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Messy

Lola Young · 2024

Messy by Lola Young (2024) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • You hate the fucking lot
  • You hate the fucking lot
  • You hate, you hate

Sing it again — final chorus

  • You hate the fucking lot
  • Oh, and I'm too messy, and then I'm too fucking clean
fuckinghateperfect

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

When it was likefour degrees?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And I, I get whatsayin'

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I justdon't wanna hear it right now

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You hate thelot

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

It'syou ages

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Anddon't pull those faces

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You know I'm impatient

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Okay, so yeah, I smoke like a chimney

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You hate, you hate

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And then you come home to me?

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But one text or two would be nice

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You ? I'm impatient

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And I, I get what ? sayin'

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? to be me, is that not allowed?

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You hate the ? lot

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And ? don't pull those faces

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "fucking" in the whole song?

"fucking"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "hate" in the whole song?

"hate"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • And then you come home to me?
  • You hate the fucking lot
  • You know I'm impatient

Exercise 25

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Messy" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Messy", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • don't→
  • wanna→
  • gonna→
  • i've→

Exercise 29

"Messy" was released in 2024. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 30

If you could ask Lola Young one question about "Messy", what would it be and why?

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