Meaning of “Trust My Lonely” by Alessia Cara

“Trust My Lonely” is a song by Canadian singer/songwriter Alessia Cara. In this song, Cara finds herself in the grip of an unfavorable romantic relationship. She realizes the toxicity of the relationship and realizes how bad her partner is for her. She ultimately comes to the conclusion that she’s better off all by herself.

In a tweet, Cara shed more light on the meaning of “Trust My Lonely”. According to her, the lyrics are about our inherent instinct to want to cling “onto things that aren’t good for us” because we are afraid of living without them.

In the tweet, she cited bad friendships and toxic relationships as some of the negative things that we cling onto. But according to her, hers was neither of the two. What was it then? According to her, she spent a whole lot of time clinging to “internal black clouds and voices of doubt”.

She later told Billboard magazine that the song was inspired by her own insecurities.

Here is a snippet of Cara’s conversation with Billboard regarding this song:

Facts about “Trust My Lonely”

• Cara co-penned this track with noted songwriting/production duo Pop & Oak. The duo is made up of Warren “Oak” Felder and Pop Wansel.
• Aside co-penning this track, Pop & Oak also produced it.
• Cara’s label formally released this track on October 5, 2018. It is the second single from Cara’s 2018 sophomore album entitled The Pains of Growing.
• This is Cara’s second single of 2018. Her first or that year was “Growing Pains”.
• The song’s title “Trust My Lonely” is grammatically incorrect. The noun “loneliness” should have been used instead of the adjective “lonely”. The title should have therefore been “Trust My Loneliness”. Cara and her team were well aware of this before releasing this song.

Did Alessia Cara shoot a music video for “Trust My Lonely”?

Yes, she did.

Is this the first time Pop & Oak are working with Alessia Cara in the past?

Yes. The duo first worked with Cara in 2015, during which they worked on multiple songs. One of those tracks was the hit single “Here”.