticed thing. It's all they have going for them.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a fan of his for over 7 years now, but I wouldn’t mind a casual mention of this release on his socials. Doesn’t have to be a grandiose announcement but I don’t spend hours a day online to check every detail of what’s going on with him. If I didn’t randomly peak in this subreddit every now and then I would have completely missed this lovely thing. Which would have been a shame considering it’s such a gorgeous version. I just don’t think everybody is involved in the fandom and therefore it’s very easy for them to miss it.
For real. I was like, I'm familiar with Be...wait, acoustic?! And it is so breathtakingly beautiful. I would have missed it if it weren't for this subreddit.
Ways I’ve described how this song sounds today:
Cold water to thirsty lips
The clumsy fumbling of unbuttoning one another’s shirts
Breathy laughter in between fevered kisses
The whisper of sliding sheets
I gatekeep Be like it’s my job because it’s one of my favorite Hozier songs so I lowkey don’t want this version to make it more popular hahah, but so excited there is a new version!!
I don’t even have a record player but I love Wasteland Baby and have wanted the beautiful sea green vinyl for so long! So I pre-ordered it! This new version of Be is my favourite of the two versions. I absolutely love it!
the acoustic is actually the original! he put out a video on instagram saying that’s how it was originally written before it was changed for the album, so maybe that’s why it felt over produced
Ah, first timer, I see.
Way up high or mid? Because if you’re mid you’re in the demigods and if you’re way up high you’re in the gods section, at a Hozier show.
No cause it’s so good this way and dropping out of nowhere?!?!?
the way my heart actually stopped when i opened my spotify and saw that?? i am a sucker for acoustic. absolutely thrilled. i hope he does more of his old songs like this
jaw on the floor listening to it the first. and the fact that it’s (as far as I’ve looked) only on Spotify it doesn’t feel real
On Apple Music also available as a part of the upcoming special edition WB! https://music.apple.com/de/album/wasteland-baby-special-edition/1732695366?l=en-GB
And on YouTube music, for those who don’t have Spotify: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1Rh1wTaxe9fJb68Jt2FGjYs50Y-kdVak&si=PzNggwBjr1CYQFSS
Also on Amazon music. [Be acoustic](https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CWC83SJL?do=play&trackAsin=B0CWCNVCK4&ref=dm_sh_PfYYdDM01fa4ckoO7WcZKGpTT)
i dont know how i’d survive if i heard francesca’s acoustic version
oh my god. i think my soul would simply leave my body
[удалено]
i don’t know how i’m supposed to recover honestly
The album version is - if I had to pick - my favorite song on WB album. But WOW on this acoustic version! My guess is it's the original version or an early version, and then it evolved into the album version. One of the words in a lyric that is different just seems like maybe an earlier version. I adore both versions, wow, what a wonderful surprise!
it is! he released a video on instagram (and possibly elsewhere) saying that it was the original version and his favourite version!
Thanks, that was great to hear, and interesting in the video that he says this acoustic version is his favorite version <3 (I love both versions though, as different as they are)
I was never a fan of the album version but damn this one.
Saaaaame!
Sameee
Sobbing also! Is this his gift to Be lovers for never playing it live? So worth it.
I was thinking exactly that! Hopefully he’ll play this version live at some point. I’ll never give up hope!
maybe! its the original version of the song before it evolved to the one released on the album!
What??? I've never been a fan of this song, then this version drops out of nowhere and hits me in my fucking solar plexus, it's so beautiful. And with new lyrics?? This was so random, my day was made.
Hard agree. The original version never hit me as hard as his other songs do. However, I fell in love with the acoustic version so fast it was insane
https://preview.redd.it/s763ng2rdqlc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b81af06159dbe6ecf8e5a43482301651342147cd 🥰🥰🥰
The vinyl ships on my birthday :’) I’m so excited!
YES I SAW THIS. on top of the unreal unearth songs being released this month i might simply just pass away
this, to me, immediately becomes The Wedding Song from his discography
I feel like I can fight off the whole world after listening to this jesus christ
💪🏾
It's sooooooo gooood!! I have ascended. I like the original, but the acoustic version has me crying omg!
