Fuck, I'm Lonely Explained

Fuck, I'm Lonely
Type:single
Artist:Lauv featuring Anne-Marie
Cover:Lauv - Fuck, I'm Lonely.png
Album:How I'm Feeling and the soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why: Season 3
Genre:Pop
Label:AWAL
Producer:Lauv
Chronology:Lauv
Prev Title:Sad Forever
Prev Year:2019
Next Title:Feelings
Next Year:2019

"Fuck, I'm Lonely" (also released in a censored version as "Lonely",[1] both titles stylized in lowercase) is a song by American singer Lauv featuring English singer Anne-Marie. It was released as a single on August 1, 2019, alongside the trailer for the third season of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, whose soundtrack features the song.[2] It is also included on Lauv's debut album, How I'm Feeling.[3]

Background

Lauv met Anne-Marie after they both performed at the Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium, London, and called the lyrics "pretty self-explanatory" as well as about "missing someone you used to hook up with" and his "least deep and mysterious song". He made the beat on his laptop in an hour while at an airport, and said the title of the song "came out of nowhere" in a conversation with his friends. Anne-Marie said "I never really like admitting that I miss someone after a break up. So here's a song that does it for me."[4]

Music video

The music video, released on August 21, 2019, features both singers among other people at an apartment thinking about what to do for the night. They meet whilst shopping in a supermarket.

Critical reception

Clash called the song "brutally honest but ultra-infectious" and elaborated that Lauv has "the ability to make the bleakest emotions seem beautiful" as well as a "consistent dichotomy running through his work".[4] i-D felt that the track is "both dangerously catchy and sort of sad when you think about it", describing it a song that "forces you to have a 4am, Sunday morning epiphany as you melt into the sofa at an afterparty".[5] MTV wrote the song is "Sonically and thematically, [...] right in line with Lauv's other recent singles [...] Over a quirky combination of synths, he and Anne-Marie ruminate on their exes and wallow in their loneliness".[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Estonia (Eesti Ekspress)[6] 31
Latvia (LAIPA)[7] 23
Lithuania (AGATA)[8] 16
Malaysia (RIM)[9] 16
Singapore (RIAS)[10] 9
South Korea (Gaon)[11] 92
US Rolling Stone Top 100[12] 98

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: lonely (feat. Anne-Marie) [from '13 Reasons Why: Season 3'] – Single by Lauv]. Apple Music. August 2, 2019. August 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190801234009/https://music.apple.com/us/album/lonely-feat-anne-marie-from-13-reasons-why-season-3-single/1472805202. dead.
  2. Web site: Lauv And Anne-Marie Are Lonely As Fuck On New 13 Reasons Why Song. https://web.archive.org/web/20190801234011/http://www.mtv.com/news/3133524/lauv-anne-marie-fuck-im-lonely-13-reasons-why/. dead. August 1, 2019. MTV. Roth. Madeline. August 1, 2019. August 2, 2019.
  3. Web site: Lauv has teamed up with Anne-Marie for his new pop bop, 'fuck, i'm lonely'. Dork. August 1, 2019. August 2, 2019.
  4. Web site: Lauv Teams Up With Anne-Marie For 'fuck, i'm lonely'. Clash. Murray. Robin. August 1, 2019. August 2, 2019.
  5. Web site: lauv is lonely and really needs a hug. i-D. Greenwood. Douglas. August 2, 2019. August 2, 2019.
  6. Web site: EESTI TIPP-40 MUUSIKAS: Taylor Swifti "Lover" vallutas ka Eesti. Eesti Ekspress. Estonian. September 3, 2019.
  7. Web site: Mūzikas Patēriņa Tops/ 35. nedēļa. Latvian. LAIPA. November 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010115015/https://www.parmuziku.lv/muzikas-zinas/latvija/muzikas-paterina-tops-35-nedela-8114. October 10, 2019.
  8. Web site: Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100). Lithuanian. AGATA. September 2, 2019. December 2, 2019.
  9. Web site: Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles In Malaysia. English. Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. August 22, 2019.
  10. Web site: RIAS International Top Charts Week 32. Recording Industry Association (Singapore). https://web.archive.org/web/20190815061752/https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/. August 15, 2019.
  11. Web site: Digital Chart – Week 32 of 2019. Gaon Music Chart. ko. August 15, 2019.
  12. Top 100 Songs. Rolling Stone. August 2, 2019. January 8, 2020. January 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103004832/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2019-08-02/. dead.
  13. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2019. Ultratop. December 20, 2019.