The first single from Hunter Hayes' second album is about bullying, a subject that is close to the singer's heart. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O'Dell, Hunter said regarding the piano ballad: "To me it's also just about being misunderstood. Just me being in high school, just the smallest scale I know compared to a lot of stories that I've heard, a lot of people that I've met ... yes, I was a total geek, I was a total nerd, and you know, I still am, and I'm proud of that. But it took me a while to realize that it's OK to be proud of that, right? Because in that time and period of my life, if you didn't fit in, what else was there?" "Fortunately for me I had incredible parents" Hunter added. " I had an incredible support system, musicians around me, and that showed me that there was hope - that there was maybe something else I could look forward to."
Hunter debuted the song at the Grammy Awards on January 26, 2014. His performance was accompanied by visuals of quotes of affirmation from the likes of John Lennon, Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs.
Hayes told Radio.com the song is a totally new concept for him,. "I always write about something pretty personal, he explained, "[but] this sets a new standard for me. I didn't go in to write this song necessarily, I went in to write something else." He added: "[Songwriters] Bonnie Baker, Katrina Elam and I ended up writing about how we all, in different ways, can relate to the message of being an outcast, being misunderstood, being… essentially bullied. I say that very carefully because I know there's a lot of people who go through that on a much larger scale. In whatever way I can relate to it, the song is about that."
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