It Ain’t Me Lyrics

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“It Ain’t Me” is an uptempo tropical house breakup song. It features Selena Gomez on vocals. In the song, Selena breaks up with someone by asking who will take care of him—when that person isn’t her. Actor Vin Diesel is mistakenly credited as a background vocalist, when what he actually did was an in-studio cover version of the track with Kygo himself in the booth; adding several ad-libs during the beatdrops.

The track is the first single from the second studio album by Norwegian EDM producer Kygo. The song was released on Kygo’s official Vevo, after previews on Selena’s Instagram.

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How was this song created?
Verified Commentary
Ali Tamposi
via YourEDM
Genius Answer

This one [“It Ain’t Me”], it just felt like it all connected. I don’t really deal with the business side of things and that’s the beauty of working with my team – they allow me to step away from the business. When Kygo heard this song, he was instantly mapping out where he was going to take it. He followed the melodies and emotions of the song and brought it to life. It all aligned. Usually, we’ll wait around for a few months, try pitching a song to different artists and hopefully something sticks. When Selena heard it, she loved it – she heard it about a month after we wrote it.

How did Ali Tamposi become involved in the song?
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Ali Tamposi
via YourEDM
Genius Answer

Andrew Watt knows Kygo and his manager just from working together in the past. Kygo’s manager reached out to Andrew and asked to come into the session, so Andrew facilitated that for us. We’ve been able to build a relationship with Kygo from there and from a producer-level – aside from his DJ work – he’s one of the greatest producers that I’ve had the pleasure of working with.

Does Vin Diesel really have background vocals on this track?
Genius Answer

Apparently, yes.


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Released on
February 16, 2017
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