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Rachel Platten - Bad Thoughts (Official Music Video)

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Bad Thoughts by Rachel Platten
Produced By: Rachel Platten, Jason Evigan, Gian Stone and Nick Lee
Written By: Rachel Platten, Kyan Palmer and Nick Lee

Video Credits //

Written by: Rachel Platten

Directed by: Jade Ehlers & Brooke Harcrow
Director of Photography: Gabe Kimpson
Production Coordinator: Izzy Lux
Gaffer: Zach Garcia
1st Assist Camera: Tony Hart
Best Boy Grip: Caleb Czuszak
Wardrobe: Cristina Acevedo
HMU: Lyndsey Zavitz
Assist MU: Scotia Boyd
Production Assistant: Ari Arroyo
Video editor: Zoé Kraft
Colorist: Jade Ehlers
PA/BTS: Nick Whitmill
Red Light Management: Jared Rosenberg & Ashley Arendt

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LYRICS:
Breathe in… breathe out… (spoken)

Can someone tell me I'm not going crazy
the thoughts in my head make me hate me
Maybe I’m too far from saving
Can someone check that the room isn't spinning
Seems like the oxygens thinning
The monsters in my head keep on winning

I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m better than the way the way they make me feel
I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal
So why do they feel so real

Breathe in… breathe out… (spoken)

Sometimes I don’t like the cards that I’m handed
Life can seem too hard to manage
I’m proud of myself for just standing
When light feels too real that the door shuts on reasons
Voice in my heads preys on my biggest weakness
I count my breath 1, 2, 3 , 4

I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m better than the way the way they make me feel
I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel
I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal
So why do they feel so real
When I know they’re not real

Breathe in… breathe out… (spoken)

Just cause I think something don’t make it true
Been here before but I’ve gotten through
Maybe not now but I’ll be okay soon x2

I’m bigger than the bad thoughts
I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal
I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel
I’m bigger than the lone nights
I’m brighter than the light they’re trying to steal
So why do they feel so real
I know they’re not real
Bad thoughts aren’t real

Imma be alright x24

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@2traumatizedbutterflywings

Jus played this out loud📢📢📢
down the memory care unit hallway from my room....
for my fellow nursing home residents....
...4-5 other residents stopped 🛑🛑🛑by my room...
& said thank You...this is comforting to listen👂🏻👂🏻👂🏻too night...w ALL's going on in the world🌍🌎🌍🌍🌎 today!!!

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@jonteswoope3231

3:13 is when I started crying because I have to remind myself that I’ll be okay! I suffer from anxiety and trauma from past friendships, I have to listen and tell myself that I’ll be alright, and just breathe. Thank you Rachel for this!

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@krystalbarnes5328

I really needed this today. Two miscarriages and one life threatening hemmorage, and my body is healing and grieving. Thank you for giving me hope in this dark time.

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@Anushka-l7q2x

She's the artist that the world needs to see like she's so powerful. LOVE YOU RACHEL❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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@user-zx2jf7xq7y

Love and prayers. This song could only be created by someone who has had to fight their own demons. Thank you and God bless.

24
@AshleighStovall

Rachel Patton did an interview recently about healing from her mental and physical pain; and part of that healing was loving who she is: wrinkles and all. And so she decided to stop doing Botox. As I watch this video and see the normal signs of aging on her that come on all of our faces when we get to a certain age, it makes me like her even more. She’s so beautiful inside and out. Her words help me so much but it’s also nice to see a gorgeous, talented and smart woman age like we are suppose to. Thank you, Rachel.

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@debbie-dan-depalmo1004

Have this on constant loop. Never has a song captured a panic attack then this. Finally validation.

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@brandirodriguez5470

I’ve been struggling with postpartum depression and today was one of those days. After my shower this song played & tears just ran down my face. It was what I needed to hear. This song is going to be on repeat🥺❤️

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@heatherlopez5852

I just had the best cry that I’ve had in a very long time ❤

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@BohemianExtrovert

The tears are rolling down my face. I hope this song gets more notice because there is healing power in this song!

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@eleftheriapanayiotou4586

10k likes? 🤔This should have 10M likes with the message it's giving!

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@lusmaidli5266

It‘s more than just a Song…

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@KentLongaker

65 years old grown man in tears. Wow hit home. Thank you

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@eleftheriapanayiotou4586

I feel like some artists release songs for the fun of it, whereas Rachel writes them to truly help people in need. What a genuine kind therapist 😇🙏

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@greggp3935

for those of us who survived the abuse as children, the bad thoughts are what our abusers inflicted on us. I was abused from age 3 or 4. That is how I know how real those bad thoughts seem like they are real. Self-discovery, long distance cycling and my brutal discovery that I was never alone led me to discover what self-confidence, esteem and respect are. To those of you who cry when you hear this song; you are not alone' it was never your fault, and it is okay to challenge the bad thoughts with truth and your inner strength. You can stand, you can defend yourself and you can learn to smile, and you can love and be loved. I am proud of all of you.
60-year-old retired military survivor who learned that I could stand at age 50 here.

