Trainwreck

"Trainwreck" is a song recorded by American singer Banks for her second studio album The Altar (2016). It was written by Banks, Jesse Rogg, Tim Anderson, Dacoury Natche, Aron Forbes and it was produced by the latter three. Some of the song's lyrics were initially written when Banks was fourteen. "Trainwreck" garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. To promote the song, an accompanying music video for the track was released on January 18, 2017. Composition Banks wrote the verses for "Trainwreck" when she was fourteen. During an interview for Idolator, she said: "They stayed in my head! It was like a chant. I do remember writing it—I wrote it down in a notebook. I always remember those lyrics, though. There are some lyrics that I've written that I always will remember." The song is an electropop song with rap influences, and she described the lyrics as a "stream of consciousness". According to Kellan Miller of Drowned in Sound, "Banks is hardly stuck in the victim role, as many songs feature her spoon−feeding hard doses of perspective and truth down her ex−lovers' throats." Critical reception "Trainwreck" received generally positive reviews from critics. Pitchfork Media said that "Trainwreck" evokes, to great effect, the particular darkness that was all over pop radio in the early '10s [...] blown−out vocals, big menacing synth pads, barely concealed panic. Shahzaib Hussain of Clash described the song as "a dizzying, trap−esque affair abiding more by pop conventions—intentional or not, it's a track that melds breakneck rhythm, vocal malleability and production value seamlessly, a template the LA artist should have utilised more of." Jamie Milton from DIY labeled the song as "a hit-and-miss-but-nice-one-for-trying rap verse". Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic described "Trainwreck" and "This Is Not About Us" as exciting hip−hop moments that pop and rumble. Kellan Miller of Drowned in Sound said that "Trainwreck" finds her even more self−deprecating, partly blaming herself for a relationship gone awry.