{"id":2789,"date":"2020-08-29T20:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T20:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=2789"},"modified":"2025-09-16T20:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:36:56","slug":"this-is-me-trying","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/this-is-me-trying\/","title":{"rendered":"this is me trying"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2789\" class=\"elementor elementor-2789\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">this is me trying<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bdd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30bdd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">folklore (2020)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9740215 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"9740215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646e55d elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"646e55d\" 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class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63f85dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"63f85dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b16286\" data-id=\"6b16286\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce5982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce5982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cthis is me trying\u201d is track nine on Taylor\u2019s eighth studio album, <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/\"><em>folklore<\/em><\/a> (2020). In the song, Taylor tells the story of someone who\u2019s struggling in life. Fear, alcohol, and a sense of failure and isolation complicate the start of the healing process, but the person takes the first step by having the humility to admit things are difficult and uncertain.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5e7dba elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"a5e7dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__a5e7dba\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a819474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a819474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background and Release<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56ab06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e56ab06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor surprise-released <em>folklore<\/em> on July 24, 2020. The album eschews the upbeat pop production of her previous releases and adapts indie folk and alternative styles, brought about by collaborations with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Taylor also brought along her partner <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/family\/joe-alwyn\/\">Joe Alwyn<\/a> to help produce the album, which he did along with her and Antonoff on \u201cthis is me trying\u201d. In the primer that preceded the release, Taylor teased imageries of various tracks, with \u201cthis is me trying\u201d being about \u201ca whiskey bottle beckoning.\u201d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40452b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e40452b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrical Theme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95853af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95853af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor has stated that the song was inspired by multiple narratives. She told <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> in an interview in December 2020: \u201cI was writing from three different characters\u2019 perspectives, one who\u2019s going through that; I was channeling the emotions I was feeling in <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/album-eras\/reputation-era\/\">2016, 2017, where I just felt like I was worth absolutely nothing<\/a>. And then, the second verse is about dealing with addiction and issues with struggling every day. [\u2026] And then, the third verse, I was thinking, what would the National do? What lyric would Matt Berninger write? What chords would the National play? And it\u2019s funny because I\u2019ve since played this song for Aaron, and he\u2019s like, \u2018That\u2019s not what we would\u2019ve done at all.\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018I love that song, but that\u2019s totally different than what we would\u2019ve done with it.'\u201d\n<br><br>In the documentary and concert film <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/videography\/concert-movies\/folklore-long-pond-studio-sessions\/\"><em>folklore: the long pond studio sessions<\/em><\/a> (2020), Taylor further affirmed that the song touches on alcoholism:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc64aac elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"fc64aac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abI\u2019ve been thinking about people who are either suffering through mental illness, addiction or who have an everyday struggle. No one pats them on the back every day but every day they are actively fighting something. There are so many days that nobody gives them credit for that and so, how often must somebody who\u2019s in that sort of internal struggle wanna say to everyone in the room: \u2018You have no idea how close I am to going back to a dark place.\u2019 I had this idea that the first verse would be about someone who is in a life crisis and has just been trying and failing in their relationship, has been messing things up with people they love, has been letting everyone down and has driven to this overlook, this cliff, and is just in the car, going, \u2018I could do whatever I want in this moment and it could affect everything forever.\u2019 But this person backs up and drives home.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f5b8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15f5b8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em>folklore<\/em> producer Aaron Dessner shared his interpretation of the song in a 2020 interview with <em>Vulture<\/em>: \u201c\u2019this is me trying,\u2019 to me, relates to the entire album. Maybe I\u2019m reading into it too much from my own perspective, but<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>[I think of] the whole album as an exercise and working through these stories, whether personal or old through someone else\u2019s perspective. It\u2019s connecting a lot of things.