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{{Infobox song
| name       = I'll Be Alright
| cover      = Passion Pit I'll Be Alright.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Passion Pit]]
| album      = [[Gossamer (album)|Gossamer]]
| released   = {{Start date|2012|6|12}}
| recorded   = 2011; Gigantic Studios
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Synth-pop]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=4|s=23}}
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer     = [[Michael Angelakos]]
| producer   = [[Michael Angelakos]], [[Chris Zane]]
| prev_title = [[Take a Walk (Passion Pit song)|Take a Walk]]
| prev_year  = 2012
| next_title = [[Constant Conversations (Passion Pit song)|Constant Conversations]]
| next_year  = 2012
}}
"'''I'll Be Alright'''" is a song by [[United States|American]] [[synthpop]] band [[Passion Pit]] from their second studio album, ''[[Gossamer (album)|Gossamer]]'' (2012). The song was written and produced by the band's frontman [[Michael Angelakos]]. It was released as the second single from the album in June 2012. It received exposure being featured on the critically acclaimed video game ''[[FIFA 13]]'' soundtrack, and received "Best New Track" status by [[Pitchfork Media]].<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13748-ill-be-alright Passion Pit: I'll Be Alright Pitchfork Review]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The tracked leaked early on June 11 and was released as an NME premiere on June 8.<ref>[http://www.indieshuffle.com/passion-pit-ill-be-alright/ Stream "I'll Be Alright" on Indie Shuffle]</ref>
==Background==
The second single from Gossamer finds Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos singing of drinking, pill necking and other bad things before proclaiming, "Go if you want to, I'll be alright."<ref>[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=26465 Songfacts on "I'll Be Alright"]</ref> Speaking with Pitchfork, Angelakos explained the dark content of this track. "I really...hate dishonesty," he said, "which a lot of indie music is especially prone to. I like artists that are really honest and talk about their lives, because people invest in that as much as they invest in the record itself. I had a really rough year, and I got engaged right before recording - and recording takes a real toll on you. I vilified myself. I had to do it. I have a lot of issues, and a lot of people in the world have a lot of issues. There's the saying that the Sherman Brothers wrote: "A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down." That's exactly what Passion Pit is to me." Angelakos sings, "I'm so self-loathing that it's hard for me to see. Reality from what I dream and no one believes me," reflecting his long-term struggles with bipolar disorder, which involved multiple hospital stays. He told UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph: "I've been suffering from... you know, bipolar since I was 17. But I don't think that has anything to do with the music. Lots of people try to over-glorify it, like this thing that's really interesting, and actually it's the most painful thing in the world so I'd rather not talk about it."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/01/passion-pit-michael-angelakos-interview The Guardian: Interview with Michael Angelakos "I'm Always in Crisis"]</ref> The chorus consists of bits of five different songs that Angelakos had written. He told Q magazine that it took him eight hours of programming before he even had a rough demo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/07/qa_passion_pits_michael_angela.html |title=Q&A Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos |access-date=2013-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130180626/http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/07/qa_passion_pits_michael_angela.html |archive-date=2013-01-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Music video==
The music video for "I'll Be Alright" was chosen through Genero.tv.<ref>[http://genero.tv/passionpit Music Video Competition Page for Passion Pit's "I'll Be Alright]</ref> In the winning video, a security guard for an art museum ingests hallucinogenic pills and then starts thinking that a piece of minimal art is singing to him. He responds by kissing it, until eventually being sucked into the art work after seeing a reflection of breaking up with a past love. The painting then explodes, as he falls back and is smothered with gold paint. He then wakes up after his hallucination and finds everything is back to normal.
==Formats and track listings==
;Digital download<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ill-be-alright-single/id535111402| title=I'll Be Alright – Single by Passion Pit | publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]] | work=[[iTunes Store]] | accessdate=November 6, 2012}}</ref>
# "I'll Be Alright" – 4:22
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