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{{Similar|the song|[[Choke|the EP]] of the same name}}
{{AlbumSingle|song = Choke|artist = [[Poppy]]|image = Choke.jpg|album = [[Choke]]|release_date = June 19th, 2019|recorded = 2018-2019|genre = Electropop • synthpop • trap|length = 4:02|writer(s) = Poppy<br>[[Titanic Sinclair]]|producer(s) = Titanic Sinclair|label = [[Mad Decent]] / [[I'm Poppy Records]]|previousSingle = Scary Mask|nextSingle = Concrete|nextAlbum = Voicemail}}
"'''Choke'''" is a song by [[Poppy]]. It served as the third single and title track from her second extended play ''[[Choke]]'' and is the first track on the EP. It premiered exclusively on BBC Radio 1's Rock Show on June 16<sup>th</sup>, 2019, and was later released worldwide on June 19<sup>th</sup>, 2019. The audio visual currently has over 1 million views on YouTube.

== Background ==
"Choke" was officially announced in an interview with BUILD Series, with Poppy stating that it would be accompanied by a "visual".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usF1v6HtEvE</ref>

== Theme ==
<blockquote>"''It's along the lines of explaining that life can be suffocating, but tuning into higher frequencies can help to come to an understanding of that suffocation. There are angels and demons inside all of us and the song is an attempt at understanding that.''" - Poppy in an interview with Gigwise<ref>https://www.gigwise.com/features/3326493/poppy-s-track-by-track-guide-to-new-ep-choke</ref></blockquote>

== Audio Visual ==
The song was released alongside an audio video in which Poppy sings the lyrics while standing motionless in front of a dark backdrop, which is the same backdrop that appears in her 2019 YouTube videos. Throughout the video, her skin gradually turns blue and her eyes glow yellow. Various digital images appear during the song's final chorus and obscure Poppy's face. The video ends on the triangular Poppy logo.

== Lyrics ==
{{Lyrics|content = <poem>
'''[Verse 1]'''
Help, I'm drowning
There's nobody around me
I need someone to save me
Can you come and take me?
Help, I'm choking
There's liquid in my breathing
I think I'm sinking
The oxygen is leaking

'''[Chorus]'''
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke

'''[Verse 2]'''
The demon has seen me
He said "I'm not leaving"
The angel is watching me, knows he can't stop me
I'm guessing they're testing me
Getting the best of me
Don't know how long until they see the rest of me

'''[Chorus]'''
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke

'''[Verse 3]'''
They don't believe me
My heart isn't beating
They say I'm imagining, just make-believing
The geometry I am seeing
Is leading me to frequencies in my chest, and they're teasing me

'''[Chorus]'''
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke

'''[Verse 4]'''
Now everything's clearer
I look in the mirror
And laugh at the past in the face of the fear
The angel is watching me laugh
And he stops me
To tell me that the end is here
Transition completed
The demon's defeated
He disappears into the smoke
All systems are go
Countdown, five, four, three, two, one

'''[Bridge]'''
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke

'''[Chorus]'''
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
Choke
</poem>}}

== Audio ==
[[File:Poppy - Choke (Official Audio)|center|thumb|330x330px]]

== Trivia ==
* This is the longest song on ''Choke'', being 4:02 long.
* The catsuit that Poppy wears in the audio video is the same she wears in the music video for "[[Time Is Up]]" and the [[Poppy VR180 Experience (series)|Poppy VR180 Experience video]] "[[Touch the Icky Baby (Poppy VR 180 Experience)|Touch the Icky Baby]]".
** This catsuit is custom-made by [[Nange Magro]].

== References ==
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