Marvel star Simu Liu announced the release of his new single, “Don’t.”
The Chinese-Canadian actor, best known for the 2021 Marvel film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” wrote in his Instagram announcement, “This song was written for all of the hard times in my life where I have questioned my worth and felt like an imposter. it is for every single person who ever has felt alone, different, heartbroken or hopeless. you are worthy. you belong. you MATTER.”
The record was produced with 88rising.
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Lyrics for Don’t by Simu Liu:
20-somethings in a crowded room
Feels like everybody’s in on something –
Some big secret they’re not telling you
aboutLooking around
Everybody’s got it figured out.
Perfect strangers with their arms around somebody.
Shouting lyrics to a song that you don’t know.And I saw you there in the corner.
Your eyes fixed on the floorboards –
I came this close to walking over.
Damn, I wish I’d have told yaDon’t give up when you’re halfway down the road.
There’s so much inside you than you know.
When everything is telling you it’s over –
Baby, don’t.There will be times when it gets hard to stay
It’s easier to throw it all away,
just give me one more day
when you think of letting go
Baby, don’t.Conversation with the mirror now.
Making faces just to try them out cause
maybe one of them will feel like who you are.And it gets blurry under the city lights-
just one step in a million miles.I came this close to walking over
Damn I wish I would have told ya
Don’t give up when you’re halfway down the road.
There’s so much more inside you than you know
When everything is telling you it’s over –
Baby, don’t.There will be times when it gets hard to stay
It’s easier to throw it all away, just
give me one more day
when you think of letting goYou don’t have to be a soldier
If you look a little closer
there’s somebody; there’s somebody; there’s somebody rooting for yaSo don’t give up when you’re halfway down the road
There is so much more inside than you know.When everything is telling you it’s over,
Over,
Don’t.There will be times when it gets hard to stay
It’s easier to throw it all away
Just give me one more day
when you think of letting go,Baby don’t.
The 33-year-old actor is one of the many Kens in Greta Gerwig’s latest film “Barbie.” The feature film is expected to be released July 21, 2023. While the actual plot of the movie is still secret, the movie’s IMDb notes that the plot is, “A doll living in ‘Barbieland’ is expelled for not being perfect enough and sets off on an adventure in the real world.”
Last year, the 33-year-old actor published his memoir: “We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story.” The book is about his In s his journey from native China to Canada as an immigrant and his journey to becoming a superhero actor. Simu Liu shares the challenges he faced with cultural stereotypes and his own identity.