She Likes (Bittersweet Love)

"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" is a song by American pop punk band Forever the Sickest Kids. The song was released on January 14, 2010 as the second and final single from the groups fourth EP The Weekend: Friday. The song reached number one on Kerrang's Top 10 chart.

Composition

"She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" was written by Austin Bello, Caleb Turman, Jonathan Cook and Michael Shimshack while production was handled by Matt Squire. Guitarist Marc Stewart spoke about the song's meaning with Alternative Press. He stated, "This is about a girl who can't make up her mind. She likes one thing, but then she likes the opposite. We have all dated that type of girl, so it was easy to write about."

Music video

The music video for "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)" premiered on April 19, 2010 and was directed by Danny Drysdale. The video features cameo appearances from television sportscaster Pat Summerall and drummer Kyle Burn's girlfriend Mindy White. Prior to its release, the band had posted multiple teaser videos on their YouTube account in preparation for the release of the full music video for the song.

The video sees the group competing in the PPPGA tour (a parody of the PGA Tour) in the hopes of winning the "Forever The Sickest Cup." At the end of the video, a couple members were disqualified and others were declared winners. The music video reached number 167 on the US iTunes music video chart.

Personnel

Charts

Release history

References

1. Forever the Sickest Kids discography
2. The Weekend: Friday
3. Forever the Sickest Kids
4. Pat Summerall
5. Love, Stargirl
6. Crazy, Stupid, Love
7. The Thing Called Love
8. What Do You Want from Me (Forever the Sickest Kids song)
9. Lyn Lapid
10. First Love (1977 film)
11. IU (singer)
12. Robin and Marian
13. Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do (film)
14. Moonstruck
15. Wedding (TV series)
16. Saving All My Love for You
17. The Duke of Death and His Maid
18. Our Times
19. Addison Montgomery
20. Jackson Avery