"Worry About Me" is a song by English singer

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featuring American singer Blackbear, released as the lead single from Goulding's fourth studio album '' Brightest Blue'', through

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on 13 March 2020. It was written by Goulding and Blackbear with

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and

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, and produced by

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. Its release was fast-tracked due to a

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in early March 2020.

Background

After the song was leaked in March 2020, Goulding posted on social media on 5 March "Since one of you decided to leak it... Coming for you next Friday."

Critical reception

Writing for ''

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'', Mike Wass opined that Goulding "asserts her independence" on the track, "telling Mr. Clingy to stop sniffing around her business because she's bus having fun ..over

's thunderous beats", concluding that it is a "banger". Caian Nunes of ''Popline'' wrote that Goulding finds "great inspiration in hip-hop" on the track "without losing her pop ound.

Music video

The music video was directed by Emil Nava and was released on Goulding's YouTube channel a few hours after the release of the single. A

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Charts

Release history

References

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