Know-It-All

Know-It-AllStudio album by Alessia Cara
Alternate covers
General information
Release Date	November 13, 2015
Recorded	2014 - October 2015
Genre	R&B • Pop
Length	35:34 (Standard Edition) 47:38 (Target Edition)
Label	Def Jam, UMG
Producer(s)	Robert "Robeo" Eleazer (exec.), Tony Perez (exec.), Alessia Cara, Kuya, Malay, Alan Nglish, Fredro, Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole
Studio albums chronology
Current	Know-It-All
Next	The Pains of Growing
Singles
1. "Here" Released: April 30, 2015 2. "Wild Things" Released: February 2, 2016 3. "Scars To Your Beautiful" Released: July 26, 2016

Know-It-All is Alessia Cara's debut studio album. It was released on November 13, 2015 through Def Jam Recordings. The album followed the release of her debut extended play (EP) Four Pink Walls (2015), which Cara regarded as a preview of the album. Know-It-All contains the five original songs from Four Pink Walls as well as five new songs recording for the album. Cara co-wrote all the tracks and worked closely with Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole amongst others. The album led Cara to receive the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2018.

Writing and recording

Preliminary work on the album began in 2013, with recording taking place in New York in 2014 into 2015. Cara worked with several producers including Kuya, Malay, Alan Nglish, Fredro, Pop & Oak and Sebastian Kole. The latter helped in the conception of the opening track "Seventeen". The song was written when Cara was about to turn eighteen:

"It was a whole bunch of feelings. We got to talking in the studio with my dad and Sebastian — we all came up with this thing, like, let’s write about how life goes by really fast. My dad brought up that idea, and that’s why the first line is, ’My daddy says that life comes at you fast’.".

Singles

• "Here" was released on April 30, 2015, as the lead single from Cara's extended play (EP) Four Pink Walls. The song became Cara's first top-5 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, upon reaching the peak position of five for the week of January 27, 2016 and Cara performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with their house band The Roots. The song received an official video, which was directed by Aaron A.

• "Wild Things" was initially released on October 27, 2015 as a promotional single but the song was later sent to US contemporary hit radio on February 2, 2016, as the album's second single, and has since achieved moderate success peaking at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.

• "Scars To Your Beautiful" was released as the third single from the album on July 26, 2016. It was sent to contemporary hit radio. It peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Here

Wild Things

Scars To Your Beautiful

Promotional single

• "Seventeen" serves as a promotional single for the album, with a music video released on December 15, 2016.

Commercial performance

Know-It-All debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 36,000 equivalent album units (22,000 pure album sales). On May 22, 2017, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.7/10
Metacritic	70/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Billboard
Exclaim!	8/10
Idolator	4/5
Newsday	B
NME
Now
Pitchfork	5.5/10
Rolling Stone
Sputnikmusic	3.7/5

Know-It-All received generally positive reviews from music critics, receiving a 70 out of 100 on the review aggregate website Metacritic based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". AllMusic reacted positively towards the album, writing "Going by the level of potential shown here, it's evident that Cara will eventually need a lot less creative assistance." Billboard was also positive in its review of the album: "As first impressions go, Know-It-All is a charismatic balance between dreams and reality that makes its author stick out in the most impressive way." Exclaim!'s, Ryan B. Patrick wrote that "while [Know-It-All] is a tad formulaic, it's terrifically executed and solidly produced...Cara's debut is a striking standout pop record that portends career longevity." Pitchfork Media was more mixed: "Writing from the heart does not automatically imbue lyrics with depth. Never is it more apparent that the factory approach is not allowing Cara to fulfill her potential than on 'Scars To Your Beautiful.'"

Tour

Main article: Know-It-All Tour

To promote the album, Cara embarked on her first headlining concert tour, the Know-It-All Tour. Tickets went on sale and quickly sold-out. The first leg ran from January 15 through April 1, 2016. A second leg was scheduled for September 29 through November 2, 2016.

Track listing

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Seventeen"	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco, William Robinson, Jr., Ronald White	Pop & Oak, Kuya	3:32
2.	"Here"	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco, Terence Lam, Isaac Hayes	Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole	3:19
3.	"Outlaws"	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco	Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole	3:23
4.	"I'm Yours"	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole	Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole	3:48
5.	"Four Pink Walls"	Alessia Cara	Alan Nglish	3:31
6.	"Wild Things"	Alessia Cara, Malay, Sebastian Kole, Thabiso "Tab" Nkhereanye	Malay, Sebastian Kole	3:08
7.	"Stone" (featuring Sebastian Kole)	Alessia Cara, Malay, Sebastian Kole	Malay, Sebastian Kole	3:47
8.	"Overdose"	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco	Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole	3:28
9.	"Stars"	Alessia Cara, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco, Terence Lam	Sebastian Kole, Kuya	3:40
10.	"Scars To Your Beautiful"	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Justin Franks	Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole	3:50
Total length:				35:34

Target exclusive/Digital deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Here" (2:00 AM Version)	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco, Isaac Hayes, Terence Lam	Alessia Cara, Sebastian Kole	3:45
12.	"River of Tears"	Alessia Cara, Sebastian Kole	Sebastian Kole	4:14
13.	"My Song"	Alessia Cara, Sebastian Kole, Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö, Per Eklund, Björn Hallberg	Fredro, Sebastian Kole	4:02
Total length:				47:38

European and Brazilian deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"I'm Yours" (Demo)	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole	3:56
15.	"Wild Things" (Acoustic Version)	Alessia Cara, Malay, Sebastian Kole, Nkhereanye	3:11
Total length:			54:45

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Here" (2:00 AM Version)	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco, Isaac Hayes, Terence Lam	Alessia Cara, Sebastian Kole	3:45
12.	"River of Tears"	Alessia Cara, Sebastian Kole	Sebastian Kole	4:14
13.	"My Song"	Alessia Cara, Sebastian Kole, Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö, Per Eklund, Björn Hallberg	Fredro, Sebastian Kole	4:02
14.	"I'm Yours" (Demo)	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole		3:56
15.	"Wild Things" (Acoustic Version)	Alessia Cara, Malay, Sebastian Kole, Nkhereanye		3:11
16.	"Wild Things" (featuring G-Eazy)	Alessia Cara, Malay, Sebastian Kole, Nkhereanye	Malay, Sebastian Kole	3:44
17.	"Here" (Logic Remix)	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco, Terence Lam, Isaac Hayes	Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole	3:20
18.	"Here" (Jaden Smith Remix)	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole, Samuel Gerongco, Robert Gerongco, Terence Lam, Isaac Hayes	Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole	3:44
19.	"Scars To Your Beautiful" (NOTD Remix)	Alessia Cara, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sebastian Kole	Pop & Oak, Sebastian Kole	3:19
20.	"How Far I'll Go"	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Lin-Manuel Miranda

Trivia

• "Seventeen" contains an interpolation of "My Girl" by The Temptations, written by William Robinson, Jr. and Ronald White.
• "Here" contains a sample from "Ike's Rap II", written and performed by Isaac Hayes.

Gallery

"Don't you know you're no good for me?" To view the Know-It-All gallery, click here.

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