\u201d Taylor felt similar, further explaining her thoughts that went into the second verse:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c548c elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"39c548c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abThe second verse is about someone who felt like they had a lot of potential in their life. I feel like there are a lot of mechanisms for us in our school days, in high school or college, to excel and to be patted on the back for something. And then a lot of people get out of school and there are less abilities for them to get gold stars. Then you have to make all these decisions and you have to pave your own way. There\u2019s no set class course you can take. I think a lot of people feel really swept up in that. And so I was thinking about this person who is really lost in life and then starts drinking\u2026and every second is trying not to.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb5906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aeb5906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6510944514\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf63c87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf63c87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Live Performances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e827d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50e827d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor first performed \u201cthis is me trying\u201d as part of her concert film and documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/videography\/concert-movies\/folklore-long-pond-studio-sessions\/\"><em>folklore: the long pond studio sessions<\/em><\/a> (2020), together with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Three years later, she sang it as a surprise song during her second show on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>\u201d (2023-2024) in Glendale on March 18, 2023. Taylor also chose it as the acoustic piano surprise song for her show in Melbourne on February 17, 2024. On July 18, 2024, she mashed it up with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/midnights\/midnights-songs\/labyrinth\/\">Labyrinth<\/a>\u201d (2022) in Gelsenkirchen. On October 18, 2024, she played it together with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/lover-album\/lover-songs\/daylight\/\">Daylight<\/a>\u201d (2019) in Miami.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d847736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d847736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Reception<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7220c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7220c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpon the release of <em>folklore<\/em>, \u201cthis is me trying\u201d was met with positive reviews from music critics; praise centered on Taylor\u2019s vocals and the song\u2019s portrayal of mental health, addiction, and emotional vulnerability. Alexandrea Lang from the <em>Dallas Observer<\/em> named the song as one of the \u201cmost profound and underrated\u201d songs on <em>folklore<\/em>, as well as praising Taylor\u2019s \u201cgorgeous, breathy vocals\u201d and the \u201cflawless\u201d capture of emotions of someone struggling with motivation and mental illness. Rolling Stone critic <em>Rob Sheffield<\/em> said that the track is \u201cthe disturbingly witty tale of someone pouring her heart out, to keep herself from pouring more whiskey.\u201d Regarding the song\u2019s metaphor set around curve and sphere, Sheffield commented: \u201cwhat a math flex\u201d; \u201cTaylor could have invented geometry, but Euclid couldn\u2019t have written this song.\u201d <em>New Statesman<\/em> critic Anna Leszkiewicz defined \u201cthis is me trying\u201d as an \u201cexpansive, atmospheric portrait\u201d of someone opting vulnerability over \u201cdefense mechanisms\u201d in a relationship.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-251bf03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"251bf03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abeec81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abeec81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpon <em>folklore<\/em>\u2018s release, \u201cthis is me trying\u201d debuted at No. 9 on the US <em>Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs<\/em> chart, and at No. 39 on the all-genre <em>Hot 100<\/em> as one of the album\u2019s 10 tracks to chart inside the top 40. It further reached No. 15 on the <em>Singapore Singles<\/em> chart, No. 18 on Australia\u2019s <em>ARIA Singles Chart<\/em>, and No. 30 on the<em> Canadian Hot 100<\/em>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244eb13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"244eb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a8e26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11a8e26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e7c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6e7c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>[Verse 1]<br \/><\/b>I\u2019ve been having a hard time adjusting<br \/>I had the shiniest wheels<br \/>Now they\u2019re rusting<br \/>I didn\u2019t know if you\u2019d care if I came back<br \/>I have a lot of regrets about that<br \/>Pulled the car off the road to the lookout<br \/>Could\u2019ve followed my fears all the way down<br \/>And maybe I don\u2019t quite know what to say<br \/>But I\u2019m here in your doorway<\/p><p><b>[Chorus]<br \/><\/b>I just wanted you to know<br \/>That this is me trying<br \/>I just wanted you to know<br \/>That this is me trying<\/p><p><b>[Verse 2]<br \/><\/b>They told me all of my cages were mental<br \/>So I got wasted like all my potential<br \/>And my words shoot to kill when I\u2019m mad<br \/>I have a lot of regrets about that<br \/>I was so ahead of the curve<br \/>The curve became a sphere<br \/>Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here<br \/>Pouring out my heart to a stranger<br \/>But I didn\u2019t pour the whiskey<\/p><p><b>[Chorus]<br \/><\/b>I just wanted you to know<br \/>That this is me trying<br \/>I just wanted you to know<br \/>That this is me trying<\/p><p><b>[Post-Chorus]<br \/><\/b>At least I\u2019m trying<\/p><p><b>[Bridge]<br \/><\/b>And it\u2019s hard to be at a party<br \/>When I feel like an open wound<br \/>It\u2019s hard to be anywhere these days <br \/>When all I want is you<br \/>You\u2019re a flashback in a film reel<br \/>On the one screen in my town\u2026<\/p><p><b>[Chorus]<br \/><\/b>And I just wanted you to know<br \/>That this is me trying <em>(And maybe I don\u2019t quite know what to 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Customer (Brooklyn)<br \/>Electric Lady (New York City)<br \/>Conway (Los Angeles)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Dream Pop<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>3:15<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Label<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Songwriters<\/th><td>Taylor Swift<br \/>Jack Antonoff<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Producers<\/th><td>Jack Antonoff<br \/>Taylor Swift<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/family\/joe-alwyn\/\">Joe Alwyn<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"infobox-header