I Like Me Better

"I Like Me Better"
Single by Lauv
from the album I Met You When I Was 18 (The Playlist)
ReleasedMay 19, 2017 (2017-05-19)
Recorded2016–2017
GenreElectropop[1]
Length3:17
LabelAWAL
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Lauv
Lauv singles chronology
"The Story Never Ends"
(2016) 		"I Like Me Better"
(2017) 		"A Different Way"
(2017)
Music video
"I Like Me Better" on YouTube

"I Like Me Better" is a song recorded and produced by American singer Lauv. It was released on May 19, 2017,[2] and is included on Lauv's compilation album I Met You When I Was 18 (The Playlist), which was released on May 31, 2018. The song was written by Lauv and Michael Matosic. It has also been used in an Android Auto app commercial,[3] in the trailer of Netflix's romantic comedy To All the Boys I've Loved Before,[4] and in the fall ball episode of Netflix's comedy series The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia.[5]

"I Like Me Better" reached the top ten in Australia, Austria and Germany, the top-twenty in New Zealand and Slovakia, and the top-forty in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland. In his native United States, the song was a sleeper hit, spending over six months on the US Billboard Hot 100 before reaching number 27 in September 2018. It was also used as a background music during the evening gown competition of Miss Universe 2018.

  1. ^ "Lauv's 'I Like Me Better' Began As An Accidental iPhone Voice Memo". MTV. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "I Like me Better". musicbrainz.org. MetaBrainz Foundation. June 11, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "エド・シーランの来日公演の前座を務めるラウヴ、ニュー・シングル"Easy Love"を本日リリース". NME Japan (in Japanese). October 6, 2017.
  4. ^ Netflix (2018-07-26), To All The Boys I've Loved Before | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix, retrieved 2018-08-21
  5. ^ "The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia Soundtrack Netflix 2020, a playlist by Bamboo Records Inc. on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-07-25.