Roughly two years have passed since beabadoobee dropped her previous record, 2024’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves, a chart-topping U.K. success executive-produced by Rick Rubin. Now, the Filipino-British indie artist is making her return to the spotlight. After recently contributing the track “Say Yes” to the charity compilation Help(2), she’s back today with a fresh single titled “All I Did Was Dream Of You.” This new release is a partnership with the alternative pop group The Marías, who earned a Best New Artist Grammy nomination last month (an award ultimately taken home by Olivia Dean).

According to an official statement, beabadoobee has shared a “longtime mutual creative admiration” with the frontwoman of The Marías, María Zardoya. The pair collaborated on the track alongside producers Josh Conway, Gianluca Buccellati, and Alessandro Buccellati. “All I Did Was Dream Of You” presents as a mellow, atmospheric guitar-driven song that gains a sharper, more pointed edge as the lyrical narrative becomes increasingly complex. In the opening verse, beabadoobee reflects on waking from a sweet reverie about a romantic partner (or perhaps a crush), lamenting the desire to stay lost in that fantasy forever.

Please
All I did was dream of you
Swimming in my mind again
Wanting to waste time again
Ease
Always so easy with you
I don’t have to think
Pour another drink

As she enters the pre-chorus, her focus remains locked on this idealized perception.

And I want it all the time
While I’m yours and you are mine
Going steady till we lie, high at sunrise

The chorus, however, introduces a note of hesitation. There is an underlying concern that her partner might be leading her on—if that turns out to be the case, she prefers to move on rather than squander her efforts.

Stay, stay or just leave
Stay or just leave me be
Stay or just leave me be

Zardoya takes over for the second verse, shifting the song’s perspective entirely. She describes a nightmare, grappling with a lingering sense of apprehension.

Nightmares always feel like this
They swallow me
But I let go
Doesn’t feel like I can breathe (Stay with me for a while)
They follow me (Now it’s inside of the dark)
But I let go (Instead, I love in denial)
Yeah, I let go

The music video for “All I Did Was Dream Of You” was filmed on location in Lithuania and features a dramatic scene where a car explodes and flips through the air. Beabadoobee explained to Dazed that the visual aesthetic drew inspiration from the Yorgos Lanthimos motion picture Bugonia.

You can examine the full text of the lyrics for “All I Did Was Dream Of You” right now on Genius.