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This Is Me Trying
"This Is Me Trying" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020). It was written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, and Joe Alwyn was credited as co-producer. The track is an orchestral pop, dream pop, and soft rock tune with a production featuring an organ, slow-paced beats, and horns. "This Is Me Trying" was inspired by Swift's state of mind during 2016 and 2017, when she said she was at her lowest. The narrator of "This Is Me Trying" proclaims themselves as an unwanted person who struggles with existentialism and alcoholism.
Music critics generally lauded the song's production and lyrics, and some praised Swift's vocals. "This Is Me Trying" peaked at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and appeared on singles charts of Australia, Canada, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. It received a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Swift recorded a stripped-down rendition for the documentary Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020) and performed it on her sixth concert tour, the Eras Tour (2023–2024). The track was used for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift conceived her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020), as figments of mythopoeic visuals in her mind, as a result of her imagination "running wild" while isolating herself during the COVID-19 pandemic. She recruited Jack Antonoff, who had written and produced songs for Swift's three previous studio albums, as a producer on the album. They wrote and produced four songs on Folklore, including "This Is Me Trying"; English actor Joe Alwyn was credited as co-producer on the track.
Swift wrote the lyrics "from three different characters' perspectives"; she conveyed the emotions felt in 2016 and 2017, "I just felt like I was worth absolutely nothing." The first verse regards a character who is in a life crisis and failing in a relationship, while the second verse is about one who "has a lot of potential, but has feels they have lost in life", falling into alcohol addiction and has "issues with struggling every day". On the third verse, Swift wondered how the song would turn out if it was produced by the National.
The song was recorded at Kitty Committee Studio in Beverly Hills by Laura Sisk and Antonoff. The latter also played bass, electric guitar, drums, organ, and keyboard, which were recorded at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles and Electric Lady Studios in New York. Evan Smith played the saxophone and additional keyboard, both instruments were recorded at Pleasure Hill Recording in Portland. Bobby Hawk and Lorenzo Wolf were in charge of the strings that were recorded at Restoration Sound in New York. John Rooney and Jon Sher worked as assistant engineers. Serban Ghenea mixed "This Is Me Trying" at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, with John Hanes serving as the mix engineer. It was mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound in New York.
"This is Me Trying" was written from multiple perspectives. The song was inspired by Swift's state of mind in 2016–2017 when she "felt like [she] was worth absolutely nothing". It also contains themes of addiction and existential crisis. According to Swift, people around her were not aware of her trying "not to fall into old patterns"; she also said that the song touches on alcoholism. The lyrics also address "where her life is", noticed in the verse, "I got wasted like all my potential". The song documents the accountability and regret of someone who admits feeling that they are not enough. However, there are "feelings of hope and growth."
The narrator of "This Is Me Trying" embraces the perspective of "the rejected party to devastating effect". Swift tries to hide as the narrator of the track, as she gives "credence to the other person's view of her". She transmits the idea that she has a habit of needing "the last word, in public and private" and that has been her downfall. "This Is Me Trying" is an orchestral pop, dream pop, and soft rock song. Its instrumentation features a "yawning" organ, "subtle" horns, percussions, strings, and a saxophone. The track was written in the key of A major and has a moderately fast tempo of 136 beats per minute. Swift's vocal range spans between D3 to C#5. "This Is Me Trying" evolves into a "wracked orchestral grandeur". The Guardian's Laura Snapes wrote the song "[sounded] more unsettling still for how Swift's voice, processed at a ghostly, vast remove, seems to encompass the whole song with her desperation".
Folklore was released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records. In the track list, "This Is Me Trying" sits at number 10 out of the 16 tracks. The song reached the top 40 on national charts in Singapore (15), Australia (18), and Canada (30). In the United States, it entered at number 39 both on Billboard's Hot 100, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and on Rolling Stone Top 100, with peaks of numbers 39, 9, 14, respectively. On other charts, the track peaked at number 18 on Sweden's Heatseeker Chart and number 39 on the United Kingdom's Audio Streaming Chart. It received a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for selling 200,000 units.
