"10 Things I Hate About You" is a song by American singer Leah Kate from her third extended play, Alive and Unwell (2022). It was released independently on March 23, 2022. The track was written by Kate, Mike Wise and Madi Yanofski, with Wise handling the production. A pop-punk song, Kate wrote a list of things she disliked about an ex from a previous relationship she was trying to get over which later turned into a song. It went viral on the TikTok.
| "10 Things I Hate About You" | ||||
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| Single by Leah Kate | ||||
| from the EP Alive and Unwell | ||||
| Written | 2022 | |||
| Released | March 23, 2022 | |||
| Genre | Pop-punk | |||
| Length | 2:37 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Wise | |||
| Leah Kate singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "10 Things I Hate About You" on YouTube | ||||
Background and release
editKate moved to New York to pursue a career in music. She had gotten a job there, but was fired because she was spending "so much time" working on her music.[1] Her 2020 single "Fuck Up the Friendship" was noticed by American entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian on Indify, a startup which helps promote independent artists, who then helped Kate get in touch with digital marketing company Creed Media. The aforementioned company promoted the song on the online video platform TikTok where it went viral, and later on the social networking service Instagram.[2] In 2021, she released her debut album titled What Just Happened?.[3]
Kate wrote "10 Things I Hate About You" with Mike Wise and Madi Yanofski, while Wise also produced it.[4] The track was written in 2022.[5] The song was independently released on March 23, 2022, for digital download and streaming.[6] It was sent to contemporary hit radio stations by TenThousand and Capitol in the United States on May 10, 2022, and for radio airplay in Italy by Universal on June 3, 2022.[7][8]
Composition and reception
edit"10 Things I Hate About You" is a pop-punk song.[1][3] Although the song shares the same name as a 1999 film, Kate revealed in an interview with iHeartRadio that the movie did not serve as the inspiration for it.[9] She was trying to move on from a past relationship which resulted in her making a list of things she disliked about the ex-boyfriend from that relationship. Kate told Rolling Stone that the list contained 50 reasons "why [she] shouldn't miss him and why [she] should hate him" and that "it very quickly turned into a song".[1]
Rachel Brodsky of Stereogum called it a "punchy fuck-you anthem" and compared it to the likes of Olivia Rodrigo and Gayle.[3] It went viral on TikTok and was used in over 580,000 videos as of June 24, 2022.[9][10] Commercially, "10 Things I Hate About You" reached the top 30 in Australia and the United Kingdom.[11][12] In the United States, it peaked at numbers two and 20 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and Mainstream Top 40 charts, respectively.[13][14]
Music video
editA visualizer for the song was released on March 25, 2022, on Kate's YouTube channel.[15] The official music video premiered on June 1 and was directed by Jason Lester.[1][16] In the visual, Kate is giving a press conference, and throughout the video, interspersed shots show her being "surrounded by a gang of girls."[1] As of June 2024, the music video has amassed over 1.6 million views while the visualizer has over 8 million views.
Personnel
editCredits adapted from AllMusic.[4]
- Leah Kate – lead vocals, songwriter
- Colin Leonard – mastering engineer
- Mitch McCarthy – mixing
- Mike Wise – songwriter, producer
- Madi Yanofski – songwriter
Charts
edit| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[11] | 22 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[17] | 82 |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[18] | 116 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[19] | 34 |
| Netherlands (Single Tip)[20] | 21 |
| Netherlands (Tipparade)[21] | 15 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (Recorded Music NZ)[22] | 18 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[12] | 30 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[13] | 2 |
| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[14] | 20 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[23] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[24] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[25] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | March 23, 2022 | Leah Kate | [6] | |
| United States | May 10, 2022 | Contemporary hit radio | [7] | |
| Italy | June 3, 2022 | Radio airplay | Universal | [8] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Mier, Tomás (June 1, 2022). "Leah Kate Gives a Post-Breakup Press Conference in '10 Things I Hate About You' Video". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ Leight, Elias (December 16, 2020). "The Exponential Rise of Leah Kate's 'F-ck Up the Friendship'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ a b c Brodsky, Rachel (May 2, 2022). "Leah Kate Is The Algorithm's Answer To Olivia Rodrigo". Stereogum. Archived from the original on June 16, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "10 Things I Hate About You – Leah Kate | Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ Madden, Josh (June 24, 2022). "Leah Kate: 'By the time I was 5, I knew I wanted to be a pop star'". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ a b Citations regarding the release of "10 Things I Hate About You" in various countries:
- "10 Things I Hate About You – Single by Leah Kate on Apple Music". iTunes Store (US). March 23, 2022. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- "10 Things I Hate About You – Single by Leah Kate on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). March 23, 2022. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- "10 Things I Hate About You – Single by Leah Kate on Apple Music". iTunes Store (GB). March 23, 2022. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Top 40/M Cool New Music". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on October 9, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2022. Type Leah Kate in the Search field.
- ^ a b Ranellucci, Martina. "Leah Kate '10 Things I Hate About You' | (Radio Date: June 3, 2022)" (Press release) (in Italian). Airplay Control. Archived from the original on May 30, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ a b Gold, Allie (May 27, 2022). "Leah Kate Says Hit Song Is Not About Movie '10 Things I Hate About You'". iHeart Radio. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ Scarlett, Liz (June 24, 2022). "Leah Kate gives a classic nursery rhyme a savage makeover on cutting pop-punk anthem Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch". Louder Sound. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Leah Kate: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Bubbling Under Hot 100 – Week of May 14, 2022". Billboard. May 14, 2022. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Pop Airplay – Week of August 13, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ "Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You (Official Visualizer)". March 25, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You (Official Music Video)". June 1, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022 – via YouTube. Note: Open description for credits.
- ^ "Billboard Canadian Hot 100 – Week of April 30, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "Global 200 – Week of May 14, 2022". Billboard. May 14, 2022. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Leah Kate". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You" (in Dutch). Dutch Single Top 100. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ "Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 18, 2022. Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ "Brazilian single certifications – Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "British single certifications – Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- ^ "American single certifications – Leah Kate – 10 Things I Hate About You". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 30, 2022.