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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Background Vocals
Daniel Nigro
Daniel Nigro
Background Vocals
Ryan Linvill
Ryan Linvill
Bass
Sterling Mitchell Laws
Sterling Mitchell Laws
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Songwriter
Daniel Nigro
Daniel Nigro
Songwriter
Amy Allen
Amy Allen
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Daniel Nigro
Daniel Nigro
Producer
Matt Wolach
Matt Wolach
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Dan Viafore
Dan Viafore
Recording Engineer
Austen Healey
Austen Healey
Assistant Recording Engineer
Mark "Spike" Stent
Mark "Spike" Stent
Mixing Engineer
Randy Merrill
Randy Merrill
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
bought a bunch of makeup
tryna cover up my face
i started to skip lunch
stopped eating cake on birthdays
[Verse 2]
bought a new prescription
to try and stay calm
'cause there's always something missing
there's always something in the mirror that i think looks wrong
[Chorus]
when pretty isn't pretty enough
what do you do?
and everybody's keeping it up
so you think it's you
i could change up my body and change up my face
i could try every lipstick in every shade
but i'd always feel the same
'cause pretty isn't pretty enough anyway
[Verse 3]
you can win the battle
but you'll never win the war
fix the things you hated
and you'd still feel so insecure
[Bridge]
and i try to ignore it, but it's everything i see
it's on the poster on the wall
it's in the shitty magazines
it's in my phone, it's in my head, it's in the boys i bring to bed
it's all around, it's all the time
i don't know why i even try
[Chorus]
when pretty isn't pretty enough
what do you do?
and everybody's keeping it up
so you think it's you
i could change up my body and change up my face
i could try every lipstick in every shade
but i'd always feel the same
'cause pretty isn't pretty enough
[Outro]
and i bought all the clothes that they told me to buy
i chased some dumb ideal my whole fucking life
and none of it matters, and none of it ends
you just feel like shit over and over again
[Outro]
no, it'll never change
pretty isn't pretty enough
everybody's keeping it up
pretty isn't pretty enough
oh, pretty isn't pretty enough
Written by: Amy Allen, Daniel Nigro, Olivia Rodrigo
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