Mike Posner explains why none of I Took A Pill In Ibiza's lyrics are true 10 years after writing song
Mike Posner has revealed how different his life is 10 years on from the release of hit 'I Took A Pill in Ibiza'.
The tune was released back in 2015 - feel old yet? - originally as a piece of folk pop music by Mike Posner and later remixed by Norwegian production duo SeeB into the house party anthem that many of us bopped along to back in the day.
The song details the events of Posner's 26th birthday in Ibiza and 10 years on, he's reflected just how different his life is now compared to in the song.
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Taking to his X account yesterday (February 14) Posner explained he celebrated his 36th birthday a day earlier and feels 'proud to look at the song lyrics' of 'I Took A Pill in Ibiza' knowing 'NONE of them are true anymore'.
He continues: "I’ve grown into a completely new man…one that i’m proud of. check this out…"
The musician carries on the thread by dissecting his lyrics and doing a before-and-after comparing the lyrics and his life at 26 to his life now.
While at 26, he took a pill in Ibiza to 'show Avicii [he] was cool,' Posner explains at 36 he 'love[s] [himself] more than ever' and 'no longer do[es] s**t that harms [his] body to try to get people to like' him.
At 26, he was living in LA, driving a sports car to 'prove' he was a 'real big baller' who spends his money on cars, 'girls and shoes' whereas now, he drives a '4runner,' has donated a 'massive jordan collection' and doesn't feel the need to prove anything to 'anyone other than God'.
He continues: "If I buy myself something nice, it’s because i love myself and i deserve it, not because i’m trying to prove to others i’m good enough."
In the 2015 hit, Posner sung about not wanting to 'step off that roller coaster and be all alone', but now the singer explains he's 'not even close to alone' having spent 'a decade creating a community of the most loving high powered friends in the world'.
Aged 26, through his music, he warned people against becoming as distrusting as he was and ending up only knowing 'sad songs' but Posner is currently 'the happiest' he's 'ever been' in his life.
"And have sustained faith love and joy mindset for over a year," he adds.
Posner also sung about being a singer 'who already blew his shot' at 26 and his song being 'forgot,' but he's actually gone on to 'inspire' others as well as himself by walking across America, climbing Everest.
And not being able to 'keep a girl' because he 'cut 'em all loose' and uses work as an 'excuse' when he actually just can't 'open up'?
Well, he's since worked through his 'fear of intimacy and old avoidant patterns'.
Overall, while Posner may've sung that 'all [he] [knows] are sad songs, sad songs,' his lyrics couldn't be further from the truth when compared to his life now 10 years on.
The musician resolves: "36: i know sadness and pain very well, i also know how i overcame/overcome it. it is my duty to teach others to do the same. I know sad songs, but i also know redemptions songs, songs of freedom, songs of faith, and songs of devotion
"Love you. If you’re going through shit right now, keep going, you have no idea how good your life may be in 10 years. in gratitude, mp."
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Poppy Bilderbeck