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You're on Your Own, Kid

"You're on Your Own, Kid" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her tenth studio album, Midnights (2022). Swift wrote and produced the song with Jack Antonoff. With a production combining alternative rock, pop rock, and synth-pop sounds, "You're on Your Own, Kid" is an upbeat song with muted guitars and synthesizers that gradually build up. In the lyrics, a narrator reflects on her coming of age, on how she dealt with an unrequited love and her career ambitions.

"You're on Your Own, Kid"
Song by Taylor Swift
from the album Midnights
ReleasedOctober 21, 2022
Studio
Genre
Length3:14
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Taylor Swift
  • Jack Antonoff
Lyric video
"You're on Your Own, Kid" on YouTube

Music critics lauded the track for what they deemed a vulnerable yet hopeful message in its lyrics. They interpreted "You're on Your Own, Kid" as Swift's reflection of her celebrity and personal life, including an eating disorder she suffered. Commercially, it charted in the top 10 of the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States, and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Global 200. Swift occasionally performed "You're on Your Own, Kid" on her Eras Tour in 2023–2024.

Background and release edit

On August 28, 2022, during her acceptance speech for Video of the Year for All Too Well: The Short Film at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, the singer-songwriter Taylor Swift announced her tenth studio album and its scheduled release date, October 21.[1] Soon after, Swift revealed the name of the album, Midnights, and its album cover on social networks but the tracklist was not immediately revealed.[2] Jack Antonoff, a musician who has worked with Swift since her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014), was revealed as one of the producers of the album through a video she posted on her Instagram account on September 6, 2022, titled, "The making of Midnights".[3] On September 21, about a month before the album's release, Swift announced a thirteen-episode series called Midnights Mayhem with Me on the social media platform TikTok, and thereafter revealed the title of one album track each episode.[4] The tenth episode was released a few days later, in which Swift revealed the fifth track from the album, "You're on Your Own, Kid".[5]

"You're on Your Own, Kid", alongside the thirteen announced tracks and additional surprise-released tracks for the 3am edition of Midnights, was released on October 21, 2022 under Republic Records.[6] The "Strings Remix" of the song was included on the CD version of the Lavender Edition of the album.[7] In 2023, Swift performed "You're on Your Own, Kid" as a "surprise song" on select dates of the Eras Tour, including Tampa, Florida (April 14), Los Angeles, California (August 5), Mexico City, Mexico (August 26) and in 2024, in Tokyo, Japan (February 10).[8][9] The song was also one of the surprise songs featured in the tour's accompanying concert film.[10] The "friendship bracelets" lyric in "You're on Your Own, Kid" prompted fans and concertgoers who attended the Eras Tour to make their own bracelets that spelled out the titles of Swift's songs and other colloquialisms.[11]

Composition edit

Production edit

Swift wrote and produced "You're on Your Own, Kid" with Jack Antonoff, who programmed the track and played instruments including percussion, Juno 6, Mellotron, Moog, electric guitars, and bass. Additional musicians were Evan Smith, who played synthesizers and recorded his performance at Pleasure Hill Recording, Portland, Maine; and Sean Hutchinson, who played drums and recorded his performance at Hutchinson Sound, Brooklyn. The track was recorded by Antonoff and Laura Sisk at Rough Customer Studio, Brooklyn, and Electric Lady Studios, New York City. It was mixed by Serban Ghenea, assisted by Bryce Bordone, at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, New Jersey. On the vinyl editions, the track was mastered by Evan Smith at Sterling Sound, Nashville, Tennessee.[12]

"You're on Your Own, Kid" lasts for three minutes and 14 seconds.[13] The song features persistent electric guitar strums throughout.[14] It begins with soft, muted percussion beats,[15] plucked guitars, and subtle synthesizers, which gradually build up.[16][17][18] In the refrains, after the lyrics, "You're on your own kid, you always have been", the instrumental comes to a halt, contrasting with what Slant Magazine's Paul Attard found to be a "relentless pre-chorus".[19] In reviews of Midnights, critics described the genre as alternative pop,[15][20] alternative rock,[21] and pop rock.[22] The Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield, in a ranking of Swift's songs, called "You're on Your Own, Kid" a synth-pop track reminiscent of the music by rock band New Order.[23] Ilana Kaplan from the Alternative Press described the production as 1990s-alt-rock-tinged.[24]

