The Hellp keeps the haze thick on Riviera with Cortt, the glitchy heartbeat of their debut full-length dropping November 21, 2025, and it creeps in like a corrupted file you can’t stop playing, all fragmented whispers and that uneasy pull of something half-remembered.
Noah and Maggie do this thing where they make beauty out of breakdown, and Cortt is them at their most hypnotic. Tucked as track six on the album, it’s a short, looping fever dream, distorted vocals floating over warped beats that feel like a hard drive skipping. The lyrics are sparse and cryptic, repeating fragments about courts or cort (maybe cortisol, maybe a cut-off thought), tying into the album’s theme of LA as this endless, draining loop where glamour frays into static. They built it from old voice memos and laptop experiments, keeping that raw, unfinished edge that’s made their EPs cult favorites.
Riviera as a whole is their love-hate letter to the city, 10 tracks of sun-bleached distortion that clock around 38 minutes but feel longer in the best way. It starts with that colorful town escape on the opener, wanders through pine tree wishes and gallery strangers, hits this mid-album low with Cortt’s fragmented haze, and fades out on something that sounds like the party finally crashing.
The Hellp’s been this whisper in the underground for years, dropping EPs that feel like secrets, and Riviera is them finally stepping out without polishing the cracks. It’s music for when the night’s too bright and your thoughts won’t settle.
Dive into the Cortt lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Riviera tracks for more of The Hellp’s distorted glow.
| Lead Vocals | The Hellp |
| Songwriter | The Hellp |
| Music Producer | The Hellp |
| Label | Atlantic Records |
| Release Date | November 21, 2025 |
| Song Language | English |
| Copyright © | Anemoia Records & Atlantic Records |
Lyrics of Cortt by The Hellp
[Intro]
I’ve Said My Hellos
I Got Sad And
[?] Break From The Crowd
[?] The Hum The Drums
Riviera Sound
[Verse 1]
There’s A Couple Smokers And A Glass Of Champagne
There’s A Couple Liars Touching The Page
With A Little Smile And A Call Of My Name, Yeah
We’re Getting Closer
We’re Getting Closer
Talk To A Man Who I Don’t Really Know
He Says “Hello, How Are You?” With The Rigamarole, Yeah
Pick Up The Knife But I Leave It Alone, Yeah
Pick Up The Tempo
Pick Up The Tempo
’cause There’s A Fine Line Between You And Me
Figure It Out, Get In Between
’cause There’s A Fine Line Between You And Me
Figure It Out, Get In Between
[Chorus]
It’s A Hard Drive Into The City
In The Nighttime, Over The Hill
I’m Thinking Blue Eyes
They Won’t Deceive Me Here
(For The Second Time)
And I Can’t Believe How
The Words You’re Saying
Get Beneath My Skin
[Verse 2]
It’s A Mantra That You Live By
I Was A Good Kid, I’m A Good Guy
Don’t Know What I’m Saying, Gotta Rewind
When I Lay Down And I’m All Blind
And There’s Someone Else In The Background
And He Leans Close With A Whisper
Saying “Realize That You Are All Alone”
Like A Soldier On A Submarine
No Weather Out, But I’m Underground
Like A Tiffany In The Blue Light
Said Don’t Go Probably Two Times
Then A Flashbang In The Darkness
There’s A Man Down With A Brain Bleed
And A Trust Fund In The Concrete
Saying “Realize That You Are All Alone”
(You Are All Alone)
(You Are All Alone)
[Chorus]
It’s A Hard Drive Into The City
In The Nighttime, Over The Hill
I’m Thinking Blue Eyes
They Won’t Deceive Me Here
(For The Second Time)
And I Can’t Believe How
The Words You’re Saying
Get Beneath My Skin
It’s A Hard Drive Into The City
In The Nighttime, Over The Hill
I’m Thinking Blue Eyes
They Won’t Deceive Me Here
(For The Second Time)
And I Can’t Believe How
The Words You’re Saying
Get Beneath My Skin
[Outro]
The Voices Chasing
The Mirror That I See You In
The Voices Are Cheering
You Don’t Ever Play It Fair
The Voices Chasing
The Mirror That I See You In
The Voices Are Cheering
You Don’t Ever Play It Fair
[?] House
Front Of The Line
Back Outside
[?]
Look Around
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