On this track, Olivia O'Brien describes herself struggling under the pressure. This pressure was not only created by society, but also by herself.
In order to overcome this, she needs to care more for herself and eventually learn how to love herself.
Along with the release of this song, Olivia O'B...
[Verse 1]
Why is it so hard to just be myself?
I feel like I'm different from everyone else
Yeah, why am I like this?
Can somebody please tell me?
I look in the mirror and what do I see?
I don't really know who's lookin' back at me
I don't even know who I wanna be
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't need to know who I am yet
I don't need to have a solid plan yet
I don't need to be the same as everyone else
I just need to motherfuckin' love myself
[Chorus]
I need to (I need to) I need to love myself
I need to (I need to) I need to love myself
I need to (I need to) I need to love myself
I need to love myself before I love anyone else, yeah
[Verse 2]
No matter how hard I try or what I do
I just can never fuckin' impress you
So why am I lettin' what you say get me down?
I spent my whole life thinkin' I was wrong
And nobody likes me and it's all my fault
But I'm done with that shit, I finally figured out
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't need to be the same as everyone else
I just need to motherfuckin' love myself
[Chorus]
I need to (I need to) I need to love myself
I need to (I need to) I need to love myself
I need to (I need to) I need to love myself
I need to love myself before I love anyone else
I need to, and I don't need your help
I need to (I need to) just fuckin' love myself
I need to, before I love anyone else
I need to (Love myself) just fuckin' love myself, oh no
[Post-Chorus]
Love myself
Love myself
[Bridge]
People are constantly judgin' and eyein'
And plottin' and lyin', so why am I tryin'?
They all gon' talk shit anyway
They're all gon' say what they wanna say
They're all gon' say what they wanna say anyway
That's why I need to
[Chorus]
I need to love myself
I need to, I need to, I need to love myself
I need to, I need to love myself
I need to love myself before I love anyone else
I need to, and I don't need your help
I need to (Love myself), I need to just fuckin' love myself
I need to, before I love anyone else
I need to (Love myself) just fuckin' love myself, oh, no
Love Myself was written by Olivia O’Brien & Jesse Shatkin & Tobias “Priest” Frelin & Anton Hård af Segerstad.
Love Myself was produced by Anton Hård af Segerstad & Mike Sabath.
Olivia O’Brien released Love Myself on Fri Feb 01 2019.
Olivia O'Brien has published an honest and heartwarming article on the topic of how to love yourself and what it means.
loving yourself is hard. in fact, it feels nearly impossible some of the time. i’m not gonna lie and say that i love everything about myself or that i smile every time i look in t...
In a Paper Magazine article found here, Olivia describes the writing process of Love Myself, saying
this was the last song i wrote in my sessions with anton and tobias in stockholm. the guitar track was inspired by “florida kilos” by lana del rey, one of my all time favorite songs. i was trying to...