Maybe It's My Fault

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"Maybe It's My Fault"
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Single by Willow
from the album Coping Mechanism
ReleasedJune 24, 2022
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Songwriter(s)
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.

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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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Price, Joe. "Willow Smith Shares New Song and Video "Maybe It's My Fault"". Complex . Retrieved 2022-07-13.
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  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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