"Everybody Hates Me" is a song by American music production duo
the Chainsmokers
The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. The electronic dance music, EDM-Pop music, pop duo achieved a breakth ...
. It was produced by the Chainsmokers and
Shaun Frank, with lyrics written by
Emily Warren
Emily Warren Schwartz (born August 25, 1992) is an American singer and songwriter. Her debut album, ''Quiet Your Mind'', was released in 2019.
Warren had her first hit as a songwriter in 2016 as a co-writer on the Chainsmokers song "Don ...
and the song's composer Andrew Taggart. It was released by
Disruptor Records and
on March 16, 2018, as the third single from the duo's second studio album, ''
Sick Boy''. Its official music video received a nomination for Best Dance at the
2018 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Monday night, August 20, 2018 at 9:00–11:43pm EDT at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City. The 35th annual award show aired live from the venue for the 12th time, t ...
.
Background
The duo debuted the song during a live show in Prague on February 11, 2018. They first teased the song on March 13, 2018, along with a shot from the song's music video, which shows the duo standing in front of a car that is on fire. The song was officially announced the next day, accompanied by the cover art.
Composition
According to
CBS Radio's Jon Wiederhorn, "'Everybody Hates Me' is a mid-tempo, hip-hop-inflected track about being dismayed and disillusioned".
Lyrically, the song discusses the situation of being self-critical and famous at the same time.
Music video
The
Rory Kramer-directed music video for "Everybody Hates Me" was released on April 2, 2018. It features the duo racing through a tunnel in an open-top jeep before they are shown at a house party where every other partygoer is wearing LED skull masks, with members Alex Pall and Taggart heavily drinking and sitting underwater in a pool, respectively. During the song's bridge and final drop, the duo pour gasoline on a car and set it on fire, making it explode. The video ends with Taggart, whilst still in the jeep, looking at the camera with pitch-black eyes, similar to the duo's video for "
You Owe Me".
Critical reception
Patrick Hosken of
MTV News
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opined that the song sees "Drew Taggart ditches singing for a
Drake
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-like recap of his innermost insecurities", writing that his voice "sounds closest to the prototypical emo-inspired whine on songs by the bands he grew up admiring, like
Blink-182
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and
Panic! at the Disco
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". Jon Wiederhorn of CBS Radio deemed the song "yet another example of the group's catchy, beat-heavy blend of EDM and pop".
Lauren O'Neill of
Noisey
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ordered lyrics from the song "by Chainsmokers-Ness", calling it "a very Chainsmokers track". Derrick Rossignol of ''
Uproxx
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'' regarded the song as "the type of EDM pop track we've come to expect from the Chainsmokers" and "one of the duo's more personal tracks". Andy Cush of ''
Spin
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'' wrote: "'Everybody Hates Me' has one saving grace: a triumphant EDM drop to rival '
Roses
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,' delivering exactly the kind of sugar-coated synthy satisfaction they deliberately withheld on the previous whiners 'Sick Boy' and 'You Owe Me.'"
Track listing
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal.
* Andrew Taggart – production, record engineering, composition, lyrics, voice.
* Alex Pall - production, record engineering.
* Emily Warren - lyrics.
* Shaun Frank – production, mix engineering, programming.
*
Chris Gehringer
Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey.
Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR, Dua Lipa, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Gwen Stefani, Harry Styles, ...
– master engineering.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2018 singles
2018 songs
2010s ballads
The Chainsmokers songs
Songs written by Andrew Taggart
Songs written by Emily Warren
Columbia Records singles