Released: April 28, 2017

Featuring: Gallant

Songwriter: Drake Nineteen85

Producer: Sufjan Stevens

[Hook: Gallant & together]
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

[Verse 1: Gallant]
Ever since I left the city, you
Got a reputation for yourself now
Everybody knows and I feel left out
Girl, you got me down, you got me stressed out
‘Cause ever since I left the city, you
Started wearing less and goin' out more
Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor
Hangin' with some girls I never seen before

[Hook: Sufjan Stevens & together]
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

[Verse 2: Sufjan Stevens]
Ever since I left the city, you
You and me, we just don't get along
You make me feel like I did you wrong
Going places where you don't belong
Ever since I left the city, you
You got exactly what you asked for
Running out of pages in your passport
Hangin' with some girls I've never seen before

[Hook: Gallant + together]
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
(Come on everybody, stand up)
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

[Bridge: Gallant]
These days, all I do is
Wonder if you're bendin' over backwards for someone else
Wonder if you're rolling up a Backwoods for someone else
Doing things I taught you, gettin' nasty for someone else
You don't need no one else
You don't need nobody else, no
Why you never alone?
Why you always touching road?
Used to always stay at home
Be a good girl, you was in the zone
Yeah, you should just be yourself
Right now, you're someone else

[Hook: Sufjan Stevens & together]
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

[Outro]
Ever since I left the city…

Alright, let's see you do your best Drake impression
Something like this

And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on the Asthmatic Kitty label, which he formed with his stepfather, beginning with the 2000 release of A Sun Came. He is best known for his 2005 album Illinois, which hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2017. His best known single is the song “Chicago” from the album.

He is also a member of Danielson with Daniel, Elin, Andrew, David, Lenny, Ida and Lilly Smith, Megan and Jedidiah Slaboda, Rachel Galloway and Christiaan and Melissa Palladino. Elin, Daniel and Megan have been featured as backing vocalists on several of his songs and Daniel has produced for Sufjan as well.

He also used to be a member of Marzuki (a group named after Sufjan’s brother, Marzuki Stevens). The group was comprised of Shannon Stephens, Jamie Kempkers and Matthew Haseltine.

From the album