Nice To Know You – English Lyrics

• By: PinkPantheress

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the UK-centric sound of PinkPantheress with “Nice To Know You,” a masterclass in modern pop sampling that can teach you about UK Garage and Drum and Bass rhythms. The song is special for its clever incorporation of an obscure 2000s Sugababes sample, creating a distinct, nostalgic, yet futuristic sound perfect for exploring conversational English around relationships and emotional complexity.

[English]

Mm

Mm

How could you make it seem so obvious?

Wait until the end, tell me we'll stay best friends

How could you make it feel so obvious? (Oh)

Watching what you do, I'll still respond to you

(Ooh) I'm emotional, you made a mess, you know?

Said you're approachable (uh, stop it)

And I'm the next to go, you're unemotional

You were nice to know

Nothing's really sane, but everything's amazing

Slowly taking over me

Baby, have you noticed the sky is rearranging?

I feel it move in me (mm)

Nothing's really sane, but everything's amazing

Slowly taking over me

Baby, have you noticed the sky is rearranging?

Unemotional, you were nice to know (hm)

You see, I know this isn't light for a Friday night

But there's something in my brain

And I wanna make sure I'm saying it right (ooh)

The status check is due, so do I still belong to you? (Uh)

You look me in the eye and say with a smile, "It'll be alright"

(Ooh) I'm emotional, you made a mess, you know?

Said you're approachable (uh, what was that?)

And I'm the next to go, you're unemotional

You were nice to know

Nothing's really sane, but everything's amazing

Slowly taking over me

Baby, have you noticed the sky is rearranging?

I feel it moving me (hm, you see)

Nothing's really sane, but everything's amazing

Slowly taking over me (oh)

Baby, have you noticed the sky is rearranging?

Unemotional, you were nice to know (mm)

Oh, oh, it was nice to know

Oh, oh, oh, it was nice to know

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
know /noʊ/ A2	verb - to have information or understanding
mess /mɛs/ A2	noun - a dirty or untidy state verb - to make a mess
sky /skaɪ/ A2	noun - the atmosphere seen from Earth
notice /ˈnoʊtɪs/ B1	verb - to become aware of something
emotional /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/ B1	adjective - relating to or expressing emotions
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ B1	adjective - causing great surprise or wonder
status /ˈsteɪtəs/ B2	noun - the relative social professional or other position of someone or something
rearranging /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒɪŋ/ B2	verb - to change the order or arrangement of something
obvious /ˈɑːbviəs/ B2	adjective - easily perceived or understood
approachable /əˈproʊtʃəbl/ B2	adjective - easy to approach and talk to
sane /seɪn/ B2	adjective - of sound mind; not insane
belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ B2	verb - to be the property of someone
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression indicating happiness verb - to form a smile
brain /breɪn/ B1	noun - the control center of the nervous system

Key Grammar Structures

• How could you make it seem so obvious?

  ➔ Modal verb ‘could’ + bare infinitive

  ➔ The word "could" shows a past ability or possibility, and the verb "make" appears in the bare infinitive form after it.

• Wait until the end, tell me we'll stay best friends

  ➔ Imperative + future simple with “will”

  ➔ "Wait" and "tell" are imperative verbs giving a command, while "we’ll" (short for "we will") predicts a future state.

• Baby, have you noticed the sky is rearranging?

  ➔ Present perfect + present progressive

  ➔ "have you noticed" is present perfect, asking about a past action with present relevance; "is rearranging" is present progressive, describing an action occurring now.

• The status check is due, so do I still belong to you?

  ➔ Passive voice + question with auxiliary “do”

  ➔ "is due" is a passive construction meaning “must be completed”; "do I still belong" uses the auxiliary “do” to form a yes‑no question.

• You look me in the eye and say with a smile, "It'll be alright"

  ➔ Coordinating conjunction “and” + future contraction “it’ll”

  ➔ "and" links two actions (“look” and “say”); "it'll" is the contraction of "it will", expressing a future certainty.

• Nothing's really sane, but everything's amazing

  ➔ Negative and positive contractions + contrast with “but”

  ➔ "Nothing's" = "nothing is" and "everything's" = "everything is"; the clause after "but" contrasts the two ideas.

• I'm the next to go, you're unemotional

  ➔ Superlative‑like “the next to + infinitive” construction

  ➔ "the next to go" uses "the next" followed by an infinitive ("to go") to indicate the upcoming person or thing.

• I feel it move in me

  ➔ Verb + object + bare infinitive (perception verb)

  ➔ "feel" is a perception verb; after the object "it", the verb "move" appears in the bare infinitive form, expressing what is sensed.

• It was nice to know

  ➔ Past simple + infinitive of purpose (to + verb)

  ➔ "was" puts the sentence in past time; "to know" is an infinitive that explains what was nice.