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This Is Me Trying
"This Is Me Trying" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020). It was written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, and Joe Alwyn was credited as co-producer. The track is an orchestral pop, dream pop, and soft rock tune with a production featuring an organ, slow-paced beats, and horns. "This Is Me Trying" was inspired by Swift's state of mind during 2016 and 2017, when she said she was at her lowest. The narrator of "This Is Me Trying" proclaims themselves as an unwanted person who struggles with existentialism and alcoholism.
Music critics generally lauded the song's production and lyrics, and some praised Swift's vocals. "This Is Me Trying" peaked at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and appeared on singles charts of Australia, Canada, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. It received a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Swift recorded a stripped-down rendition for the documentary Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020) and performed it on her sixth concert tour, the Eras Tour (2023–2024). The track was used for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift conceived her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020), as figments of mythopoeic visuals in her mind, as a result of her imagination "running wild" while isolating herself during the COVID-19 pandemic. She recruited Jack Antonoff, who had written and produced songs for Swift's three previous studio albums, as a producer on the album. They wrote and produced four songs on Folklore, including "This Is Me Trying"; English actor Joe Alwyn was credited as co-producer on the track.
Swift wrote the lyrics "from three different characters' perspectives"; she conveyed the emotions felt in 2016 and 2017, "I just felt like I was worth absolutely nothing." The first verse regards a character who is in a life crisis and failing in a relationship, while the second verse is about one who "has a lot of potential, but has feels they have lost in life", falling into alcohol addiction and has "issues with struggling every day". On the third verse, Swift wondered how the song would turn out if it was produced by the National.
The song was recorded at Kitty Committee Studio in Beverly Hills by Laura Sisk and Antonoff. The latter also played bass, electric guitar, drums, organ, and keyboard, which were recorded at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles and Electric Lady Studios in New York. Evan Smith played the saxophone and additional keyboard, both instruments were recorded at Pleasure Hill Recording in Portland. Bobby Hawk and Lorenzo Wolf were in charge of the strings that were recorded at Restoration Sound in New York. John Rooney and Jon Sher worked as assistant engineers. Serban Ghenea mixed "This Is Me Trying" at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, with John Hanes serving as the mix engineer. It was mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound in New York.
"This is Me Trying" was written from multiple perspectives. The song was inspired by Swift's state of mind in 2016–2017 when she "felt like [she] was worth absolutely nothing". It also contains themes of addiction and existential crisis. According to Swift, people around her were not aware of her trying "not to fall into old patterns"; she also said that the song touches on alcoholism. The lyrics also address "where her life is", noticed in the verse, "I got wasted like all my potential". The song documents the accountability and regret of someone who admits feeling that they are not enough. However, there are "feelings of hope and growth."
The narrator of "This Is Me Trying" embraces the perspective of "the rejected party to devastating effect". Swift tries to hide as the narrator of the track, as she gives "credence to the other person's view of her". She transmits the idea that she has a habit of needing "the last word, in public and private" and that has been her downfall. "This Is Me Trying" is an orchestral pop, dream pop, and soft rock song. Its instrumentation features a "yawning" organ, "subtle" horns, percussions, strings, and a saxophone. The track was written in the key of A major and has a moderately fast tempo of 136 beats per minute. Swift's vocal range spans between D3 to C#5. "This Is Me Trying" evolves into a "wracked orchestral grandeur". The Guardian's Laura Snapes wrote the song "[sounded] more unsettling still for how Swift's voice, processed at a ghostly, vast remove, seems to encompass the whole song with her desperation".
Folklore was released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records. In the track list, "This Is Me Trying" sits at number 10 out of the 16 tracks. The song reached the top 40 on national charts in Singapore (15), Australia (18), and Canada (30). In the United States, it entered at number 39 both on Billboard's Hot 100, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and on Rolling Stone Top 100, with peaks of numbers 39, 9, 14, respectively. On other charts, the track peaked at number 18 on Sweden's Heatseeker Chart and number 39 on the United Kingdom's Audio Streaming Chart. It received a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for selling 200,000 units.