"Play House" is a single by American pop music singer and songwriter Colette Carr. It was released on January 22, 2016 as the second single from her second studio album, Believe in Us. The music video was released February 3, 2016. Lyrically the song talks about fantasizing about role playing with a love interest, having the perfect life "playing house".

"Play House"
Single by Colette Carr
from the album Believe in Us
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2016
Recorded2015
Genre
Length3:25
Label
  • Kawaii Nation
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Frankmusik
Colette Carr singles chronology
"Static"
(2015)
"Play House"
(2016)
"Believe In Us"
(2017)

Background and composition

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"Play House" was written by Carr, American singer-songwriter Cara Salimando and producer Frankmusik. It serves as the second single from Carr's second studio album Believe in Us which is scheduled to be released in 2017. "Play House" is a synth-pop song that talks about a fantasized relationship.

When interviewed by MTV, Carr talked about the song, saying "I am the girl that lives in her Pokémon pajamas, orders food in, works late and is scared of the concept of growing a human inside of me. When I wrote 'Play House,' it was about a boy that made me want to dress super-girly, cook for him and have tiny human babies with him! That was something I’d never felt before. So I decided to write a song about it."[1]

Music video

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The music video for "Play House", which was directed by Shane Drake, was released on February 3[2] after being uploaded exclusively on MTV the day before. The music video has a 1950s theme. The video opens up with Carr's love interest pulling up to the house, being invited inside and when left alone, he starts to explore the house. Along the way he finds, two children dress similarly to him and Carr then witnessing Carr hacking away at something bloody and also being harassed by a red headed woman who looks similar to Carr. In the end, she convinces him that the things he was seeing was all in his head until it is revealed that Carr is the red headed woman in a wig.

Release details

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Region Date Label Format
Europe January 22, 2016 Kawaii Nation Digital download[3]
Worldwide January 23, 2016

References

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  1. ^ "Colette Carr Bio | Colette Carr Career | MTV". mtv.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Colette Carr - Play House (Official Music Video) - YouTube". youtube.com. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  3. ^ "Play House - Single by Colette Carr on Apple Music". itunes.apple.com. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-03.