Von dutch – English Lyrics

• By: Charli xcx, A. G. Cook
• Album: Brat

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the chaotic energy of Charli XCX and A. G. Cook's "Von Dutch," especially its dynamic remix featuring Addison Rae. This track is a masterclass in modern, high-energy electropop that nods to early 2000s fashion and internet culture, offering a vibrant, sing-chanting experience perfect for exploring contemporary English slang and club culture references.

[English]

(Ah-ah-ah) I'm freezing outside, I feel my skin tight

My coat is inside, but I look up at you

I tracked your plane ride for when you're in tonight

Tell me, when is the next time I'll run into you?

It sounds insane, right?

I'll take the same flight

Wait at your bedside

I'll land right next to you

I'm going stateside

Where I'll see you tonight

Tell me, how did a girl like me get into you?

(Into you)

Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah

You can be my American, ha, ha (Ha, ha)

Ha, ha, ha, ha (Mwah)

Is it right? I don't know.

But you're taking my control

Never been abroad before

Now I'm knocking through your door

But you're nice, so I'll stay

Never met a British girl, you say?

No one treats me this way

Are all boys out here the same?

What can I say? (Uh-huh)

What can I do? (Uh-huh)

I'm tryna be the girl that you're talking to

(You're talking to)

And maybe you can be my American ha, ha boy (Ah-ah-ah)

You can be my American ha, ha boy (Boy)

Why can't you say that you want it too? (Too)

I'm flying intercontinental with you

And maybe you can be my American ha, ha boy (Boy)

You can be my American, ha, ha

I'm freezing outside, I feel my skin tight

My coat is inside, but I look up at you (You)

I tracked your plane ride for when you're—

Tell me, when is the next time I'll run into you?

You can be my American hot, hot boy.

You can be my American hot, hot boy.

Why can't you say what you want to do? (Uh-huh, uh-huh)

I'm flying intercontinental with you (You)

And maybe you can be my American hot, hot boy.

You can be my American, ha, ha.

Is it right? I don't know.

But you're taking my control.

Never been abroad before.

Now I'm knocking through your door.

But you're nice so I'll stay.

Never met a British girl, you say?

No one treats me this way.

Are all boys out here the same?

All those years I put in for the American dream

Is it worth all the work if you can't be here with me? (Me)

'Cause I fly Stockholm to LA

In my feelings on the plane

Worries fade away (Fade away)

When I hit the stage

I've been touring stateside

Kissing my Swedish boy over FaceTime

Who knew opening up would make me a headline?

Boots, that's my ego boost

Schedule ain't been loose for a minute.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
freeze /friːz/ A2	verb - to become or cause to become ice or very cold
tight /taɪt/ A2	adjective - fixed or fastened firmly
track /træk/ B1	verb - to follow the course of something
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B1	adjective - extremely foolish or irrational
beside /bɪˈsaɪd/ A1	preposition - next to or at the side of
stateside /ˈsteɪtˌsaɪd/ B2	adjective - in or to the United States
intercontinental /ˌɪntərˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/ C1	adjective - between or involving different continents
abroad /əˈbrɔːd/ A2	adverb - in or to a foreign country
knock /nɒk/ A1	verb - to hit or strike something with a sound
tour /tʊə/ A2	noun - a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited verb - to visit several places, especially for pleasure
boost /buːst/ B1	verb - to improve or increase something noun - an improvement or increase
schedule /ˈʃɛdjuːl/ B1	noun - a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times verb - to arrange or plan something to happen at a particular time
fade /feɪd/ B1	verb - to become gradually less distinct or visible
headline /ˈhɛdlaɪn/ B2	noun - a title at the top of a newspaper article, usually printed in large letters
ego /ˈiːɡoʊ/ B2	noun - a person's sense of self-importance or self-esteem

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm freezing outside, I feel my skin tight

  ➔ Present continuous tense for current actions or states

  ➔ I'm **freezing** outside, showing a current state with 'be + -ing'.

• I tracked your plane ride for when you're in tonight

  ➔ Present simple tense after 'for' in temporal clauses

  ➔ I tracked your plane ride for when you're **in** tonight, using present simple to refer to future events after 'for when'.

• Tell me, when is the next time I'll run into you?

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will' for predictions

  ➔ Tell me, when is the next time I'll **run** into you?, using 'will' for a future prediction in a question.

• I'll take the same flight

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will' for spontaneous decisions

  ➔ I'll **take** the same flight, showing a future intention with 'will'.

• Never been abroad before

  ➔ Present perfect tense for life experiences

  ➔ Never **been** abroad before, using present perfect to talk about past experiences up to now.

• Never met a British girl, you say?

  ➔ Present perfect tense for past actions with present relevance

  ➔ Never **met** a British girl, you say?, present perfect emphasizing never having met up to now.

• Are all boys out here the same?

  ➔ Present simple tense for general truths or habits in questions

  ➔ Are all boys out here the **same**?, using present simple to ask about general characteristics.

• Is it worth all the work if you can't be here with me?

  ➔ Second conditional for hypothetical situations

  ➔ Is it worth all the work if you **can't** be here with me?, second conditional imagining an unreal present condition.

• Who knew opening up would make me a headline?

  ➔ Past simple in 'who knew' for hypothetical past actions

  ➔ Who **knew** opening up would make me a headline?, past simple in an exclamatory rhetorical question.