"[6] Paper wrote that the video "doubles as apt social commentary about loneliness and women utilizing emotion, even of the intense variety, as a locus of power and control.

"[7] Pitchfork wrote, "despite the melancholy piano chords and simmering four-on-the-floor beat, Mitski embodies her album title: She sounds like a wallflower joining the aching, lonesome tradition of sad cowboys like Hank Williams.

Her lyrics are raw and essential, the same mix of vulnerability and strength that made songs like 2014's 'I Don't Smoke' feel like emotional armor, and instantly classic.

"[9] Consequence also thought that the song was Mitski's best, writing that it has "not only become finer with age, it's an example of what she does best: there's a universe of emotions, a deep longing for intimacy and connection, for somebody, crammed into a three-minute disco track, immediately relatable, dance-worthy, and devastating at the same time.

"[10] Spin wrote, "You would think a song made up of someone looping the word “nobody” over and over is doomed to fail but Mitski manages to turn kitschy into catchy without being overwrought.