Hate Me (Ellie Goulding and Juice Wrld song)

"Hate Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding and American rapper and singer Juice Wrld, released as a single on 26 June 2019 through Polydor Records.^[3][4] It was premiered by Zane Lowe as his Beats 1's "World Record" on Beats 1 on 26 June.^[5] It was included on Goulding's fourth studio album, Brightest Blue (2020).^[6]

"Hate Me"
Single by Ellie Goulding and Juice Wrld
from the album Brightest Blue
Released	26 June 2019
Recorded	2019
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	3:06
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Elena Goulding Jarad Higgins Jason Evigan Jordan Johnson Marcus Lomax Stefan Johnson Andrew Wotman Brittany Hazzard
Producer(s)	Jason Evigan The Monsters and the Strangerz
Ellie Goulding singles chronology
"Sixteen" (2019) "Hate Me" (2019) "Return to Love[2]" (2019)
Juice Wrld singles chronology
"All Night" (2019) "Hate Me" (2019) "Run" (2019)
Music videos
"Hate Me" on YouTube
"Hate Me" (Vertical version) on YouTube

Promotion

On 23 June, Goulding posted a short clip on Instagram with audio of herself harmonising set to video of a chain featuring the initials "EG" and "JW", and announced the release date.^[3] Around the same time, the pre-order link for "Hate Me" became active.^[7] Goulding officially announced the title and collaboration with Juice Wrld on 24 June.^[4]

Critical reception

Carl Lamarre of Billboard called the track an "anti-love anthem" that "finds Goulding taking a darker approach, after watching her relationship spiral".^[5] Mike Wass of Idolator felt the song is a "hip-hop-flavored banger".^[8] Jael Goldfine from Paper wrote that the song is a "moody, masochistic, tongue-in-cheek new collaboration" as Goulding "dares an ex to say all the mean, ugly things broken-hearted people say to each other".^[9]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Goulding's 14th entry on the chart making her the British female artist with the most entries on the chart, surpassing Adele.^[10] The next week the song moved to number 74 and peaked number 72 in its original run. Following a rise in popularity on the social media site TikTok, "Hate Me" re-entered the Hot 100 at number 69 in late October, and has since peaked at number 56.

Music video

The music video was premiered on YouTube on 17 July 2019. It was directed by Saam Farahmand.

Track listing

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hate Me" (with Juice Wrld)	3:06

Digital download^[11]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hate Me (R3HAB remix)" (featuring Juice Wrld)	3:23

Digital download^[12]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hate Me" (Snakehips Remix)	3:15

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019–2020) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[13] 93 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 51 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[15] 32 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[16] 18 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[17] 33 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[18] 156 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[19] 32 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[20] 48 Estonia (IFPI)[21] 27 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 14 Germany (GfK)[23] 70 Hungary (Single Top 40)[24] 18 Hungary (Stream Top 40)[25] 25 Ireland (IRMA)[26] 33 Latvia (LAIPA)[27] 20 Lithuania (AGATA)[28] 28 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[29] 5 Romania (Airplay 100)[30] 72 Scotland (OCC)[31] 30 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[32] 39 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 76 UK Singles (OCC)[34] 33 US Billboard Hot 100[35] 56 US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[36] 23 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[37] 35 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[38] 19 US Rolling Stone Top 100[39] 42

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Latvia (LAIPA)[40] 64

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[41]	Platinum	70,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[42]	Platinum	40,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[43]	Platinum	80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[44]	Gold	45,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[45]	Gold	200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[46]	Gold	35,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[47]	Platinum	30,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[48]	Platinum	50,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[49]	Gold	5,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[50]	Platinum	600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[51]	3× Platinum	3,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Version	Label	Ref.
Various	26 June 2019	Digital download streaming	Original	Polydor	[5]
Italy	5 July 2019	Contemporary hit radio		Universal	[52]
United States	9 July 2019			Interscope	[53]
Various	16 August 2019	Digital download streaming	R3HAB Remix	Polydor	[11]
	25 September 2019		Snakehips Remix		[12]