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Glad I Met You
Release Date: April 12, 2024
Language: English
Genre: Pop Ballad
Chaylin’s second release and debut English-language single, “Glad I Met You,” is an uplifting pop ballad about heartbreak, healing, gratitude, and personal growth.
Built around cinematic strings and intimate vocals, the song traces the emotional passage from loss to renewal. Written in the aftermath of a personal goodbye, “Glad I Met You” does not erase what hurt. Instead, it looks back with honesty and transforms memory into strength.
Images of open roads, lasting scars, and forward motion carry the listener through a journey of falling, learning, and rising again. At its heart, the song finds gratitude within grief, honoring what a relationship gave even after it has ended.
As the second chapter in the Chaylin Pop Universe, “Glad I Met You” reveals a more reflective side of Chaylin’s artistry, one rooted in vulnerability, resilience, and the courage to keep moving forward.
Credits
Written by: Ailing Jiang (Chaylin) and William H. Carpenter
Produced by: Anton Ariki
Guitar: Anton Ariki
Bass: Peter Kahm
String Arrangement: Anton Ariki
Orchestral Performance: Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir
Vocal Production: Chaylin
Recording Engineering: Chaylin
Background Vocals: Chaylin and Guillermo Marín
Mixed by: Guillermo Marín
Mastered by: Jett Galindo
Recorded at: Chaylin’s Castle Lv. 2
Cover Art: Chaylin
🎧 Listen. Reflect. Heal.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The freeway is calling
And all I know is I’ve gotta go
Somewhere I’ve never known
Gas tank is half full
But I just need to get on the road
Just gotta be alone
[Pre-chorus 1]
I don’t think that I could stay
For a moment or a day
‘Cause I, I’m broken over you
[Chorus]
I’m only human
Burned by the shameless love of a runaway
Chasing that feeling
Back in the days when you were my favorite face
[Post-chorus]
But I’m glad that I met you
Glad that I crashed and burned with you
I’m so glad that I met you
The scars left me better
[Verse 2]
Sunset in the rearview
Between us, the distance it grows
Knew it was time to go
Against the horizon
Waiting to find me I know
Someone who feels like home
[Pre-chorus 2]
Always think it’s for the best
Not to hold on to regrets
But I, I’m holding on to you
[Chorus]
I’m only human
Burned by the shameless love of a runaway
Chasing that feeling
Back in the days when you were my favorite face
[Post-chorus]
But I’m glad that I met you
Glad that I crashed and burned with you
I’m so glad that I met you
The scars left me better
[Bridge]
Ooh ooh ooh
But in a different ‘when’
Ooh ooh ooh
Could we play pretend?
Ooh ooh ooh
But we’re in now not then
Ooh ooh ooh
[Post-chorus]
But I’m glad that I met you
Glad that I crashed and burned with you
I’m so glad that I met you
The scars left me better
[Outro]
The freeway is calling
And all I know is I’ve gotta go
Somewhere I’ve never known