Lyrical interpretation edit

The lyrics address a narrator's reflection on her coming of age.[20][25] It has been widely interpreted as a song documenting Swift's rise to fame.[26] The narrator reminisces about her teenage years in her hometown, where she dreamt of getting out and found solace in songwriting as a means to create her own fantasy.[23] The first verse has her recalling an unrequited love in the past: "Summer went away / Still the yearning stays / I play it cool with the best of them / I wait patiently / He's gonna notice me / It's ok, we're the best of friends."[27] Time's Shannon Carlin found this to be in line with the theme of unrequited love in Swift's previous songs including "You Belong with Me" and "Hey Stephen" from Fearless (2008).[28] The second verse sees her moving on from the boy and chasing her career aspirations, just to realize; "My dreams aren't rare."[27] When she returns for a homecoming, her friends ignore her and have moved on with their lives.[18] Towards the end, the song concludes with a hopeful message of self-reflection. The narrator looks around in a "blood-soaked gown" and reckons that every misstep was a lesson learnt: "So make the friendship bracelets / Take the moment and taste it / You've got no reason to be afraid."[25][27][29] The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis wrote the "blood-soaked gown" imagery evokes the 1976 horror film Carrie.[30]

Critics interpreted "You're on Your Own, Kid" as Swift's self-reflection on her past and journey to celebrity.[28][31][32] In Vulture, Craig Jenkins thought Swift's "lilting" vocals and references to her early-career days harken back to her 2008 album Fearless, both stylistically and thematically.[33] PopMatters's Matthew Dwyer considered the song Swift's contemplation about her legacy in the music industry, citing the lyric, "I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this."[34] John Wohlmacher from Beats Per Minute found the lyrics dark but the musical composition somewhat brighter, and so "it feels like Swift is using pop music to cast a shadow over the brightly illuminated truths within her lyrics".[18] For Atwood Magazine's Nic Nichols, "You're on Your Own, Kid" shares similar themes with Swift's 2008 song "Fifteen".[35] The lines, "I hosted parties and starved my body / Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss", were deciphered as her mentioning her eating disorder, which is also documented in Miss Americana (2020).[29][36]

Critical reception edit

The song received unanimous and universal acclaim from critics. Stephen Thompson of NPR praised the lyrics' specificity and imagery, and the "gorgeous" melody that showcases Swift's talents as a great songwriter.[37] Attard considered "You're on Your Own, Kid" one of the Midnights tracks that best display the "matured temperament and the stark intimacy of Swift's songwriting",[19] and Petridis selected it among the songs that are "filled with subtle, brilliant touches".[30] In Slate, the critic Carl Wilson dubbed "You're on Your Own, Kid" one of the album tracks that showcase emotional acuity.[38] Kate Solomon from i praised the track as the album's most emotionally affecting.[39] Paste's Ellen Johnson complimented it for a rich narrative that avoids being "overly wordy or sappy", which she found superior to mainstream pop songs.[21] In Variety, Chris Willman ranked "You're on Your Own, Kid" at number 49 on his list of the best 50 songs from Swift's repertoire, specifically praising the lyrics.[40] Alex Hopper of American Songwriter viewed the song as a fan-favorite and picked it as one of Midnights' best tracks.[41]

Commercial performance edit

Following the release of Midnights, tracks of the album occupied the entire top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100; "You're on Your Own, Kid" opened at number eight on the chart, with 34.1 million streams, 1,500 downloads, and 498,000 airplay impressions. The tracks made Swift the first artist to occupy the top 10 of the Hot 100 and the woman with the most top-10 entries (40), surpassing Madonna (38).[42] It peaked at number six on the Canadian Hot 100 and was certified platinum by Music Canada.[43][44] In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 65 on the UK Singles Chart and received a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[45][46]

Elsewhere, "You're on Your Own, Kid" debuted on numerous territories, and peaked within the top 40 of Australia (6),[47] Ireland (6),[48] the Philippines (6),[49] Singapore (6),[50] Malaysia (7),[51] Iceland (13),[52] Portugal (13),[53] Vietnam (13),[54] Croatia (18),[55] India (19),[56] South Africa (19),[57] New Zealand (20),[58] Luxembourg (22),[59] Lithuania (24),[60] the Czech Republic (26),[61] Sweden (27),[62] Switzerland (27),[63] Slovakia (32),[64] Norway (34),[65] Hungary (36),[66] Spain (39),[67] and Denmark (40),[68] and further reaching Italy (82),[69] Argentina (98),[70] and France (107).[71] The song ultimately debuted and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Global 200.[72]

