Jessie Murph’s breakout hit “Blue Strips” is a trap-pop song about getting revenge on an ex who wronged her. She’s flaunting her wealth, throwing money at strippers (including his new woman), and making it known that she’s moved on to something better while planning to make him pay.
Here’s what’s happening in the lyrics of “Blue Strips.”
- Song: Blue Strips
- Artist: Jessie Murph
- Songwriters: Jessie Murph, Daniel Tannenbaum, Laura Veltz, Sergiu Gherman, Tyler Mehlenbacher
- Released: 2025
- Album: Sex Hysteria
- Genre: Pop, Pop trap
What is “Blue Strips” About?
Verse 1: Flexing the Upgrade
I just bought a mansion in Malibu
She’s spending big money on herself.
A Malibu mansion costs millions and screams luxury. She wants him to know she’s living well without him.
You know how I get with an attitude
When she’s pissed off, she acts out. He knows this about her, which means he should have seen this coming.
Pre-Chorus: Disrespecting His New Woman
Yeah, you got me throwing blue strips
“Blue strips” are $100 bills, named for the blue security strip on them.
She’s throwing hundreds around because of what he did to her, and because she can.
Bare tits in the strip club
Throwing ones at your bitch
His new woman is apparently a stripper, and Murph is throwing bills at her.
“Ones” could mean she’s actually throwing one-dollar bills at her, which is even nastier. I think it means she’s throwing hundreds, though.
And I know you know what’s going on
She’s making sure he hears about it. This revenge is deliberately done in public.
I’m going home, l’ma take it off for him
I’ma strip down all your wrongs
She’s going home to her new man, someone better than her ex.
“Strip down all your wrongs” plays on the strip club setting but means she’s undoing the damage her ex caused.
She’s with someone who treats her right now.
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Chorus: Not Mad, Just Getting Even
Boy, I ain’t mad at you
I had to get back at you
She claims she’s not angry, but the whole song proves otherwise.
She had to retaliate for whatever he did. The revenge was necessary.
Got a new man
Got a new damn mansion in Malibu
She’s upgraded everything. Better guy, better house, better life.
She’s rubbing it in his face.
Verse 2: War is Coming
Smoking cigarettes on balconies
I ain’t jumping, but I’ll die to settle scores
She’s on her mansion balcony plotting her next move.
He didn’t break her enough to make her want to jump, but she’ll go all out to get him back for what he did.
All your business getting back to me
She’s hearing what he’s been up to.
Mutual friends, social media, whatever the source, she’s hearing about his life. This is probably how she found out about his new woman and everything else he’s doing.
You don’t know it but it’s ’bout to be a war
Whatever she’s planning, he’s in for a bad day/week/month/year.
“Blue Strips” Song Meaning: Expensive Revenge
“Blue Strips” is about weaponizing success and money to get back at an ex. Murph makes sure her ex sees exactly what he lost and how much better she’s doing without him. The Malibu mansion, the new man, and throwing money at his new woman are all calculated to hurt him.
She keeps saying she’s not mad, but everything in the song proves the opposite. You don’t buy a mansion and go to a strip club to throw money at your ex’s new girlfriend if you’re over it. The revenge is the whole point, and she now has the resources to pull it off.
Songs Like “Blue Strips”
Here are some other great tracks about getting revenge on an ex:
1. “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood
Underwood takes vengeance to another level in this classic, destroying her cheating ex’s truck with a baseball bat.
Related: “Before He Cheats” Song Meaning
2. “IDGAF” by Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa’s 2017 hit is about an ex who wants her back after treating her badly, but she’s already moved on and doesn’t care anymore.
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3. “thank u, next” by Ariana Grande
Grande takes a different approach in “thank u, next,” thanking her exes for the lessons learned while making it obvious she’s better off without them.
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Conclusion: Getting Even
I really like revenge songs like “Blue Strips” where artists get to play out the unique ways they’d like to get back at their terrible exes. Music is the perfect medium for that. They can say all the things they’d (hopefully) never actually do, but they still get to get all of that anger and frustration out. It’s probably therapeutic for the artists, and it’s definitely satisfying for any listener who’s ever had a terrible ex.
Plus, these songs usually have some great lines. “I ain’t jumping, but I’ll die to settle scores” is very clever. And “blue strips”? I’d never heard that term before, but it works well here.
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