stephen song stephen song american recording artist songwriter taken debut studio album animal song written collaboration produced additional production song instrumentation exception played wrote song boy stalking refused singer musically stephen dance pop song incorporates elements country music song received positive reviews music critics release release animal download stephen charted lower regions music video song released singer debut album writing inspiration stephen written collaboration mother song produced additional production played instruments song exception performed song recording commenced long_island california hollywood california told rolling_stone stephen favorite tracks album explained song stemmed experiences man stalking written singer sixteen collaboration mother found produce song keyboard stuff amazing crazy cynical genius guy liked voice thing liked thing decided work explained inspired write song continual rejection protagonist song stephen refused singer told mtv wrote guy stalking like total loser don want way excited song february release song stephen attended singer concerts speaking total access wave singer recalled experience saying came huge gay bar new_york totally chain gets stage takes clothes underwear starts making like wait minute wrong genre tree composition stephen song composed dance pop genre incorporates elements country music according digital sheet music published song written key major tempo moves beats minute moderately fast rate vocal range song spans lower note higher note lyrics begin singing stephen stephen won song lyrics depict tale singer stalking crush stephen ultimately singer stephen opens layered cappella harmonies later transitioning driven pop song according singer stephen showcases vulnerable encompasses humor lyrics stephen shows vulnerable funny pop song saying totally obsessive love guy blowing pretty funny way bbc called song vulnerable ode unreliable crush phoenix thought song lyrics ode forcing sexual advances high school history teacher according musicomh song tells story guy bag hell charm pants ann powers los_angeles_times felt song experimental comparing group critical reception stephen received positive comments music critics bbc_music stephen example songs animal exemplified singer vocals saying beautiful layered cappella harmonies sure pop straight beautiful things ugly things pretty melodies ruined silly noises emotional lyrics stuffed wrote album post birthday sex pop landscape plenty room dumb described stephen ode forcing sexual advances high school history teacher ann powers los_angeles_times listed song exemplified album experimental calling country space rendition musicomh writer wrote album composed ballads stephen example saying kansas style vocal harmonies consensus album ballads fact complex multi party girl like surface digital spy commented uses album vulnerable admits rejection country tinged stephen music video music video stephen directed production team video released deluxe debut album animal release entitled animal later uploaded singer vevo account april video composed shots singer going extreme lengths stephen feeling video opens singer looking following video proceeds depicting singer interactions protagonist video setting located bar singer gets verbal altercation man girlfriend later leaves unconscious man takes house takes pictures later cuts hair shrine singer tapes man locks closet later escapes following singer distraught builds man dummy hair earlier proceeds bring dummy bar getting altercation later leaving street ending video track listing digital download stephen credits personnel recording recorded long_island california hollywood california personnel songwriting oliver production oliver instruments programming credits adapted liner notes animal rca_records charts release animal stephen debuted peaked number eighty issue date january song ninth highest debuting album track parent album
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