description\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6>FOLKLORE CHRONOLOGY<\/h6><\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/august\/\">august<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><b>this is me trying<\/b><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/illicit-affairs\/\">illicit affairs<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75539bb elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"75539bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSong Certification\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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In the song, Taylor tells the story of someone who\u2019s struggling in life. Fear, alcohol, and a sense of failure and isolation complicate the start of the healing process, but the person takes the first step by having the humility to admit things are difficult and uncertain. Table of Contents Background and Release Taylor surprise-released folklore on July 24, 2020. The album eschews the upbeat pop production of her previous releases and adapts indie folk and alternative styles, brought about by collaborations with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Taylor also brought along her partner Joe Alwyn to help produce the album, which he did along with her and Antonoff on \u201cthis is me trying\u201d. In the primer that preceded the release, Taylor teased imageries of various tracks, with \u201cthis is me trying\u201d being about \u201ca whiskey bottle beckoning.\u201d Lyrical Theme Taylor has stated that the song was inspired by multiple narratives. She told Entertainment Weekly in an interview in December 2020: \u201cI was writing from three different characters\u2019 perspectives, one who\u2019s going through that; I was channeling the emotions I was feeling in 2016, 2017, where I just felt like I was worth absolutely nothing. And then, the second verse is about dealing with addiction and issues with struggling every day. [\u2026] And then, the third verse, I was thinking, what would the National do? What lyric would Matt Berninger write? What chords would the National play? And it\u2019s funny because I\u2019ve since played this song for Aaron, and he\u2019s like, \u2018That\u2019s not what we would\u2019ve done at all.\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018I love that song, but that\u2019s totally different than what we would\u2019ve done with it.&#8217;\u201d In the documentary and concert film folklore: the long pond studio sessions (2020), Taylor further affirmed that the song touches on alcoholism: \u00abI\u2019ve been thinking about people who are either suffering through mental illness, addiction or who have an everyday struggle. No one pats them on the back every day but every day they are actively fighting something. There are so many days that nobody gives them credit for that and so, how often must somebody who\u2019s in that sort of internal struggle wanna say to everyone in the room: \u2018You have no idea how close I am to going back to a dark place.\u2019 I had this idea that the first verse would be about someone who is in a life crisis and has just been trying and failing in their relationship, has been messing things up with people they love, has been letting everyone down and has driven to this overlook, this cliff, and is just in the car, going, \u2018I could do whatever I want in this moment and it could affect everything forever.\u2019 But this person backs up and drives home.\u00bb Taylor Swift folklore producer Aaron Dessner shared his interpretation of the song in a 2020 interview with Vulture: \u201c\u2019this is me trying,\u2019 to me, relates to the entire album. Maybe I\u2019m reading into it too much from my own perspective, but\u00a0[I think of] the whole album as an exercise and working through these stories, whether personal or old through someone else\u2019s perspective. It\u2019s connecting a lot of things.\u201d Taylor felt similar, further explaining her thoughts that went into the second verse: \u00abThe second verse is about someone who felt like they had a lot of potential in their life. I feel like there are a lot of mechanisms for us in our school days, in high school or college, to excel and to be patted on the back for something. And then a lot of people get out of school and there are less abilities for them to get gold stars. Then you have to make all these decisions and you have to pave your own way. There\u2019s no set class course you can take. I think a lot of people feel really swept up in that. And so I was thinking about this person who is really lost in life and then starts drinking\u2026and every second is trying not to.\u00bb Taylor Swift \u00a0 Live Performances Taylor first performed \u201cthis is me trying\u201d as part of her concert film and documentary folklore: the long pond studio sessions (2020), together with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Three years later, she sang it as a surprise song during her second show on \u201cThe Eras Tour\u201d (2023-2024) in Glendale on March 18, 2023. Taylor also chose it as the acoustic piano surprise song for her show in Melbourne on February 17, 2024. On July 18, 2024, she mashed it up with \u201cLabyrinth\u201d (2022) in Gelsenkirchen. On October 18, 2024, she played it together with \u201cDaylight\u201d (2019) in Miami. Critical Reception Upon the release of folklore, \u201cthis is me trying\u201d was met with positive reviews from music critics; praise centered on Taylor\u2019s vocals and the song\u2019s portrayal of mental health, addiction, and emotional vulnerability. Alexandrea Lang from the Dallas Observer named the song as one of the \u201cmost profound and underrated\u201d songs on folklore, as well as praising Taylor\u2019s \u201cgorgeous, breathy vocals\u201d and the \u201cflawless\u201d capture of emotions of someone struggling with motivation and mental illness. Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield said that the track is \u201cthe disturbingly witty tale of someone pouring her heart out, to keep herself from pouring more whiskey.\u201d Regarding the song\u2019s metaphor set around curve and sphere, Sheffield commented: \u201cwhat a math flex\u201d; \u201cTaylor could have invented geometry, but Euclid couldn\u2019t have written this song.\u201d New Statesman critic Anna Leszkiewicz defined \u201cthis is me trying\u201d as an \u201cexpansive, atmospheric portrait\u201d of someone opting vulnerability over \u201cdefense mechanisms\u201d in a relationship. Commercial Performance Upon folklore\u2018s release, \u201cthis is me trying\u201d debuted at No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot Rock &#038; Alternative Songs chart, and at No. 39 on the all-genre Hot 100 as one of the album\u2019s 10 tracks to chart inside the top 40. 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