Who Really Cares (album)

> "*Who Really Cares: An album about Sex, Or lack thereof, And its consequences, Or lack thereof*" - TV Girl's album Bandcamp page
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## Studio album by TV Girl

### Released

* February 26, 2016
* March 16, 2016 (Japanese edition)

## TV Girl chronology

*Our First 3 EPs*
(2015)
***Who Really Cares***
(2016)
*Maddie Acid's Purple Hearts Club Band*
(2018)

***Who Really Cares*** is the second studio album by American indie pop band TV Girl, self-released on February 26, 2016.

The preceding collaboration album, *Maddie Acid's Purple Hearts Club Band*, would be released exactly one day after *Who Really Cares*' two-year "anniversary", February 27, 2018. A Japanese version of the album was released on March 16, 2016.

Two songs from the album, "Cigarettes out the Window" and "Not Allowed", would go viral on TikTok years after being released. Both songs were also charted in numerous music/singles charts.

## Recording

Two finished songs, released under the "Natalie Wood" single (or EP), were recorded during the sessions of *Who Really Cares* but were not to be added in the final album.

## Songs and lyrics

Some of the songs usually reference the album's name, reference other album lyrics, and sample other vocals.

"Taking What's Not Yours" contains a reference to *Gravity's Rainbow* at an ex-girlfriend's apartment, in which they "didn't read". At the beginning "For You", the Shangri-Las' "Dating Courtesy" from their *Good Taste Tips* is heard.

The lyrics "I'm starting to suspect that you don't do anything you say at all" and "be careful who you screw" are heard in both "Not Allowed" and "For You" but are not considered "sampling each other".

Most of the songs in the album sample a sort of media. In "Taking What's Not Yours", it samples Richard Nixon's quote "I am not a crook" throughout the entire song. In "Cigarettes out the Window" and "Heaven is a Bedroom", a *Dangerously Yours* episode is used/sampled. In "Not Allowed", the song samples four of the Yeastie Girlz' "spoken-word" songs; "You Suck", "Not Allowed", "Fuck Yourself", and "Sue Your Friends".

## Critical reception

The album was referred as "an album that is easy to relate to" by Bandwagon Magazine. In AllMusic, the album has an average user rating of 4/5 stars.

## Track listing

All songs were written by Brad Petering and produced entirely by TV Girl.

### Digital download/streaming

1. "Taking What's Not Yours"
2. "Song About Me" (ft. Madison Acid)
3. "Cigarettes out the Window"
4. "Till You Tell Me to Leave"
5. "Not Allowed"
6. "(Do The) Act Like You Never Met Me"
7. "Safeword"
8. "For You"
9. "Loving Machine"
10. "Heaven is a Bedroom"

### Japanese version

1. "Natalie Wood"
2. "Like We Planned" (ft. Madison Acid)

**Sample credits**

* "Taking What's Not Yours" contains multiple samples.
	+ "Strut Your Stuff" by Tom Scott
	+ One of Richard Nixon's speeches.
	+ "Don’t Copy That Floppy" by MC Double Def DP
* "Song About Me" samples "Roxanne’s Revenge" by Roxanne Shanté.
* "Cigarettes out the Window" contains multiple samples.
	+ It interpolates and samples "Love Song to Jom's Girlfriend" by Frankie Cosmos.
	+ It also samples episode 1, "Masquerade", of *Dangerously Yours*.
* "Till You Tell Me to Leave" samples "Riversong" by Tonto's Expanding Head Band.
* "Not Allowed" contains multiple samples.
	+ Four of the Yeastie Girlz' songs
		- "You Suck"
		- "Not Allowed"
		- "Fuck Yourself"
		- "Sue Your Friends"
	+ Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks"
* "For You" samples "you are" by Frankie Cosmos; it also samples the Shangri-Las' "Good Taste Tips: Dating Courtesy".
* "Loving Machine" samples "Some Other Time" by Bill Evans Trio.
* "Heaven is a Bedroom" samples a *Dangerously Yours* episode.

## Music videos

Only three songs from the album have music videos.

* "Taking What's Not Yours" - The video stars Dasha Nekrasova walking around a city while lip-syncing the song. The music video was released on March 28, 2016.
* "For You" - The music video was released on June 5, 2016.
* "Heaven is a Bedroom" - The video stars Matt Billings and Emi Bell, without clothes, hugging each other while spinning. The music video was released on March 30, 2017.

## Personnel

Most credits adapted from the liner notes of *French Exit* and Genius album page.

* Brad Petering - vocals, songwriting, recording, production, mixing, art design
* Jason Wyman - recording, production, mixing, mastering
* Amber Quintero - additional vocals (tracks 2-3)
* Ally Hasche - additional vocals (track 3)
* Madison Acid - additional vocals (track 2, 12 (Japanese edition))
* M. Richard Kirstel - photography (album cover)

## References

1. ↑ Album Review: T.V. Girl – Who Really Cares - BandWagon Magazine (bandwagmag.com).
2. ↑ TV Girl - Who Really Cares Album Reviews, Songs & More.
3. ↑ TV Girl – Who Really Cares (2016, Paper Sleeve, CD) - Discogs.

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