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@gggiSamanthagtelertrimtheIHare

Wish people in my life would know how hard I work on just staying alive

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@hayleywalkeranimalart2107

This song is simply stunning, I struggle with PTSD + panic attacks and this song helps me get through them. Thank you for helping so many of us with this song Rachel. It means so much to me listening to this song and just knowing I’m not alone ❤️😊🙏.

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@annajustice7620

never let the emotional body drive the car.. emotions come and go...let them pass like a wave..just focus on breathing.

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@sheryleevermaak6607

This is deep and real and raw and just rips into your heart and reverberates until is silences all the little voices.

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@septemHer

“brighter than the light they try to steal” ❤🎯🙌🏾

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@PjoandSbgfan_684

My grandpa passed last year and we're selling the house I grew up in. Some days it's really hard not to drown in the sea of sorrow and depression.

I like your song, It's a sweet reminder that everything is gonna be ok.

Who else cryed the first time you heard this song?

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@bobrueland

Wow, I'm in awe. For anyone who suffers from mental health issues, this can be a hard message to convey, but so necessary and important. Everyone has "Bad Thoughts" now and then, but for someone who is depressed, those bad thoughts can be literally be the difference between life and death. Rachel, thank you for this song. It truly is a gift. Just beautiful. May God Bless you.

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@albertrolon2898

If this is the REAL Rachel Platten, I want to say THANK YOU. This song really means a lot as we all go through things.

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@everutherford2820

Struggling with bad thoughts at the moment this song is helping me get through them

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@Andrew.Theodore

I have OCD and deal with severe intrusive thoughts. I can not even begin to tell you how much this song means to me. Thank you for writing such a beautiful song and being vulnerable enough to share it with us. ❤

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@sillyfunfrog

Rachel is pretty much my therapist. I saw her live and I love her so much! Thank you so much Rachel for helping me through my hard times. You're such a blessing. ❤😭

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@evelynnicolesoriano7732

This song was literally made to embrace those in their darkest moments. This helps a lot

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@TwoRiversPartners

This is beautiful. Thank you for being a mental health advocate by telling your own story.

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@SpurCoyote

Thank you for this. Depression is a daily battle for me. Thank you, Rachel, for this song.

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@mihracgungor7202

Please give this girl a Grammy

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@iain_moss

one of the most important songs ever written. Thank you Rachel for putting all of yourself into this song, and kudos to everyone involved in capturing the emotions of panic attacks so accurately in the video! this song is going to be therapy for so many people (myself included over the last half hour!).

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@PatricKD_974

you gave to all the mental issues people a song to cry on, thanks you soooooooo much

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@louismat319

Lately I feel her music is more written for healing than a Grammy. I love it!!!

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@StephanieVeeMusic

😭😭😭 THIS is what should have billions of views. We NEED this song, this message, this voice. God is surely all up in this. Beautiful. 💜

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@jennyjas3551

She took her pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you. You are Amazing just as you are, more beautiful than you can see. You are my Inspiration and Motivation. Love You Rachel.❤❤❤

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@samanthaivy

This song is perfect for Mental Health Awareness Month. Thank you for this beautiful song.

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@darrylcarter3691

Please give this girl a Grammy.

559
@MZmuda5

Why does every Rachel Platten song bring a tear to my eye? She's so powerful.

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@amigasi

A big THANK YOU ❤

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@millarchang1430

Who else breathed in and out with her 🥹==>>

254
@whitecrow1949

I have gone through very dark times. I still struggle. At the worst of times, your music has been a help for me. ❤

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@zakattak167

Military veteran here. All I can say is so many of your songs resonate with me as I'm dealing with PTSD. Thank you so much for putting these out.

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@faizmazli9110

Thank you for this masterpiece Rachel. You deserve a GRAMMY for this😍

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@gabsneidom

thank you, rachel. thank you.

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@peacerepi

Why are Rachel's song lyrics always deep and touching??! I really like her songs, all Rache's songs really beautiful 😣💞💞♥️

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@arielenergyhealer3705

When the light starts streaming in for the rest of the video! OMG! Crying…

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@hydsNphoebs

we need rachel platten to do a uk tour♥️

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@drschafer95

Just discharged from the hospital for dark thoughts. This video should be played for the patients. Positive message. Thank you from my heart.

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@WesternDramaQueen

Much love from uganda 🇺🇬❤ dear Racheal. Thanks for the beautiful song with a beautiful message. Be blessed

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@devanshikhanna0511

Beautiful song with a powerful message. Thank you Rachel 🤍

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