Nothing Really Matters (Gabrielle Aplin song)

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"Nothing Really Matters"
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Single by Gabrielle Aplin
from the album Dear Happy
Released27 March 2019 (2019-03-27)
Genre Pop
Length2:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lostboy
  • Tommy Baxter
Gabrielle Aplin singles chronology
"My Mistake"
(2018)
"Nothing Really Matters"
(2019)
"Losing Me"
(2019)

"Nothing Really Matters" is a song by English singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin, released on 27 March 2019 through Never Fade Records and AWAL. It serves as the second single from Aplin's upcoming third studio album, Dear Happy (2020). [1] It was written by Aplin with Olivia Sebastianelli and Tommy Baxter, and produced by Baxter with Lostboy.

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Background

Aplin stated that the song is about "the battle between the excitement of wanting to open up, and the fear of opening up". [2]

Critical reception

The song was called an "upbeat pop number championing self love" with "jangly piano chords" and "glimmering synth keys" by Wonderland Magazine. [2]

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References

  1. "Gabrielle Aplin Releases New Single 'Nothing Really Matters'". BroadwayWorld . 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Gabrielle Aplin premieres pop song 'Nothing Really Matters'". Wonderland Magazine. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.