Hard-Fi - They Ain't Your Friends (official lyric video)

'They Ain't Your Friends' - the new single taken from Hard-Fi's brand new album 'Sweating Someone Else's Fever' out June 19! Pre-order/pre-save the album here: https://orcd.co/sweating-someone-else-s-fever-hard-fi

DECEMBER TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED | General onsale starts Friday 13th March @10:00AM here: https://lnk.to/HardFi2026

Thur 3rd Dec - Brixton Academy
Fri 4th Dec - Birmingham Institute
Sat 5th Dec - Manchester Ritz

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Lyrics: They Ain't Your Friends

They ain't your friends, ain't your friends
I thought you'd know by now
They'll bleed you when you're up
Then leave you when you're down
They ain't your friends, ain't your friends
Got to get this in your head
The moment you're not hot
They'll all leave you for dead

Nobody want to know you
Nobody wanna care
People look right through you
People make you feel like you're not there
Disappear into the distance
Looking for a sure thing
Like vampire bats parasites diving in when the cash till rings
Just another wannabe come in from way way out of town
And you're a joke because you care and you choke on the world as it drags you down
Suddenly you've got something
Everybody is your friend
Let the good times roll let em rock let em never never never end

They ain't your friends, ain't your friends
I thought you'd know by now
They'll bleed you when you're up
Then leave you when you're down
They ain't your friends, ain't your friends
Got to get this in your head
The moment you're not hot
They'll all leave you for dead

Fake friends up on Facebook
Fake friends on your phone
If you hit backspace hit erase do you think you’d ever really know?
Fake friends in the bathroom
Offer you cocaine
Stay clean cause they're testing your pee
And you want to get on that plane

I know, I know this should come as no surprise
But it's hard to see sometimes
When they're looking you in the eyes
Turning up and calling out your name
Spin you round and climb inside your brain

See the big fat rooster
Dollar signs in his eyes
See the big shot looter
Fingering his prize
See the posh kid hipster
Just trying to act all Street
See the hot new DJ
Yeah there’s another fucker every week
See the girls at the party
So beautiful yet so cold
See the rats in the ship shout out
“Should I stay or should I go!?”
See the plastic nightmare
Can't smile, can't blink
See the fashion victim shout out
"tell me how to think! "

They ain't your friends, ain't your friends
I thought you'd know by now
They'll bleed you when you're up
Then leave you when you're down
They ain't your friends, ain't your friends
Got to get this in your head
The moment you're not hot
They'll all leave you for dead
They ain't your friends, ain't your friends
I thought you'd know by now
They'll bleed you when you're up
Then leave you when you're down

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About Hard-Fi:

Formed in 2003 by frontman Richard Archer (vocals/guitar), Ross Phillips (guitar), Kai Stephens (bass), and Steve Kemp​ (drums), Hard-Fi burst onto the scene with their debut album Stars Of CCTV (2005), blending indie and electronic influences into a sound that captured the spirit of British youth culture. It became an instant classic and spawned singles ‘Cash Machine’, ‘Hard to Beat’, and ‘Living for the Weekend’. Shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, it hit #1 in 2006, earned two BRIT nominations and is certified double platinum in the UK.

It was followed by Once Upon A Time In The West (#1), and third album Killer Sounds (Top 10). The band also played one of the longest residencies at Brixton Academy (5 nights straight).

In 2024 they released their first new material in a decade, Don't Go Making Plans EP on Ignition Records and on July 4th, 2025, they marked the 20th anniversary of Stars with a special re-issue LP.

​Now recharged and looking sharply at a world gone sideways, Staines’ finest make their long-awaited return with brand new album Sweating Somebody Else’s Fever, their first in 15 years, out on June 19th via V2 Records. Written and recorded throughout 2025, and produced by Richard Archer alongside longtime collaborator Wolsey White, the album looks outside the window to the fractured present, and paints it in bold musical strokes, with the same sharp-eyed social commentary that powered their debut but with fresh perspective, new sounds and hard-earned freedom.

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