Eugene (song)

"Eugene"
Single by Arlo Parks
from the album Collapsed in Sunbeams
Released11 February 2020
GenreContemporary R&B
Length3:41
LabelTransgressive
Songwriters
ProducerGianluca Buccellati
Arlo Parks singles chronology
"Angel's Song"
(2019)
"Eugene"
(2020)
"Black Dog"
(2020)
Music video
"Eugene" on YouTube

"Eugene" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Arlo Parks, released on 11 February 2020 as the lead single from her debut studio album, Collapsed in Sunbeams (2021), alongside an accompanying music video.[1][2] English music publication The Forty-Five ranked it as the fourth-best song of 2020.[3]

"Eugene" was covered by Dua Lipa in 2021.[4]

Critical reception

English music publication The Forty-Five named it the fourth-best song of 2020.[3]

Music video

The music video, directed by the Coyle-Larner Brothers (consisting of English singer and rapper Loyle Carner and his brother Ryan Coyle-Larner), was released on 11 February 2020. It depicts two women—Parks and an unnamed acquaintance—whose relationship is unclear before the male titular character emerges and appears to be in a relationship with Parks' acquaintance, to Parks' chagrine.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Renshaw, David (12 February 2020). "Arlo Parks battles complicated feelings and a broken bed in her "Eugene" video". The Fader. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 Kenneally, Cerys (12 February 2020). "Arlo Parks shares new single "Eugene" with video directed by Loyle Carner and his brother". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 "The 45 best songs of 2020". The Forty-Five. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Kaufman, Gil (20 April 2021). "Dua Lipa gets super mellow covering Arlo Parks' "Eugene"". Billboard. Retrieved 25 March 2026.