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| album = The Life of Pablo

| released = February 14, 2016

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"'FML'" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his seventh studio album 'The Life of Pablo' (2016), which features vocals from Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It contains a sample of "Hit" by Section 25, which two of the band members praised West for sampling. West references his issues with mental health in the song. The song charted in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada in 2016.

Background



In October 2016, a demo of the track, alongside one of "I Am a God" from West's sixth studio album 'Yeezus' (2013), was uploaded to SoundCloud, which featured vocals from Travis Scott instead of the Weeknd and included a new sample. A remix of the song was released by Alvin Risk.

Composition and lyrics



A sample of "Hit" by Section 25 is heavily used to compose the outro, along with vocals from West. In response to West sampling their work, Section 25 members Bethany and Vincent Cassidy heavily praised him. The sample was also used in a leaked track by West titled "Fall Out of Heaven".

Once all the changes had been made to the album in June 2016, the song's vocals had been made louder and background vocals were added on the second round of Weeknd's hook.

"FML" is titled to stand for two meanings: "For My Lady", since West raps in the first verse "I been waiting for a minute/For my lady" and "Fuck My Life (up)" since the Weeknd sings on the chorus "I wish I would go ahead and fuck my life up/Can't let them get to me/And even though I always fuck my life up/Only I can mention me." West mentions the antidepressant drug Lexapro in reference to his issues with mental health, a subject West mostly touched on in the song "I Feel Like That" from the end of his and Steve McQueen's music video for West's 2015 single "All Day".

Critical reception



'Pitchfork's Jayson Greene viewed the song as where West "alludes to something that sounds an awful lot like a manic episode". Jake Indiana of 'Highsnobiety' wrote in response to it that "there's a lot to love here, particularly in Ye's lyrics", but he had a mixed reaction to the Weeknd's appearance, describing it as where he "gives a massive assist on this guest spot, but by song's end his refrain becomes a bit whiny". 'NME' writer Larry Bartleet listed it 13th in his top 50 songs about depression list.

Commercial performance



The track debuted at number 84 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 within the same week that 'The Life of Pablo' was released. "FML" charted on the UK Singles Chart at exactly the same position upon the album's release and then never charted again on it. On the Canadian Hot 100, the song debuted at number 97 in the same week. This made the song stand along with "Ultralight Beam" and "Waves" as one of only three non-single releases from West's album to chart in Canada. Alongside its debut on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100, "FML" charted at number 30 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and spend a total of three weeks on it.

In family culture



West's sister-in-law Kylie Jenner named the track as her favourite song from 'The Life of Pablo' in March 2016. His ex-wife Kim Kardashian listed the track among her top 28 favourite songs by her husband in August 2016.

Credits and personnel



Credits adapted from West's official website.

*Production Kanye West & Mitus

*Co-production Metro Boomin, Noah Goldstein for Ark Productions, Inc. & Mike Dean #MWA for Dean's List Productions

*Additional production Charlie Heat for Very Good Beats, Inc., Hudson Mohawke & Andrew Dawson

*Engineering Noah Goldstein, Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Mike Dean

*The Weeknd vocals recorded Shin Kamiyama

*Mix Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios, North Hollywood, CA

*Mix assisted Chris Galland, Ike Schultz & Jeff Jackson

*Vocals the Weeknd

*Keyboards Mike Dean

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Category:2016 songs

Category:Kanye West songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Hudson Mohawke

Category:Song recordings produced by Kanye West

Category:Song recordings produced by Metro Boomin

Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Dean (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Charlie Heat

Category:Songs written by Cyhi the Prynce

Category:Songs written by Kanye West

Category:Songs written by Metro Boomin

Category:Songs written by Mike Dean (record producer)

Category:Songs written by the Weeknd

Category:Songs written by Travis Scott

Category:The Weeknd songs

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