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"Temperamental Love" is the lead single from Bridgit Mendler's second studio album featuring Devontée. It was released on February 10, 2017. It's about the highs and lows of a long-distance relationship, with mixed temperature metaphors.[2]

The song premiered on The Fader on February 9, 2017, the day before the official release.

Background[]

On January 2, 2017, Bridgit uploaded a photo to her accounts with Devontée with the description "New thangs with Devontée".[3]

On February 3, 2017, Bridgit announced the song as a single during a live broadcast on Instagram. On February 9, Bridgit uploaded the song to SoundCloud.[4] The song was released by SoundCloud. Before the release of Temperamental Love, Bridgit uploaded photos of her with Devontée recording the music video, the photos were taken by Gibson Hazard. "Temperamental Love" was written by Mendler, Devontée, Spencer Bastian, Mischa Chillak, Nicholas Klingenberg and Powers Pleasant.

Bridgit and Devontée made a video of "Temperamental Love" for Jam In The Van, a solar powered car recording studio that is changing the way the world discovers new music.[5]

Finally on March 1, 2017, Bridgit uploaded the video for "Temperamental Love" on her Vevo channel, BridgitMendlerVEVO.[6]

Promotion[]

To promote "Temperamental Love", Bridgit performed the song for We Found New Music live with "Atlantis".[7] On February 17, Bridgit was filming a video for "Temperamental Love" with Jam In The Van.[8][9][10][11] That same day, he announced that he will sing "Temperamental Love" for We Found New Music on March 17th, 2017.[12]

Critical reception[]

Thomas Bleach said: "On the back of the release of her highly praised EP “Nemesis” Bridgit Mendler has dropped another single before stepping out on tour in March. The brief “Temperamental Love” is as much Devontee’s song as it is hers. His rap verse takes up half of the song before her slow burning chorus takes. The production and melody is similar to Diana Ross’ “Im Coming Out” and I know that sounds like a weird comparison but it’s valid. It perfectly continues the indie-pop sound that she has injected to her sound with a more DIY approach. “Temperamental love taking over me. All the lows shake my bones every time you leave but I can’t escape the thought of you boy”. However compared to her other tracks from this project I can’t help but feel a bit underwhelmed. It’s repetitive but not overly catchy and fails to make that impact that the EP did. It’s a slow burner though and does grow on you with each listen."[13]

Music video[]

On February 3, 2017, Bridgit and Devontée were on a live stream on Instagram from Hollywood[14] and announced the song as a single that would be released on February 10, 2017.[15] That same day, Bridgit recorded the video for the song. The official music video was released on March 1, 2017, directed by Bridgit Mendler and Vlad Sepetov and edited by Vlad Sepetov and Gibson Hazard.

Videos[]

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1: Devontée]
Uh, uh
Girl, you ain't the only one that's all alone
Hell, I'm only seeing you on the phone
What's a FaceTime? I need face-to-face time
Calls being dropped, you think it's all my fault
I'm in the hills, girl, and I'm working extra hard
Don't let the long distance make a mess of us
Or make you think I'm less involved
I'll call you tomorrow, I'm tired of this

[Chorus: Bridgit Mendler]
Temperamental love taking over me
All the lows shake my bones every time you leave
But I can't escape the thought of you, boy
But I can't escape the thought
But I can't escape the thought of you

[Verse 2: Devontée & Bridgit Mendler]
Ya, baby, me neither
I need to breathe you, I never need a breather
I need to see you, and never say "see ya"
I need you now, I'm just as eager
I'll wait around, that's the procedure
I don't ever do it on purpose, girl, believe me
Both get heated, tell me what's the reason
What makes you think for me this is easy?

[Chorus: Bridgit Mendler]
Temperamental love taking over me
All the lows shake my bones every time you leave
But I can't escape the thought of you boy
But I can't escape the thought
But I can't escape the thought of you

[Bridge: Bridgit Mendler]
Give me the highs and lows, baby
I'm hung up on it
I'm all alone, I'm all alone
Hopped on a plane with your woes, baby
Do what you want but
I'm waiting up all alone, boy

[Chorus: Bridgit Mendler]
Temperamental love taking over me
All the lows shake my bones every time you leave
But I can't escape the thought of you, boy
But I can't escape the thought
But I can't escape the thought of you

[Outro: Bridgit Mendler]
But I can't escape the thought of you, boy (But I can't escape the thought of you, boy)
But I can't escape the thought
But I can't escape the thought

Trivia[]

  • One day before the release, Bridgit answered questions on twitter.[16]
  • Bridgit said the song is very spontaneous.
  • This is the first song that was produced by Bridgit.[17]
  • The song was recorded in Los Angeles.[18]
  • "Temperamental Love" is about the highs, lows, heat and cold. It is the balance of life. Some days the high temperature is -3 and sometimes the high is 100 and that is the same as the ratios to ensure that it is well rounded.[19]
  • In a live stream for South America, Bridgit performed "Temperamental Love" among others.[20]
  • "Temperamental Love" was recorded in Bridgit's studio.
  • It was the first official music video directed by Bridgit Mendler.

References[]

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