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I Used to Know Her
Compilation album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 2019 (2019-08-30)
Recorded2018–19
GenreR&B
LabelRCA
Producer
H.E.R. chronology
I Used to Know Her: Part 2
(2018)
I Used to Know Her
(2019)
Singles from I Used to Know Her
  1. "Could've Been"
    Released: September 25, 2018[1]
  2. "Hard Place"
    Released: April 4, 2019
  3. "Racks"
    Released: June 25, 2019
  4. "21"
    Released: July 26, 2019

I Used to Know Her is the second compilation album by American singer H.E.R., released on August 30, 2019, by RCA Records. The album comprises songs from the singer's EPs I Used to Know Her: The Prelude (2018) and I Used to Know Her: Part 2 (2018), and includes five additional songs, as well as extended editions of the songs "Going", "Be On My Way", and "Lord is Coming".[2][3]

The compilation received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 62nd Grammy Awards, marking H.E.R.'s second consecutive nomination in that category. Lead single and the Bryson Tiller-featured "Could've Been" earned two nominations for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance and second single "Hard Place" received two nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.[4]

Singles and promotion

On April 4, 2019, she released the music video for "Hard Place". She also performed the song live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the 2019 Grammy Awards.[5] On June 25, the single "Racks" was released featuring YBN Cordae.[6] The next single was released on July 26, titled "21".[7]

Critical reception

I Used To Know Her received positive reviews from critics. At Album Of The Year, the album received a score of 73 of 100. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Lost Souls" (featuring DJ Scratch)
  • Harris
  • Gitty
  • Bassman Foster
2:33
2."Fate"
  • Craig Balmoris
  • Bēkon
  • Rappy
3:13
3."Carried Away"
3:41
4."Going (Full)"
  • Wilson
  • Harris
  • Hue "SoundzFire" Strother
2:53
5."Be on My Way (Full)"
  • Harris
  • Emile II
  • Wilson
  • Ashworth
2:37
6."Can’t Help Me"
  • Wilson
  • Ronald Colson
  • Gitelman
  • Ashworth
  • Gitty
  • Flippa
2:53
7."Something Keeps Pulling Me Back"  3:05
8."Feel a Way"
  • Elijah Dias
  • Wilson
  • Strother
  • Gitelman
  • Ronald "Flippa" Colson
  • Gitty
  • Flippa
3:27
9."21"
  • Wilson
  • Walter Jones
  • Gitelman
  • King Michael Coy
 3:15
10."Racks" (featuring YBN Cordae)  3:41
11."I'm Not OK"
  • Wilson
  • Ashworth
  • Swagg R’Celious
  • D'Mile
3:26
12."Against Me"
  • Carl McCormick
  • Wilson
  • Strother
  • Jeffrey Rashad Williams
  • Nima Jahanbin
  • Paimon Jahanbin
4:30
13."Could've Been" (featuring Bryson Tiller)
  • Harris
  • Emile
  • Wilson
  • Strother
DMile854:08
14."Good to Me"  7:12
15."Take You There"
  • Wilson
  • Ali P
  • Modesty Lycan
  • Edwin Elijah Diaz
  • Flippa
  • Gitty
4:02
16."As I Am"
  • Dias
  • Wilson
  • Strother
  • Gitelman
  • Colson
  • Flippa
  • Gitty
4:00
17."Hard Place (Single Version)"
  • Wilson
  • Harris
  • Amanfu
3:32
18."Uninvited (Live)"  3:43
19."Lord Is Coming" (featuring YBN Cordae)
  • Wilson
  • Alanna Boudreau
  • Craig Balmoris
  • Bēkon
  • Rappy
6:09

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 86

References

  1. ^ "Urban/AUC Future Releases | R&B, Hip Hop, Release Schedule and Street Dates". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "H.E.R. – I Used To Know Her [Album Stream]". OnSmash. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ "H.E.R. – I Used To Know Her [Album Stream]". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "H.E.R. Chooses Between Love & a 'Hard Place' in New Video: Watch". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Hear H.E.R., YBN Cordae on Sensual New Song 'Racks'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  7. ^ "See H.E.R. Celebrate Her Whirlwind Year in '21' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. ^ https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/173915-her-i-used-to-know-her.php
  9. ^ "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2)". Billboard on Twitter. Retrieved September 10, 2019.