Dive

"Dive" is a love song about that exciting but shaky thrill of letting someone into your heart after it's been stomped on a few times. Olivia Dean recorded it for her 2023 debut album, Messy.

Dean wrote the song after starting a new relationship. "I was in love!" she exclaimed to the BBC. "I was happy, I'd had an Aretha resurgence, and I just wanted to write something joyful and fluffy. It's a very happy song for me to sing. I have a lot of sad songs, so it's nice to end shows on a high."

Dean has kept the identity of the love interest who inspired the song private. While she intentionally writes from a personal place so listeners can project their own experiences onto the music, she focuses on the feelings and emotions rather than on the identity of the individual.