Daisy The Great – The Record Player Song lyrics

I think this song is about how the girl in the song is pretending to be someone else, like when she wished she was a rebel or that she forgot her real name. I think she is faking being someone else so that she will be liked by others, since she is actually struggling from depression. She thinks she is worthless.

Interesting theories that everyone has shared.
The theme here is irony. Every line of the song displays it. Let's break this down a bit.

[i]I've got a record player that was made in 2014.[/i]

When you think record player, you probably aren't picturing modern day Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber. Record players were invented in 1877. They did, however, to the various music playing devices we've had since then. Then they made a bit of a come back over the last decade to where more modern artists are still releasing vinyl albums and record player's are being created again. The irony here being an old device that was recently made.

[i]Died my hair blue, it came out a seasick sort of green.[/i]

This line serves up a bit of alliteration and beat variation that makes it so interesting. Today's day and age, dyed hair is very common. Many people are aware that blue dye will turn green quickly if not done correctly. Or at least, it wouldn't be surprising to learn. Yet the irony here is that they bought blue dye and their hair came out green. That clearly isn't supposed to happen.

[i]I like vintage dresses when they fall just below my knees. I pretend that I scraped them climbing in the trees.[/i]

Very well-constructed lines. Hitting hard with the irony again, though it's clever enough to fly right over someone with an innocent head. ;)
Think of the style back in the 50's. Dresses were pretty sun dresses with polka dots or a kerchief in the hair or around the neck. Eye makeup was toned down and contouring was hardly a thing so every woman had bold red or pink lips. Women were depicted as stay at home mothers and were all very sweet and innocent. It's another retro thing that made a big comeback over the last decade. Women back seldomly talked about or portrayed themselves as sexual deviants. Sexual promiscuity has become a lot more acceptable and common these days so the irony is in the fact that she's portraying this vintage lifestyle in the modern age.

The rest of the song goes on to portray an individual who is conflicted with being too aware. They are fabricating a life that they think they want, yet are hesitant still for some reason. Psychologically profound lines especially in the second verse with, '[i]Please remind me who I'm supposed to be around you so you'll do what I want you to.[/i]
A simpler mind would be trying to figure out who they have to be to keep this other person interested in them. This line is impressively deceitful just due to the way it's constructed. It doesn't sound like manipulation off first hand, but she's essentially saying she will continue to put out because she's getting something she wants out of it other than just sex; and he doesn't realize it. He has started to drift away though, so she said she loves him for the reason of, 'a change of pace.'

Another manipulative tactic that suggests she's more interested in something he's offering her than any sort of relationship. But she's just a 50's housewife. There couldn't be anything up her sleeve, now could there?

I think it's about self harm , saying she likes wearing dresses that cover her knees , is saying se prefers to cover a certain area of her body that she might have cut , like when she says , I pretend I scraped them climbing in the trees is her saying that if it doesn't fully cover like certain clothes don't do when you self harm , she has to ie and say she scraped them while climbing in a tree

I see it as a depressed girl who thinks that she and her life are boring. So to try and stand out she tells lies about herself and the things that she likes. Example: “I like vintage dresses that fall just below my knees, I pretend I scraped them climbing in the trees”

I believe it is about self harm along with mental illness, possibly borderline personality disorder. I have BPD and the whole section on "tell me who I'm supposed to be around you so you will do I want you to" sounds very much like BPD. Along with not remembering (knowing) your real name. The dresses falling below the knees to cover self injury scars, also common with BPD, and pretending you scrapped them if they are still seen. "Some times I think all I'm ever doing is trying to convince myself I'm alive" sounds like a common self harm motivator and it is followed by "in the trees" again referencing the earlier self harm lyrics.