Maybe It's My Fault

2022 single by Willow
"Maybe It's My Fault"
Single by Willow
from the album Coping Mechanism
ReleasedJune 24, 2022
Genre
  • Pop punk
  • alternative rock
Songwriter(s)
  • Willow Smith
  • Chris Greatti
  • Asher Bank
Producer(s)Chris Greatti
Willow singles chronology
"Memories"
(2022) 		"Maybe It's My Fault"
(2022) 		"Hover Like a Goddess"
(2022)

"Maybe It's My Fault" (stylized "<maybe> it's my fault") is a song by American singer Willow. It was released on June 24, 2022, through Roc Nation,[1] as the lead single from Willow's fifth studio album, Coping Mechanism (2022).[2][3] "Maybe It's My Fault" was written by Willow, Asher Bank, and the song's producer Chris Greatti.

Background and release

Prior to the release of "Maybe It's My Fault", Willow appeared as a guest on Yungblud's song "Memories".[4] The producer of "Memories", Chris Greatti, worked with Willow on "Maybe It's My Fault",[5] which was released on June 24, 2022,[6] and is the first single from Willow's fifth studio album Coping Mechanism.[2] It is Willow's first track since the release of her fourth studio album Lately I Feel Everything (2021).[7]

Composition

"Maybe It's My Fault", which has been described as pop-punk[8] and alt-rock,[9] begins with a riff driven by an electric guitar. Willow's vocals are wallowed. The song's melodious chorus contrasts with the prior verse's focused rhythm. Following the song's verse-chorus section, the end of "Maybe It's My Fault" showcases Willow screaming in an "alternative-metal breakdown", with an electric guitar solo.[10][7]

Willow sings in "Maybe It's My Fault" about a speculative failure of a relationship involving her and another woman. She ponders over her role in the destruction of the relationship.[11]

Music video

The music video for "Maybe It's My Fault", directed by Dana Trippe,[12] shows Willow pacing around her room "as she moves... between moments of frustration and others of near-serenity".[13]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Spotify.[14]

  • Willow Smith – performer, songwriter
  • Chris Greatti – songwriter, producer
  • Asher Bank – songwriter

References

  1. ^ "Maybe It's My Fault" by Willow, Apple Music.
  2. ^ a b Price, Joe. "Willow Smith Shares New Song and Video "Maybe It's My Fault"". Complex. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ^ Fragassi, Selena. "Willow Announces Her Second Rock Album 'Coping Mechanism'". Loudwire. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  4. ^ Singh, Surej (2022-06-25). "Willow shares unnerving music video for new single 'maybe it's my fault'". NME. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  5. ^ Chaudhry, Aliya (2022-06-24). "The Duality Of Willow". Stereogum. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  6. ^ "Willow releases new single "maybe it's my fault": Stream". Consequence. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  7. ^ a b Mier, Tomás (2022-06-24). "Willow Offers Trippy Visuals as She Wonders, 'Maybe It's My Fault'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  8. ^ Singh, Surej (2022-06-25). "Willow shares unnerving music video for new single 'maybe it's my fault'". NME. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  9. ^ "'Maybe It's My Fault'". RateYourMusic. 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  10. ^ Gaudet, Nicholas (2022-07-06). "Review: Maybe It's My Fault – WILLOW". Music Talkers. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  11. ^ Scarlett, Liz (2022-06-24). "Willow's emo new single Maybe It's My Fault is utterly dazzling". Louder Sound. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  12. ^ Trapp, Philip (2022-06-24). "WILLOW's New Song 'Maybe It's My Fault' Has a Wicked Metalcore Breakdown". Loudwire. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  13. ^ Okon, Wongo (2022-06-24). "Willow's 'Maybe It's My Fault' Practices Accountability". Uproxx. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  14. ^ "Maybe It's My Fault" by Willow, Spotify. To view the song's credits, go to the options button (three vertical dots) and press "Show credits".
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