I Love You's

"I Love You's" is a song by American singer Hailee Steinfeld, released on March 26, 2020, by Republic Records. The song samples "No More I Love You's" by Annie Lennox, thus David Freeman and Joseph Hughes are credited as songwriters.^[2] The song was produced by co-writer David Stewart (not to be confused with the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart) and serves as the second single from Steinfeld's second EP Half Written Story (2020).^[3]

"I Love You's"
Single by Hailee Steinfeld
from the EP Half Written Story
Released	March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	3:36
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	David Freeman David Stewart Joseph Hughes Jessica Agombar Sarah Griffiths
Producer(s)	David Stewart
Hailee Steinfeld singles chronology
"Wrong Direction" (2020) "I Love You's" (2020) "Masterpiece" (2020)
Music video
"I Love You's" on YouTube

Background

Steinfeld released an album cover, as well as dropping the name for the song on Instagram on March 24, 2020, with the caption "i love you's • march 26th".^[4][5] According to Rolling Stone, the song was inspired by Annie Lennox's "No More 'I Love You's" (1995).^[6] Steinfeld spoke to EW about what inspired the song:^[7]

"I went through a breakup and did not give myself enough time to heal from that before getting into another relationship. When that second relationship ended it became clear that I needed time and space to heal — I hadn't given myself that to begin with that first time around. I didn't realize the importance of that."

Composition

The song features "floaty synths" and "peppy beats".^[8] Lyrically, it is about self-love and hope and is composed in the key of E♭major with a tempo of 107 beats per minute.^[8]

Music video

A lyric video, created by Katia Temkin, accompanied the song's release.^[9] Steinfeld co-directed the song's official music video with Sarah McColgan,^[7] which premiered via YouTube on March 31, 2020.^[10] The music video shot in black-and-white featuring Steinfeld wearing see-through clothing while embedded with white background in studio.

Live performances

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Steinfeld performed the song in an at-home edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 1, 2020.^[11]

Credits and personnel

Song credits adapted from Tidal.^[12]

• Hailee Steinfeld – vocals
• David Stewart – songwriting, production, programming
• David Freeman – songwriting
• Jessica Agombar – songwriting
• Joseph Hughes – songwriting
• Sarah "Griff" Griffiths – songwriting
• John Hanes – engineering, studio personnel
• Randy Merrill – mastering, studio personnel
• Serban Ghenea – mixing, studio personnel

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australia Airplay (Radiomonitor)[13]	37
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[14]	14
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[15]	48

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label(s)	Ref.
Various	26 March 2020	Digital download streaming	Republic	[16]
Australia	27 March 2020	Contemporary hit radio	Universal	[17]
United Kingdom	13 June 2020	Adult contemporary radio	Republic	[18]

References

1. Close, Paris (May 8, 2020). "Hailee Steinfeld Gets Candid On 5-Song EP 'Half Written Story': Listen". iHeartRadio. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
2. Zemler, Emily (2020-03-26). "Hear Hailee Steinfeld Look for Hope on New Single 'I Love You's'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
3. "Hailee Steinfeld drops new breakup song I Love You's". The List. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
4. "hailee steinfeld on Instagram: "i love you's • march 26th"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
5. "She's Back! Hailee Steinfeld Announces New Single "I Love You's"". idolator. 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
6. "Hear Hailee Steinfeld Look for Hope on New Single 'I Love You's'". Rolling Stone. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
7. "Hailee Steinfeld says staying single for a year inspired her Annie Lennox homage 'I Love You's'". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
8. Stickler, Jon. "Hailee Steinfeld Drops New Single I Love You's - Stereoboard". Stereoboard.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
9. HaileeSteinfeldVEVO (2020-03-25). "Hailee Steinfeld - I Love You's (Official Lyric Video)". Retrieved 2020-03-26 – via YouTube.
10. HaileeSteinfeldVEVO (March 31, 2020). "Hailee Steinfeld - I Love You's (Official Video)". Retrieved March 31, 2020 – via YouTube.
11. "Hailee Steinfeld: I Love You's (The Tonight Show: At Home Edition)". YouTube. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. May 1, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
12. "Hailee Steinfeld - I Love You's". Tidal. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
13. "HOT 100 Issue 1290". The Music Network. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
14. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
15. "Hailee Steinfeld Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
16. "I Love You's - Single". Apple Music. 2020-03-26. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
17. "Singles To Radio". The Music Network. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
18. "Radio 2 New Music Playlist". BBC. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.