"Hate Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter

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and American rapper and singer

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, released as a single on 26 June 2019 through

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. It was premiered by

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as his

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's "World Record" on

on 26 June. It was included on Goulding's fourth studio album, '' Brightest Blue'' (2020).

Promotion

On 23 June, Goulding posted a short clip on

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with audio of herself harmonising set to video of a chain featuring the initials "EG" and "JW", and announced the release date. Around the same time, the pre-order link for "Hate Me" became active. Goulding officially announced the title and collaboration with Juice Wrld on 24 June.

Critical reception

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'' called the track an "anti-love anthem" that "finds Goulding taking a darker approach, after watching her relationship spiral". Mike Wass of ''

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'' felt the song is a "hip-hop-flavored banger". Jael Goldfine from ''

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'' wrote that the song is a "moody, masochistic, tongue-in-cheek new collaboration" as Goulding "dares an ex to say all the mean, ugly things broken-hearted people say to each other".

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 82 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 becoming Goulding's 14th entry on the chart making her the British female artist with the most entries on the chart, surpassing

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. The next week the song moved to number 74 and peaked number 72 in its original run. Following a rise in popularity on the social media site

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, "Hate Me" re-entered the Hot 100 at number 69 in late October, and has since peaked at number 56.

Music video

The music video was premiered on YouTube on 17 July 2019. It was directed by

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Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* * {{authority control 2019 singles 2019 songs Ellie Goulding songs Juice Wrld songs Songs about heartache Songs about loneliness Song recordings produced by Jason Evigan Song recordings produced by the Monsters & Strangerz Songs written by Andrew Watt (record producer) Songs written by Ellie Goulding Songs written by Jason Evigan Songs written by Jordan Johnson (songwriter) Songs written by Juice Wrld Songs written by Marcus Lomax Songs written by Starrah Songs written by Stefan Johnson