Ur So F**king Cool

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"Ur So F**king Cool"
Tones and I - Ur So F**cking Cool.png
Single by Tones and I
from the album Welcome to the Madhouse (Japanese Edition)
Released29 May 2020 (2020-05-29)
Length2:53
Label
Songwriter(s) Toni Watson
Producer(s)
Tones and I singles chronology
"Bad Child" / "Can't Be Happy All the Time"
(2020)		"Ur So F**king Cool"
(2020)		"Fly Away"
(2020)
Music video
"Ur So F**king Cool" on YouTube

"Ur So F**king Cool" (renamed "Ur So Cool" on clean versions) is a song by Australian singer Tones and I. [1] [2] [3] It was released on 29 May 2020 by Bad Batch Records and distributed by Sony Music in Australia and New Zealand and globally by Elektra Records. [3] [4] It was written by Toni Watson (p.k.a. Tones and I). [5]

Contents

Background

In May 2020 Tones and I explained to Poppy Reid of Rolling Stone (Australia), that "You're So Fucking Cool", is about a party she attended in Los Angeles. [6] Reid observed, "there are elements of her true self in the music: frustration, longing, loneliness, playfulness." [6] Tones announced the release of the song on 26 May 2020. [7] [8]

Critical reception

The song was panned by critics and was included on a list of the worst songs of 2020 published by Insider ; its lyrics were described as "condescending and bitter". [9]

Music video

The music video was released on 29 May 2020, and was directed by Tones and I, Nick Kozakis and Liam Kelly. [10] [11] The cover art for the single depicts the artist in seven different guises: all appear in the music video. [11] Tones and I was able to appear as multiple characters in one scene due to the use of a robotic camera that filmed duplicated shots over a 3 day period. The music video was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2020. [12]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [32] Gold35,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various29 May 2020Bad Batch [33]
Australia Contemporary hit radio Sony [34]
Italy5 June 2020 Warner [35]
United States16 June 2020 Elektra [36]
Alternative radio [37]

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