# @popbase on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbO1m-2BwXQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68326601-popbase-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-25T22:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pop Base (@PopBase) — https://gondola.cc/PopBase

## Caption

One year ago today, Lola Young released, 'dealer.'

The third single from her third studio album, 'I'm Only F**king Myself,' out via Island Records. She wrote the track with longtime collaborators Solomonophonic and Will "Manuka" Brown, both key contributors to her prior album era, crafting a jumpy, skittering sound that fit her established habit of turning raw emotional material — regret, rage, dark humor — into candid songwriting. The song's opening verse reflects on lingering heartbreak and a struggle with sobriety, describing days spent trying to stay sober while still loving an ex the same way she did at nineteen.

Its chorus leans fully into escapist fantasy, with Lola Young declaring she wants to get far away, pack her bags along with her "drugs," and disappear for fifteen years, even joking about leaving a note with an indifferent next-door neighbor. Songfacts noted the title itself works as dark wordplay — on the surface a wry nod to drug use, but underneath a way of humanizing "the dealer" as a stand-in for the comfort and routine she's trying to escape, capturing the push-pull of addiction. The single arrived during an intense stretch of Lola Young's career, landing right after she wrapped the European leg of a packed festival run that included Glastonbury, Roskilde, and Lollapalooza Paris, with more festival dates still ahead in the US.

The release built on real momentum for Lola Young, following her breakout viral hit "Messy," which had already earned her an American Music Award nomination for Social Song of the Year, three Ivor Novello nominations, and a Grammy win. "D£aler" helped anchor I'm Only F**king Myself toward its September 2025 release, which debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart — though planned deluxe and touring plans were later put on hold after Lola Young collapsed on stage shortly after the album's release.

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