# Awful Things

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Awful_Things
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Awful_Things.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awful_Things
> Source revision: 1339740908
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Awful Things
| cover = Lil Peep featuring Lil Tracy - Awful Things.jpg
| alt = 
| artist = [Lil Peep](/source/Lil_Peep) featuring [Lil Tracy](/source/Lil_Tracy)
| type = single
| album = [Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1](/source/Come_Over_When_You're_Sober%2C_Pt._1)
| released = July 27, 2017
| recorded = 2017
| genre = * [Emo rap](/source/Emo_rap)<ref>https://stereogum.com/2022457/lil-peep-come-over-when-youre-sober-pt-2/columns/sounding-board</ref>
* [trap](/source/Trap_music)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q7UpIFY6xg</ref>
* [pop-punk](/source/pop-punk)<ref>https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lil-peep-come-over-when-youre-sober-pt-2/</ref>
* [rap rock](/source/rap_rock)
* [screamo](/source/screamo)<ref>https://beausoleil.medium.com/the-rise-and-importance-of-emo-rap-d9b3d8ae004f</ref>
| length = 3:34
| label = {{hlist|[First Access](/source/First_Access_Entertainment)}}
| writer = {{hlist|[Gustav Elijah Åhr](/source/Lil_Peep)|[George Astasio](/source/The_Invisible_Men)|[Jason Pebworth](/source/The_Invisible_Men)|[Jon Shave](/source/The_Invisible_Men)|Michael Blackburn|[Jazz Butler](/source/Lil_Tracy)}}
| producer = {{hlist|Smokeasac|IIVI}}
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [Lil Peep](/source/Lil_Peep)
| type = single
| prev_title = The Brightside
| prev_year = 2017
| title        = Awful Things
| year         = 2017
| next_title = [Save That Shit](/source/Save_That_Shit)
| next_year = 2017 
| misc          = }}{{Extra chronology
 | artist       = [Lil Tracy](/source/Lil_Tracy)
 | type         = single
 | prev_title   = Heaven/Hell
 | prev_year    = 2017
 | title        = Awful Things
 | year         = 2018
 | next_title   = Still
 | next_year    = 2018}}
{{Audio sample
 | type        = single
 | file        = Awful Things.ogg
 | description =}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|zOujzvtwZ6M|"Awful Things"}}}}
}}
"'''Awful Things'''" is a song by American rapper [Lil Peep](/source/Lil_Peep) featuring fellow American rapper [Lil Tracy](/source/Lil_Tracy) from his first studio album, ''[Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1](/source/Come_Over_When_You're_Sober%2C_Pt._1)'' (2017).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/09/lil-peep-xxxtentacion-posthumous-collab-falling-down-released|title=Lil Peep and XXXTentacion Collab 'Falling Down' Released|website=Complex|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> It was released as the third single from the album on July 28, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BXFIfUlFj8s/|title=Awful Things|date=July 28, 2017|via=Instagram|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> The track was produced by Smokeasac and IIVI, and written by [George Astasio](/source/The_Invisible_Men), [Jason Pebworth](/source/The_Invisible_Men), [Jon Shave](/source/The_Invisible_Men), Michael Blackburn and the artists themselves. The song is Lil Peep's third highest charting single in the United States, peaking at number 79 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) following his death on November 15, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/11/29/lil-peep-billboard-hot-100-awful-things|title=Lil Peep is on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time with 'Awful Things'|publisher=The Fader|date=November 29, 2017|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
The song was listed by ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' as one of the seven best tracks from Peep's discography. With author John Norris referring to song as a "sing-along anthem".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lil-peep-songs-best-hits-list-8039174/|title=R.I.P. Lil Peep: 7 Standout Tracks From the Rapper/Singer|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
In the United States, following Lil Peep's death, "Awful Things" debuted at number 79 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) in the week beginning December 9, 2017, becoming Lil Peep's highest charting song in the country,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2017-12-09|title=Top 100 Songs – Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 9, 2017)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> gaining 8.4&nbsp;million streams and selling 3,000 downloads according to Nielsen Music, in the week ending November 23, 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lil-peep-charts-billboard-hot-100-first-time/|title=Lil Peep Charts on Billboard Hot 100 for First Time With 'Awful Things'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> The song later fell off the Hot 100, in the following week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2017-12-16|title=Top 100 Songs – Billboard Hot 100 Chart (December 16, 2017)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

