August Rouge- John Hughes (Official Music Video)
John Hughes- A Song by August Rouge
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
I wrote this song in November with my friend Josh. I’ve always been a big fan of film in general, but especially those classic John Hughes ‘80s movies. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is my favorite movie ever. My family watches Home Alone every Christmas. I would say this song is partly an ode to those movies and to John Hughes, but my main goal was for someone to hear this song and think about someone else, maybe someone special. It wrote itself so naturally even with all the references. My friend Cross Gray produced the song and it took us probably 7 hours altogether to make the track.
-August Rouge
LYRICS:
Do you remember 16?
When life was prettier in pink?
And you wasted away every single day
In a bed you didn't care to make?
Asleep on 34th Street
Your Breakfast Club just couldn't last
And you're still stuck in the past
And you're so Home Alone on Christmas Eve
And you find yourself falling through the seams
And walking on glass to get back to those days
But you're a movie that never ends
The kinda film that don't get old
And losing track of time in New York City
Don't matter much because you're with me
Every second's my favorite part
When your day off feels like work
And your vacation starts to hurt
And you feel stuck in all the substances
Of apathy, it's torturous
And so
You wanna live like Ferris did
You'll parade down Chicago streets
Cuz she's the best thing you've ever seen
Take any plane or train to get to her
And life right now feels so absurd
Cuz when you look into her eyes
It's some kind of wonderful
Don't you forget about me
Cuz I'm not afraid to say
It's not easy growing up
So don't you forget about me
Directed by Hannah Johnson and Cody Cathey
Starring Dennis Rivera, Josh Edgerton, Haley Glynn, Rosemary Pimpinella, Josh Riggins, and August Rouge
Music Produced by Cross Gray
Written by Jeff Myers, Cross Gray, and Josh Riggins
Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/track/5n9Rvb...
Apple Music- https://music.apple.com/us/album/john...