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'Vertigo', the new song from Alice Merton, was inspired by a real event. It was the helpless feeling she experienced while waiting in line outside of a club in Berlin. Her unease led to dizziness that soon became a rush of vertigo. It was that anxious feeling and not being able to let go of it that shaped the song.
“‘Vertigo’ was the first song I had written, where I thought ‘OK, now I’m actually writing for the next album,'” Merton said in Rolling Stone. “For the first time in a while, I felt excited to have written a song that I couldn’t wait to perform live. It basically came about after (producer) Koz and I had talked about what it’s like living in Berlin, the very different club scene, and my anxiety when it came to going out and being in big crowds and small spaces. I casually described a club night, where I felt out of place, and the feeling of vertigo took over. We both felt it would be fun to play around with this idea and create a dark atmosphere, supported by a driving rhythm and an almost hypnotic guitar riff.”
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