Personnel edit

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Midnights.[12]

Charts edit

Chart performance for "You're on Your Own, Kid"
Chart (2022–2023) Peak
position
Argentina (Argentina Hot 100)[70] 98
Australia (ARIA)[47] 6
Belgium (Billboard)[73] 15
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[43] 6
Croatia (Billboard)[55] 18
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[61] 26
Denmark (Tracklisten)[68] 40
France (SNEP)[71] 107
Global 200 (Billboard)[72] 7
Greece International (IFPI)[74] 10
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[66] 36
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[52] 13
India International Singles (IMI)[56] 19
Italy (FIMI)[69] 82
Ireland (IRMA)[48] 6
Lithuania (AGATA)[60] 24
Luxembourg (Billboard)[59] 22
Malaysia (Billboard)[75] 11
Malaysia International (RIM)[51] 7
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[58] 20
Norway (VG-lista)[65] 34
Philippines (Billboard)[49] 6
Portugal (AFP)[53] 13
Singapore (RIAS)[50] 6
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[64] 32
South Africa (RISA)[57] 19
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[67] 39
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[62] 27
Swiss Streaming (Schweizer Hitparade)[63] 27
UK Singles (OCC)[45] 65
US Billboard Hot 100[76] 8
Vietnam (Vietnam Hot 100)[54] 13

