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"It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody" is a song by Weyes Blood, which serves as the lead single for her upcoming album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow. The song was released September 12, 2022, by Sub Pop. The song was written by Weyes Blood, Ben Babbitt and Jonathan Rado.[1]

"It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody"
Single by Weyes Blood
from the album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Released	September 12, 2022
Length	6:17
Label	Sub Pop
Songwriter(s)	Natalie Mering
Producer(s)	Ben Babbitt Jonathan Rado Natalie Mering
Weyes Blood singles chronology
"You're No Good" (2022) "It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody" (2022) "Grapevine" (2022)

Style and reception

Weyes Blood refers to the song as a "Buddhist anthem, ensconced in the interconnectivity of all beings, and the fraying of our social fabric."[2] Rolling Stone's Angie Martoccio called it a "dreamy six-minute" song "which opens with [the singer's] voice floating across the piano."[3] BrooklynVegan's Bill Pearis calls the song "gorgeous".[4]

Pitchfork called the song the best new track of the week, with their writer Allison Hussey saying "Over a soft bed of piano and percussion, Natalie Mering makes a blunt observation about the human condition", highlighting the lyrics "We've all become strangers/Even to ourselves". Hussey notes that "As Mering repeats the title refrain, the song swells with orchestral strings and effervescent harp from Mary Lattimore", with said refrain acting as an "assertion that she's not the only one suffering [which] lingers alongside her own reminder that 'it's all a part of the same thing': Being good to one another won't fix the world as it is, but it can at least make each day a little more bearable."[5]

Personnel

• Natalie Mering – vocals, songwriter, producer
• Ben Babbitt – producer, arranger
• Jonathan Rado – producer
• Drew Erickson – arranger
• Kenny Gilmore – mixing engineer
• Andrew Sarlo, Chad Gordon, Jacob Kell, Rias Reed, and Sean Cook – recording engineers

References

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