Uncomfortable (song)

The lyrics, delivered rapid-fire by Lzzy Hale, were inspired by her own struggles with trying to please other people, and call the listener to focus on what makes them happy.

[3] Lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale was unhappy with the initial material; fearing that she was "paying way too much attention making everybody happy".

[4] Halestorm reunited with Raskulinecz for a series of jam sessions at his Nashville recording studio, Rock Falcon.

[13] Lead guitarist Hottinger told Classic Rock that the main riff was written as "a joke", and kept at Raskulinecz's urging.

[18] Hottinger was happy with the band's choice to make "Uncomfortable" the first single, "because it's part of that whole idea of challenging things ...

[9] Pasbani praised the "great riffing, crunchy drums, and a really fun vocal performance," the last of which he compared to Joan Jett.

'"[21] In their list of the best hard rock songs of 2018, Loudwire placed "Uncomfortable" at number 2, falling only behind A Perfect Circle's "Disillusioned".

[22] The track was also nominated for Best Rock Performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards,[23] ultimately losing to Chris Cornell's "When Bad Does Good".

[25][26] "Uncomfortable" had a strong commercial showing in the United States as well, spending 20 weeks on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and peaking at number one on August 25, 2018.