Certifications edit

Certifications for "You're on Your Own, Kid"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[77] Platinum 70,000
Canada (Music Canada)[44] Platinum 80,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[78] Gold 30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[46] Gold 400,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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You re on Your Own Kid is a song by the American singer songwriter Taylor Swift taken from her tenth studio album Midnights 2022 Swift wrote and produced the song with Jack Antonoff With a production combining alternative rock pop rock and synth pop sounds You re on Your Own Kid is an upbeat song with muted guitars and synthesizers that gradually build up In the lyrics a narrator reflects on her coming of age on how she dealt with an unrequited love and her career ambitions You re on Your Own Kid Song by Taylor Swiftfrom the album MidnightsReleasedOctober 21 2022StudioRough Customer Brooklyn Electric Lady New York GenreAlternative pop alternative rock pop rock synth popLength3 14LabelRepublicSongwriter s Taylor Swift Jack AntonoffProducer s Taylor Swift Jack AntonoffLyric video You re on Your Own Kid on YouTube Music critics lauded the track for what they deemed a vulnerable yet hopeful message in its lyrics They interpreted You re on Your Own Kid as Swift s reflection of her celebrity and personal life including an eating disorder she suffered Commercially it charted in the top 10 of the charts in Australia Canada Ireland Malaysia the Philippines Singapore and the United States and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Global 200 Swift occasionally performed You re on Your Own Kid on her Eras Tour in 2023 2024 Contents 1 Background and release 2 Composition 2 1 Production 2 2 Lyrical interpretation 3 Critical reception 4 Commercial performance 5 Personnel 6 Charts 7 Certifications 8 ReferencesBackground and release editOn August 28 2022 during her acceptance speech for Video of the Year for All Too Well The Short Film at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards the singer songwriter Taylor Swift announced her tenth studio album and its scheduled release date October 21 1 Soon after Swift revealed the name of the album Midnights and its album cover on social networks but the tracklist was not immediately revealed 2 Jack Antonoff a musician who has worked with Swift since her fifth studio album 1989 2014 was revealed as one of the producers of the album through a video she posted on her Instagram account on September 6 2022 titled The making of Midnights 3 On September 21 about a month before the album s release Swift announced a thirteen episode series called Midnights Mayhem with Me on the social media platform TikTok and thereafter revealed the title of one album track each episode 4 The tenth episode was released a few days later in which Swift revealed the fifth track from the album You re on Your Own Kid 5 You re on Your Own Kid alongside the thirteen announced tracks and additional surprise released tracks for the 3am edition of Midnights was released on October 21 2022 under Republic Records 6 The Strings Remix of the song was included on the CD version of the Lavender Edition of the album 7 In 2023 Swift performed You re on Your Own Kid as a surprise song on select dates of the Eras Tour including Tampa Florida April 14 Los Angeles California August 5 Mexico City Mexico August 26 and in 2024 in Tokyo Japan February 10 8 9 The song was also one of the surprise songs featured in the tour s accompanying concert film 10 The friendship bracelets lyric in You re on Your Own Kid prompted fans and concertgoers who attended the Eras Tour to make their own bracelets that spelled out the titles of Swift s songs and other colloquialisms 11 Composition editProduction edit Swift wrote and produced You re on Your Own Kid with Jack Antonoff who programmed the track and played instruments including percussion Juno 6 Mellotron Moog electric guitars and bass Additional musicians were Evan Smith who played synthesizers and recorded his performance at Pleasure Hill Recording Portland Maine and Sean Hutchinson who played drums and recorded his performance at Hutchinson Sound Brooklyn The track was recorded by Antonoff and Laura Sisk at Rough Customer Studio Brooklyn and Electric Lady Studios New York City It was mixed by Serban Ghenea assisted by Bryce Bordone at MixStar Studios Virginia Beach Virginia and mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound Edgewater New Jersey On the vinyl editions the track was mastered by Evan Smith at Sterling Sound Nashville Tennessee 12 nbsp You re on Your Own Kid source source You re on Your Own Kid begins with muted beats plucked guitars and subtle synths that gradually build up It incorporates pop rock alternative rock and synth pop Problems playing this file See media help You re on Your Own Kid lasts for three minutes and 14 seconds 13 The song features persistent electric guitar strums throughout 14 It begins with soft muted percussion beats 15 plucked guitars and subtle synthesizers which gradually build up 16 17 18 In the refrains after the lyrics You re on your own kid you always have been the instrumental comes to a halt contrasting with what Slant Magazine s Paul Attard found to be a relentless pre chorus 19 In reviews of Midnights critics described the genre as alternative pop 15 20 alternative rock 21 and pop rock 22 The Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield in a ranking of Swift s songs called You re on Your Own Kid a synth pop track reminiscent of the music by rock band New Order 23 Ilana Kaplan from the Alternative Press described the production as 1990s alt rock tinged 24 Lyrical interpretation edit The lyrics address a narrator s reflection on her coming of age 20 25 It has been widely interpreted as a song documenting Swift s rise to fame 26 The narrator reminisces about her teenage years in her hometown where she dreamt of getting out and found solace in songwriting as a means to create her own fantasy 23 The first verse has her recalling an unrequited love in the past Summer went away Still the yearning stays I play it cool with the best of them I wait patiently He s gonna notice