"Dandelions" is a song by Canadian singer

Ruth B. Ruth Berhe (born July 2, 1995), better known by her stage name Ruth B., is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Edmonton, Alberta. She started by singing songs on Vine in early 2013. In November 2015, she released her debut extended play '' The I ...

, originally released as a promotional single from her 2017 album ''

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''. It was re-issued separately in a "slowed + reverb" version in August 2021. In 2022, the song charted internationally after going viral on TikTok.

Background

Ruth B. called the track "probably the lightest and cutest song" on ''Safe Haven'' and said she started writing it after watching an interview with Sia, part of whose advice on songwriting was to choose a "pretty word" to "write around". Ruth B. then "look dout the window" several weeks later and "saw a dandelion, and ..started writing the song" in part because she thought "dandelion" was a "pretty word".

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