HAIM share new single "Everybody's trying to figure me out"
Cover art for "Everybody's trying to figure me out"

HAIM share new single "Everybody's trying to figure me out"

Following the release of "Relationships," HAIM are back with "Everybody's trying to figure me out," the next single off their forthcoming yet unoffically announced record. The sisters reunite with longtime collaborator Rostam Batmanglij for production, and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) is credited as a co-writer for the new single, according to Pitchfork.

Listen to the new track below:

The Haim sisters officially announced the new single two days ago after teasing a soundbite with another humorous TikTok. Danielle wrote on the band's official Instagram page that "Everybody's trying to figure me out" was one of her favorite songs written in the past few years, and that it got her through tough moments during the touring of their previous record, Women In Music Pt. III.

"I started writing this after a panic attack I had the night I got home from tour," she wrote.

"I was very confused because I was SO SO SO happy about our incredible tour, but something about being alone with myself scared the shit out of me. after a lot of reflecting I realized I’ve let a lot of people try and tell me how I should live my life, but I realized in making everyone else happy, I lost myself. I wrote this as a way to believe in myself again and quit being scared to do what I want. I hope this finds anyone who needs it."

The cover art for the single continues the band's running joke of reenacting famous paparazzi photos of female celebrities. While "Relationships" mimicked an exasperated yet relieved Nicole Kidman leaving her divorce procedures in 2001, "Everybody's trying to figure me out" reimagines Danielle Haim as Kate Moss basking in the Sun against her SUV.

The Haim sisters have yet to confirm the name and release date of their upcoming fourth studio record. In an interview with i-D, Alana described the album as "the closest we’ve ever gotten to how we wanted to sound," and that "working with Rostam, in general it’s very quick, kinetic with him, which I really love as an artist." The record itself focuses on the sisters' experiences with different kinds of relationships: the bad breakups, the excitement of singledom, and longterm love.

Victoria Borlando

New York, NY

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