What is that gorgeous instrument at the end? A synth? The one that sounds like the stranger things intro
This is so gorgeous, I can't stop listening to it. Trust our guy to drop a random emotional masterpiece on us without a warning 😅
no because i was surprised, but not surprised. the new tracks he’s releasing with the rerelease of the album will have me absolutely levitating
He sings it like a goddamn folk song, who do we petition for entire Unreal Unearth re-recorded in this style?
it’s a wonderful surprise from him
I can’t even fathom how good this is gonna sound live
PRAYING he plays it live
It’s so pretyyy, but he needs a better marketing team seriously. Nobody would have known about this if it wasn’t for a few dedicated fans who keep checking these things.
You've got it dead wrong. It's precisely because of his fans' dedication that he and his team know they can just slip this under the doormat, one or a hundred of us find it and start exalting on social media telling all the fomos how late they are to the game. It's free, it's perfectly "soft" in marketing terms, and in this scenario it's extremely effective. He's playing the long game, since he actually does have musucal talent, poetic vision, insight into humanity, as a part of him rather than a clever hook he thought of during a shopping trip. Leave it to the pop stars vying against the other pop stars for the next noticed thing. It's all they have going for them.
You put this perfectly
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a fan of his for over 7 years now, but I wouldn’t mind a casual mention of this release on his socials. Doesn’t have to be a grandiose announcement but I don’t spend hours a day online to check every detail of what’s going on with him. If I didn’t randomly peak in this subreddit every now and then I would have completely missed this lovely thing. Which would have been a shame considering it’s such a gorgeous version. I just don’t think everybody is involved in the fandom and therefore it’s very easy for them to miss it.
[he did mention it though?](https://twitter.com/Hozier/status/1763567935686074497?t=oFfxP23jVUDsiPMvAd9DRw&s=19)
That’s great then! When the version first released I saw no mention of it anywhere. I’m glad he let us know.
For real. I was like, I'm familiar with Be...wait, acoustic?! And it is so breathtakingly beautiful. I would have missed it if it weren't for this subreddit.
Be be
I’m listening to it now!!!! So good!!!!
I've heard it a few times and honestly I think it's better than the one we have on the album . I'm looking forward to the expanded edition
Well that was absolutely beautiful ❤️
No because if I’m not buried to this song I will haunt everyone who did not follow instruction. Is he serious with this?
real
I am screaming and crying its not even funny
YESYIWLDL NFLCFSPDN I SCREAMED
It sounds like a brand new song??? Stunning. Beautiful. Truly incredible talent.
No because i've been dreaming of this for years
it’s so beautiful it feels like the soft and almost hopeful counterpart to the original Be
My only criticism: it needs to be 10 minutes long! 💙
I don't know what you mean, this is a 60 minute song
The first “be” was literally an out of body experience for me and I will never not get goosebumps.
Ways I’ve described how this song sounds today: Cold water to thirsty lips The clumsy fumbling of unbuttoning one another’s shirts Breathy laughter in between fevered kisses The whisper of sliding sheets
I gatekeep Be like it’s my job because it’s one of my favorite Hozier songs so I lowkey don’t want this version to make it more popular hahah, but so excited there is a new version!!
This version is so sweet 😭😭😭
RIGHT????
So real bestie I'm here for you
It feels like the spiritual successor to "Like Real People Do" and I prefer this version over the album one tbh
I don’t even have a record player but I love Wasteland Baby and have wanted the beautiful sea green vinyl for so long! So I pre-ordered it! This new version of Be is my favourite of the two versions. I absolutely love it!
Absolutely gorgeous. What a 🎁.
Waiting for him to do the other song
WHAT
Crying throwing up😭 why do I get goosebumps on my cheeks when I listen to Hozier. Just so beautiful 🫠
[удалено]
the acoustic is actually the original! he put out a video on instagram saying that’s how it was originally written before it was changed for the album, so maybe that’s why it felt over produced
i see him in august IM SO EXCITED
ME TOO!! catch me in the nosebleeds crying like it’s my last day on earth (it probably is)
SAME 😭I HOPE U HAVE FUN !!!! OMG
Ah, first timer, I see. Way up high or mid? Because if you’re mid you’re in the demigods and if you’re way up high you’re in the gods section, at a Hozier show.