Gretta Ray - Don’t Date The Teenager

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Directed by Triana Hernandez & Gretta Ray
Cinematography Nyssa Mitchell
Produced by Triana Hernandez
Production Assistant Grace Hird
LX by Corey Clement
Styling by Vy Nguyen
HMU by Tess Holmes
HMU Assistant by Anni Palmer
Choreography by Andrew Steen
Art Direction Triana Hernandez
Production Design Samantha Gan
Production Assistant Shannen James
Edit by Sam Mapplebeck
Grade by Daniel Witt
Runner Sarah Jones
1AC Neha Shenvi
Best Person Cooper Dalbo
BTS Photographer James Morris
Thanks to: Tinpot Cafe & Take Care Studio

Cast & Dancers ~
Teenager: Hannah Adams
Boyfriend: Jeremy Bennett
Bride & Groom: Candela Gonzales Tonon, Miguel Loor Paredes
Wedding Guests : Kim Choi, Anna Turner, Madeline Papa, Steve Fernando & Niina Dell
Dancers: Andrew Steen, Cody Green, Beth Akua, Savannah Rose Pillay

Lyrics:
I saw your photo on my phone when I was eighteen
Fresh out the shower and fresh onto the music scene
Smart and successful
Highly impressionable was I then
And I was fine then

You seemed so gentlemanly
Tender, sensitive, romantic
Your fast infatuation with me made my parents panic
Caught up in your head ’til I lay in your bed
A daydream

Is when I’m taking my first shot with you
In a dim lit room
We were en route to your friends’ thirtieth birthday
“I love you”s whispered far too soon
How I look at you is the best thing in the worst way

But now I’m twenty and I’m not as fun
Hold it against me when I have opinions
If you’re needing saving then this won’t get far
Don’t date the teenager na na na na na
You won’t go out with my young friends to clubs
We go to weddings, everyone is on drugs
If you need a baby who can drive your car
Don’t date the teenager na na na na

We go to dinner to discuss your quarter-life crisis
Somehow I end up in tears
Boy, you’re full of surprises
You pay the check and then the two of us head home in silence
Now I feel bad for crying

But this isn’t my first fight with you
In a dim lit room
We were en route to 3 kids and a divorce, right?
“I love you”s whispered far too soon
How I look at you these days is in a new light

’Cause now I’m twenty and you’re not as fun
Hold it against me when I have opinions
If you’re needing saving then this won’t get far
Don’t date the teenager na na na na na
You won’t go out with my young friends to clubs
We go to weddings, everyone is on drugs
If you need a baby who can drive your car
Don’t date the teenager na na na na

Don’t date the teenager na na na na
Don’t date the teenager na na na na na
Don’t date the teenager na na na na na

I try recreating the earlier days
When singing your praises felt like telling the truth
Now I’m just ashamed
Friends only drop your name
When so casually saying
“What the fuck are you gonna do?”

’Cause now I’m twenty and this isn’t fun
Hold it against me when I have opinions
If you’re needing saving then this won’t get far
Don’t date the teenager na na na na na

Don’t date the teenager na na na na
Don’t date the teenager na na na na na
If you need a baby who can drive your car
Don’t date the teenager na na na na

Music video by Gretta Ray performing Don’t Date The Teenager. An EMI Recorded Music Australia production; © 2023 Welcome to Ballarat Pty Limited, under Exclusive Licence to Universal Music Australia Pty Limited

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