Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint

The song

“Body Paint” is a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was released as the second single from their seventh studio album, The Car (2022), on 29 September 2022, with an accompanying music video.^[3][4]

Composition and lyrics

Musically the song has been described as a “lounge-y piano ballad”, and Beatlesque,^[5] with “gorgeous string arrangements” reminiscent of Burt Bacharach and George Martin‘s work with said group.^[1] The band has been said as being “in introspective lounge lizard mode over sparkling piano and slowed-down drums.”^[6] Robin Murray of Clash, thought there was a “sense of Bowie‘s mid 70s peak in the arrangement”, and that the song “Split in two by that guitar solo”, finds the band, “moving in a sensual, yet utterly insular, path.”^[7] The second half of the song features “gritty guitars” that “push the song into a slightly more rocking direction.”^[8]

About the chorus, “Straight from the cover shoot / There’s still a trace of body paint / On your legs and on your arms and on your face”, lead singer Alex Turner said, “Not exactly what you’d imagine singing over the loud bit–But it’s as much about the musical ideas as the lyrics”.^[9]

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