10 Things I Hate About You (song) explained

10 Things I Hate About You
Cover:Leah Kate 10 Things I Hate About You Cover.jpg
Alt:A woman looking to the camera standing in front of a white wall with red and black words on it.
Type:single
Ep:Alive and Unwell
Artist:Leah Kate
Released:March 23, 2022
Written:2022
Genre:Pop-punk
Length:2:37
Label:
Producer:Wise
Prev Title:Dear Denny
Prev Year:2022
Next Title:Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch
Next Year:2022

"10 Things I Hate About You" is a song by American singer Leah Kate from her third extended play, Alive and Unwell (2022). It was released independently on March 23, 2022. The track was written by Kate, Mike Wise and Madi Yanofski, with Wise handling the production. A pop-punk song, Kate wrote a list of things she disliked about an ex-boyfriend from a previous relationship she was trying to get over which later turned into a song. It went viral on the online video platform TikTok.

Background and release

Kate moved to New York to pursue a career in music. She had gotten a job there, but was fired because she was spending "so much time" working on her music.[1] Her 2020 single "Fuck Up the Friendship" was noticed by American entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian on Indify, a startup which helps promote independent artists, who then helped Kate get in touch with digital marketing company Creed Media. The aforementioned company promoted the song on the online video platform TikTok where it went viral, and later on the social networking service Instagram.[2] In 2021, she released her debut album titled What Just Happened?.[3]

Kate wrote "10 Things I Hate About You" with Mike Wise and Madi Yanofski, while Wise also produced it. The track was written in 2022.[4] The song was independently released on March 23, 2022, for digital download and streaming. It was sent to contemporary hit radio stations by TenThousand and Capitol in the United States on May 10, 2022, and for radio airplay in Italy by Universal on June 3, 2022.

Composition and reception

"10 Things I Hate About You" is a pop-punk song.[1] [3] Although the song shares the same name as a 1999 film, Kate revealed in an interview with iHeartRadio that the movie did not serve as the inspiration for it.[5] She was trying to move on from a past relationship which resulted in her making a list of things she disliked about the ex-boyfriend from that relationship. Kate told Rolling Stone that the list contained 50 reasons "why [she] shouldn't miss him and why [she] should hate him" and that "it very quickly turned into a song".[1]

Rachel Brodsky of Stereogum called it a "punchy fuck-you anthem" and compared it to the likes of Olivia Rodrigo and Gayle.[3] It went viral on TikTok and was used in over 580,000 videos as of June 24, 2022.[5] [6] Commercially, "10 Things I Hate About You" reached the top 30 in Australia and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it peaked at numbers two and 20 on Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and Mainstream Top 40 charts, respectively.

Music video

A visualizer for the song was released on March 25, 2022, on Kate's YouTube channel.[7] The official music video premiered on June 1 and was directed by Jason Lester.[1] [8] In the visual, Kate is giving a press conference, and throughout the video, interspersed shots show her being "surrounded by a gang of girls."[1] As of June 2024, the music video has amassed over 1.6 million views while the visualizer has over 8 million views.

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[9]

Charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 82
Global 200 (Billboard)[11] 116
Netherlands (Single Tip)[12] 21
Netherlands (Tipparade)[13] 15
New Zealand Hot Singles (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 18
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[15] 2
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[16] 20

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatLabel
VariousMarch 23, 2022Leah Kate[17]
United StatesMay 10, 2022Contemporary hit radio[18]
ItalyJune 3, 2022Radio airplayUniversal[19]

Notes and References

  1. Leah Kate Gives a Post-Breakup Press Conference in '10 Things I Hate About You' Video. Rolling Stone. Mier, Tomás. June 1, 2022. July 2, 2022. June 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220624071156/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/leah-kate-10-things-i-hate-about-you-video-1360810/. live.
  2. The Exponential Rise of Leah Kate's 'F-ck Up the Friendship'. Leight, Elias. Rolling Stone. December 16, 2020. July 5, 2022.
  3. Web site: Leah Kate Is The Algorithm's Answer To Olivia Rodrigo. Stereogum. Brodsky, Rachel. May 2, 2022. July 2, 2022. June 16, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220616200215/https://www.stereogum.com/2185104/leah-kate-10-things-i-hate-about-you/columns/the-week-in-pop/. live.
  4. Web site: Leah Kate: 'By the time I was 5, I knew I wanted to be a pop star'. Madden, Josh. Alternative Press. June 24, 2022. July 2, 2022. June 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220627050551/https://www.altpress.com/leah-kate-interview-twinkle-twinkle-little-bitch/. live.
  5. Web site: Leah Kate Says Hit Song Is Not About Movie '10 Things I Hate About You'. iHeart Radio. May 27, 2022. Gold, Allie. July 2, 2022. July 2, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220702191652/https://z100.iheart.com/content/2022-05-27-leah-kate-says-hit-song-is-not-about-movie-10-things-i-hate-about-you/. live.
  6. Web site: Leah Kate gives a classic nursery rhyme a savage makeover on cutting pop-punk anthem Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch. Louder Sound. Scarlett, Liz. June 24, 2022. July 2, 2022. June 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220624110033/https://www.loudersound.com/news/leah-kate-gives-a-classic-nursery-rhyme-a-savage-makeover-on-cutting-pop-punk-anthem-twinkle-twinkle-little-bitch. live.
  7. Web site: Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You (Official Visualizer). March 25, 2022. July 5, 2022. YouTube.
  8. Web site: Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You (Official Music Video). YouTube. June 1, 2022. July 5, 2022. Note: Open description for credits.
  9. Web site: 10 Things I Hate About You – Leah Kate Credits. AllMusic. July 2, 2022. July 2, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220702191653/https://www.allmusic.com/album/10-things-i-hate-about-you-mw0003709296/credits. live.
  10. Billboard Canadian Hot 100 – Week of April 30, 2022. subscription. Billboard. July 13, 2022.
  11. Global 200 – Week of May 14, 2022. subscription. Billboard. May 14, 2022. July 2, 2022. https://archive.today/20220702095208/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2022-05-14/. July 2, 2022. live.
  12. Web site: Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You. Dutch Single Top 100. nl. July 2, 2022. April 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220422145915/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Leah+Kate&titel=10+Things+I+Hate+About+You&cat=s. live.
  13. Web site: Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You. Dutch Top 40. nl. July 14, 2022.
  14. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. April 18, 2022. July 2, 2022. April 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220415222756/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=5319. live.
  15. Bubbling Under Hot 100 – Week of May 14, 2022. Billboard. May 14, 2022. July 2, 2022. May 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220510104138/https://www.billboard.com/charts/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles/2022-05-14/. live.
  16. Pop Airplay – Week of August 13, 2022. subscription. Billboard. August 9, 2022.
  17. Citations regarding the release of "10 Things I Hate About You" in various countries:
  18. Web site: Top 40/M Cool New Music. All Access Music Group. limited. July 2, 2022. October 9, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091009074841/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/cool-new-music. live. Type Leah Kate in the Search field.
  19. Leah Kate '10 Things I Hate About You' (Radio Date: June 3, 2022). Airplay Control. Ranellucci, Martina. it. July 2, 2022. May 30, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220530141625/https://radiodate.it/radio-date/leah-kate-10-things-i-hate-about-you-233687-03-06-2022-radiodate/. live.