Rolling Stone described the track as a "churning hard rocker. Gutt's vocals are described as having a deep, nasal-toned quality to them, sounding similar to Weiland without sounding like an exact clone. Gutt's ability to write the lyrics and melody of the song, alongside a few other songs, is what made the band decide that he should be the new lead singer. Gutt was able to come up with the vocal melody on the spot, and was able to write the songs later down the road.
The song was presented to Gutt as part of the auditioning process the band played him the song, and he was tasked, on the spot, to see what he would do with the song. More Stone Temple Pilots song meanings ». The song's instrumental track was originally written by the band's remaining original members - guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Eric Kretz - prior to Gutt's audition for the band in September 2016. The lyrics keep referring to her happiness (drugs or crazy people), and then ask 'what if I follow you', saying what if I go crazy or over dose on drugs he is sad about losing her, The lines 'The roller coaster is a lonely ride' shows his sadness and his willingness to die or also her. A lyric video was released a month later, on December 15, 2017. The song is the lead single from the band's seventh studio album, which was released on March 16, 2018. The song was debuted live, at Gutt's first concert with the band, on November 14, 2017, at a private, invite-only show, with the studio recording of the song being released the following day. "Meadow" is the first Stone Temple Pilots song to feature new singer Jeff Gutt, who was chosen by the band out of 15,000 applicants after the year spanning search for a new singer after the departures and deaths of prior vocalists Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington.
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