In Canada, the song debuted at number 58 on the [Canadian Hot 100](/source/Canadian_Hot_100) alongside "[Save That Shit](/source/Save_That_Shit)", in the week beginning December 9, 2017, where it became Lil Peep's highest charting song in the country.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2017-12-09|title=Canadian Music: Top 100 Songs Chart (December 9, 2017)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> It later fell to number 98 the following week beginning on December 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2017-12-16|title=Canadian Music: Top 100 Songs Chart (December 16, 2017)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> The song later dropped out of the chart on the week beginning December 23, 2017,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2017-12-23|title=Canadian Music: Top 100 Songs Chart (December 23, 2017)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> spending a total of two weeks on the Canadian Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lil-peep/chart-history/can/|title=Lil Peep Awful Things Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video for "Awful Things" premiered on August 17, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/8/18/16167180/lil-peep-awful-things-music-video-watch|title=Lil Peep's new music video is a lil gift to all the cry babies out there|publisher=The Verge|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> It was directed by Sus Boy & [Nick Koenig](/source/Hot_Sugar_(musician)), and produced by Daniel Ostroff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BX9DaIMlppx/|title=@lilpeep on Instagram: "LINK IN BIO"|via=Instagram|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> The video's director of photography was C.J. Brion, with Olivia Stiglich being the story writer and Graeme Barrett, acting as the creative consultant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cjbrion.com/selected-work/2017/8/17/lil-peep-awful-things-ft-lil-tracy-official-video|title=RECENT WORK|website=C.J. BRION|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> It has surpassed 260 million views on YouTube as of August 2023.

==Cover version==
American band [Good Charlotte](/source/Good_Charlotte) performed a cover of the song on December 2, 2017, during Peep's memorial service in Long Beach, New York.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stubblebine|first=Allison|date=December 5, 2017|title=Good Charlotte Pays Tribute to Lil Peep with 'Awful Things' Cover|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/good-charlotte-lil-peep-tribute-awful-things-8061582/|access-date=March 19, 2021|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))}}</ref> A studio recording of the cover was later officially released on December 22, 2017, through MDDN Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/good-charlotte-lil-peep-awful-things-cover-tribute-2185581|title=Good Charlotte share cover of 'Awful Things' in tribute to Lil Peep – NME|date=December 22, 2017|website=NME|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/awful-things-single/1326611046|title=Awful Things – Single by Good Charlotte|date=December 22, 2017|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{single chart|Canada|58|artist=Lil Peep|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2018}}
|-
! scope="row"| Latvia ([DigiTop100](/source/Latvian_Music_Producers_Association))<ref>{{cite web |date=December 11, 2017 |title=Singles chart for the Week 48, 2017 {{ndash}} Ending November 30, 2017 |url=https://tv3cdn.lv/2017/12/kad-atskaidrosies-piekap-par-kadu-muziku-maksa-latvijas-iedzivotaji-5a325a5f5f909.xlsx |access-date=April 8, 2025 |publisher={{Ill|TV3.lv|lv|tv3.lv|lt=Skaties.lv}} |language=en}}</ref>
| 25
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|79|artist=Lil Peep|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2018}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Lil Peep|title=Awful Things|relyear=2017|certyear=2021|access-date=February 7, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Lil Peep|title=Awful Things|relyear=2017|certyear=2020|source=radioscope|access-date=February 15, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Silver|artist=Lil Peep|title=Awful Things|relyear=2017|certyear=2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|id=17103-5062-1}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Lil Peep|title=Awful Things|award=Platinum|type=single|number=2|relyear=2017|certyear=2023|access-date=December 14, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{YouTube|yZ7Ma4I7kwo|Cover audio}}

{{Lil Peep}}

{{authority control}}

Category:2017 songs
Category:2017 singles
Category:Lil Peep songs
Category:Songs written by George Astasio
Category:Songs written by Jason Pebworth
Category:Songs written by Jon Shave
Category:Songs written by Lil Peep

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Awful Things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awful_Things) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awful_Things?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.