You Can't Kill Me

You Can't Kill Me
You Can't Kill Me
Studio album by 070 Shake
Released	June 3, 2022
Genre	Hip hop; R&B; electropop;
Length	48:52
Label	GOOD; Def Jam;
Producer	070 Shake; Dave Hamelin; Vincent Giovinazzo; Ilya; Johan Lenox; Juan Brito; David Sitek; Mike Dean; Sean Solymar; WondaGurl;
070 Shake chronology
Singles from You Can't Kill Me
	"Skin and Bones"; Released: April 22, 2022; "Web"; Released: May 4, 2022; "Body"; Released: May 20, 2022;

You Can't Kill Me is the second studio album by American singer-musician 070 Shake. It was released on June 3, 2022. It is the final album to be released under the partnership between GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings, as they parted ways in October following GOOD founder Kanye West's antisemitic remarks.^[4]^[5]

Background

In August 2021, 070 Shake announced the title of her next album, You Can't Kill Me Because I Don't Exist. On April 22, 2022, she released "Skin and Bones" as the first single of the album, along with a music video.^[6] She also announced the new title of the album, shortened to You Can't Kill Me. On May 4, 2022, she released the album's second single, "Web". She also announced the album's tracklist, cover art, and release date on the same date.^[7] On May 20, 2022, she released the album's third single, "Body", featuring Christine and the Queens.^[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10^[9]
Metacritic	74/100^[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10^[1]
The Observer	^[11]
HipHopDX	3.6/5^[12]
Pitchfork	7.0/10^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[13]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10^[14]
The Music	^[3]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, You Can't Kill Me received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 from 6 critic scores.^[10] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 7.4 out of 10 based on their assessment of the critical consensus.^[9]

The album received praise for its production. Writing for The Line of Best Fit, Wepea Buntugu praised the album's "large, swelling beats and instrumentation" and "strong, rousing choruses."^[14] Pitchfork's Eric Torres described the album as "full of keening synths, electric guitars, and heavy drum beats."^[2] Writing for HipHopDX, Matthew Ritchie described the album as having a "lush array of synth-pop and soul elements" but wrote that Shake, at times, "veiled behind the strength of the album’s production."^[12] The album's writing received a more mixed reception. The Observer's Ammar Kalia criticized the album as having "too many moments where Balbuena adopts a middling mumble, stumbling over her melodies."^[11] Pitchfork's Torres described her songwriting as "woozy" and "plaintive" with an "intoxicating touch."^[2] The Line of Best Fit's Buntugu described Shake's lyricism as "fascinating", writing: "she condenses the main messages of each song into a few words, and the whole punch of a track may take up just about a verse or even less."^[14] 070 Shake's vocal performance on the album received praise. The Observer's Kalia praised her voice as "soaring."^[11] Pitchfork's Torres described her voice as "despairing" and "rafters-reaching."^[2] Writing for The Music, Cyclone Wehner concludes writing, "You Can't Kill Me thematises transience and the cosmic vagaries of consciousness, volition and inevitability in the digital age, but it really is destined to be a sleeper classic."^[3]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[15]

*You Can't Kill Me*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Web"	Danielle Balbuena Michael Dean Stephen Feigenbaum	070 Shake Dave Hamelin Johan Lenox Mike Dean^[c]	2:06
2.	"Invited"	Balbuena Feigenbaum Dave Hamelin Juan Brito	070 Shake Johan Lenox Hamelin^[a] Juan Brito^[a]	2:42
3.	"History"	Balbuena Hamelin Ebony Oshunrinde	070 Shake Hamelin WondaGurl^[a]	4:51
4.	"Medicine"	Balbuena Dean Hamelin	070 Shake Hamelin Dean^[c]	3:15
5.	"Skin and Bones"	Balbuena Dean Hamelin Oshunrinde	Hamelin Dean^[c] WondaGurl^[c]	3:34
6.	"Blue Velvet"	Balbuena Hamelin	070 Shake Hamelin	4:37
7.	"Cocoon"	Balbuena Hamelin Sean Solymar	070 Shake Hamelin Sean Solymar^[c]	3:21
8.	"Body" (with Christine and the Queens)	Balbuena Dean David Sitek Héloïse Letissier	070 Shake Dean Hamelin Dave Sitek	3:31
9.	"Wine & Spirits"	Balbuena Brito Feigenbaum Hamelin Vincent Giovinazzo	070 Shake Brito Hamelin Johan Lenox Vincent Giovinazzo	3:16
10.	"Come Back Home"	Balbuena Brito Dean Hamelin Ilya Salmanzadeh	070 Shake Hamelin Dean^[c] Ilya^[a]	5:02
11.	"Vibrations"	Balbuena Brito Feigenbaum Giovinazzo Hamelin Atia Boggs Jalil Peraza	070 Shake Brito Giovinazzo Hamelin Johan Lenox	3:41
12.	"Purple Walls"	Balbuena Hamelin	070 Shake Hamelin	2:50
13.	"Stay"	Balbuena Brito Feigenbaum Hamelin Peraza	070 Shake Brito Hamelin Johan Lenox	2:43
14.	"Se Fue la Luz"	Balbuena Brito Hamelin Malick Ba	070 Shake Brito Hamelin	3:26
Total length:				48:55