me It s ok we re the best of friends 27 Time s Shannon Carlin found this to be in line with the theme of unrequited love in Swift s previous songs including You Belong with Me and Hey Stephen from Fearless 2008 28 The second verse sees her moving on from the boy and chasing her career aspirations just to realize My dreams aren t rare 27 When she returns for a homecoming her friends ignore her and have moved on with their lives 18 Towards the end the song concludes with a hopeful message of self reflection The narrator looks around in a blood soaked gown and reckons that every misstep was a lesson learnt So make the friendship bracelets Take the moment and taste it You ve got no reason to be afraid 25 27 29 The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis wrote the blood soaked gown imagery evokes the 1976 horror film Carrie 30 Critics interpreted You re on Your Own Kid as Swift s self reflection on her past and journey to celebrity 28 31 32 In Vulture Craig Jenkins thought Swift s lilting vocals and references to her early career days harken back to her 2008 album Fearless both stylistically and thematically 33 PopMatters s Matthew Dwyer considered the song Swift s contemplation about her legacy in the music industry citing the lyric I gave my blood sweat and tears for this 34 John Wohlmacher from Beats Per Minute found the lyrics dark but the musical composition somewhat brighter and so it feels like Swift is using pop music to cast a shadow over the brightly illuminated truths within her lyrics 18 For Atwood Magazine s Nic Nichols You re on Your Own Kid shares similar themes with Swift s 2008 song Fifteen 35 The lines I hosted parties and starved my body Like I d be saved by a perfect kiss were deciphered as her mentioning her eating disorder which is also documented in Miss Americana 2020 29 36 Critical reception editThe song received unanimous and universal acclaim from critics Stephen Thompson of NPR praised the lyrics specificity and imagery and the gorgeous melody that showcases Swift s talents as a great songwriter 37 Attard considered You re on Your Own Kid one of the Midnights tracks that best display the matured temperament and the stark intimacy of Swift s songwriting 19 and Petridis selected it among the songs that are filled with subtle brilliant touches 30 In Slate the critic Carl Wilson dubbed You re on Your Own Kid one of the album tracks that showcase emotional acuity 38 Kate Solomon from i praised the track as the album s most emotionally affecting 39 Paste s Ellen Johnson complimented it for a rich narrative that avoids being overly wordy or sappy which she found superior to mainstream pop songs 21 In Variety Chris Willman ranked You re on Your Own Kid at number 49 on his list of the best 50 songs from Swift s repertoire specifically praising the lyrics 40 Alex Hopper of American Songwriter viewed the song as a fan favorite and picked it as one of Midnights best tracks 41 Commercial performance editFollowing the release of Midnights tracks of the album occupied the entire top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100 You re on Your Own Kid opened at number eight on the chart with 34 1 million streams 1 500 downloads and 498 000 airplay impressions The tracks made Swift the first artist to occupy the top 10 of the Hot 100 and the woman with the most top 10 entries 40 surpassing Madonna 38 42 It peaked at number six on the Canadian Hot 100 and was certified platinum by Music Canada 43 44 In the United Kingdom the song reached number 65 on the UK Singles Chart and received a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry BPI 45 46 Elsewhere You re on Your Own Kid debuted on numerous territories and peaked within the top 40 of Australia 6 47 Ireland 6 48 the Philippines 6 49 Singapore 6 50 Malaysia 7 51 Iceland 13 52 Portugal 13 53 Vietnam 13 54 Croatia 18 55 India 19 56 South Africa 19 57 New Zealand 20 58 Luxembourg 22 59 Lithuania 24 60 the Czech Republic 26 61 Sweden 27 62 Switzerland 27 63 Slovakia 32 64 Norway 34 65 Hungary 36 66 Spain 39 67 and Denmark 40 68 and further reaching Italy 82 69 Argentina 98 70 and France 107 71 The song ultimately debuted and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Global 200 72 Personnel editCredits are adapted from the liner notes of Midnights 12 Taylor Swift vocals songwriter producer Jack Antonoff songwriter producer programming assistant mix engineer percussion Juno 6 Mellotron Moog electric guitars bass background vocals recording Evan Smith synths recording mastering for vinyl Laura Sisk recording Sean Hutchinson drums percussion recording Megan Searl assistant engineer Jon Sher assistant engineer John Rooney assistant engineer Serban Ghenea mix engineer Bryce Bordone assistant mix engineer Randy Merrill mastering engineerCharts editChart performance for You re on Your Own Kid Chart 2022 2023 Peakposition Argentina Argentina Hot 100 70 98 Australia ARIA 47 6 Belgium Billboard 73 15 Canada Canadian Hot 100 43 6 Croatia Billboard 55 18 Czech Republic Singles Digital Top 100 61 26 Denmark Tracklisten 68 40 France SNEP 71 107 Global 200 Billboard 72 7 Greece International IFPI 74 10 Hungary Stream Top 40 66 36 Iceland Plotutidindi 52 13 India International Singles IMI 56 19 Italy FIMI 69 82 Ireland IRMA 48 6 Lithuania AGATA 60 24 Luxembourg Billboard 59 22 Malaysia Billboard 75 11 Malaysia International RIM 51 7 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 58 20 Norway VG lista 65 34 Philippines Billboard 49 6 Portugal AFP 53 13 Singapore RIAS 50 6 Slovakia Radio Top 100 64 32 South Africa RISA 57 19 Spain PROMUSICAE 67 39 Sweden Sverigetopplistan 62 27 Swiss Streaming Schweizer Hitparade 63 27 UK Singles OCC 45 65 US Billboard Hot 100 76 8 Vietnam Vietnam Hot 100 54 13Certifications editCertifications for You re on Your Own Kid Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 77 Platinum 70 000 Canada Music Canada 44 Platinum 80 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 78 Gold 30 000 United Kingdom BPI 46 Gold 400 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit Dailey Hannah October 20 2022 Everything We Know About Taylor Swift s Midnights So Far Billboard Archived from the original on November 13 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