Listen to this when
Try
What if you stopped trying so hard to be liked and just asked: do you like you? 🤍
Who it's for
The song gently questions the effort people pour into meeting appearance standards, which creates a perspective shift: the goal moves from meeting other people's standards to asking whether you like yourself.
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Try" is a midtempo pop ballad by American singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat, released in June 2014 as the lead single from her fifth studio album, Gypsy Heart. She wrote it with Jason Reeves, Babyface and Antonio Dixon, and Babyface and Dixon produced it. The song encourages listeners not to change themselves to please others or meet beauty and image expectations.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available); official music video on the artist's channel.
Before you start
Heads up: Themes of appearance pressure.
Age: Ages 9+
The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 134
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