Rewind

The story behind this song happened just after Kelela had returned to LA from Brazil. She recalled to The Fader: "My friend was there with me, and we all went to this club one night. She met a girl that she was really interested in. She saw her earlier in the day, and they hung out before we went to the club in S?o Paulo. In the middle of the club, I saw them hanging out, and we were all chilling. When I was done partying, I told her I was about to leave, and I said, 'I'm about to go out, are you coming or no?' And she was like, 'I'm gonna come.' Then as soon as we're about to walk out, she says, "I think... I'm going to stay and hang out with the girl. I didn't express my interest in an overt way. So I think I'm gonna go and do that.' And I was like, 'Yes girl. You have to turn around and you have to go.'" "The next morning, I wake up and I'm so curious about her night. I knocked on her door and I was like, 'So... how was it?!' She was like, 'Girl, I went back in the club and I never saw her again.' And I was like, 'What? Oh my god, no. That's so juicy though!' She was like, 'I had the best time partying in that crazy club, but I could never find her. I looked everywhere.' And I was like, 'Oh my god, what a good song.' So, that's where the song 'Rewind' comes from: it's literally from my best friend's story and, yeah, it's really juicy."