Draft:Cool About It (Boygenius song)

"Cool About It" debuted and peaked at number thirty-four on Billboard{{'s}} Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart on the week ending April 15, 2023, coinciding with The Record{{'s}} entrance at number four on the Billboard 200. It started gaining airplay on adult album alternative radio stations in the United States several months later; it debuted at number thirty-six on Billboard{{'s}} Adult Alternative Airplay chart on the week ending September 9{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/triple-a/2023-09-09|title=Triple A: September 9, 2023 {{!}} Billboard Chart Archive|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 3, 2024|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906111002/https://www.billboard.com/charts/triple-a/2023-09-09/|url-status=live}} and proceeded to steadily climb. The song ultimately peaked at number two behind Brittany Howard's "What Now" on the week ending December 23, spending a total of twenty-two weeks on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/triple-a/2023-12-23|title=Triple A: December 23, 2023 {{!}} Billboard Chart Archive|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 3, 2024|archive-date=December 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219145152/https://www.billboard.com/charts/triple-a/2023-12-23/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/boygenius/chart-history/aaa|title=Boygenius Chart History (Adult Alternative Airplay)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 3, 2024}} On Billboard{{'s}} Alternative Airplay chart, "Cool About It" debuted at number thirty-eight on the week ending December 30,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/2023-12-30|title=Alternative Airplay: December 30, 2023 {{!}} Billboard Chart Archive|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 16, 2024|archive-date=December 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227190709/https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/2023-12-30/|url-status=live}} peaking at number thirty-four two weeks later and charting for a total of seven weeks.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/boygenius/chart-history/mrt|title=Boygenius Chart History (Alternative Airplay)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 16, 2024}} On Billboard{{'s}} overall Rock Airplay chart, which ranks song based on audience impressions across mainstream rock, alternative, and adult album alternative radio formats, the song entered at number fifty on the week ending October 28;{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-airplay/2023-10-28|title=Rock Airplay: October 28, 2023 {{!}} Billboard Chart Archive|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 16, 2024|archive-date=April 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416214849/https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-airplay/2023-10-28/|url-status=live}} it remained on the chart for thirteen weeks, peaking at number thirty-three on the week ending December 9.

"Cool About It" was nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, losing to Paramore's "This Is Why".{{cite web |last1=Enos |first1=Morgan |title=2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |website=GRAMMY Awards |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=April 3, 2024 |date=November 10, 2023 |archive-date=March 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316230627/https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |url-status=live }}

An animated music video for "Cool About It" was released on September 20. Directed by Lauren Tsai ...{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/09/20/boygenius-cool-about-it-music-video|title=Watch boygenius' animated music video for "Cool About It"|magazine=The Fader|last=Lejarde|first=Arielle Lana|date=September 20, 2023|access-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203140739/https://www.thefader.com/2023/09/20/boygenius-cool-about-it-music-video|archive-date=December 3, 2023|url-status=live}}

Boygenius first performed "Cool About It" at Carnegie Hall as part of a benefit concert for Tibet House US on March 1, 2023. The band's inclusion was arranged shortly before the concert; the only other song in their setlist was fellow The Record single "Not Strong Enough", which was also performed live for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/boygenius-not-strong-enough-carnegie-hall-tibet-house-video|title=Watch boygenius Perform New Song 'Not Strong Enough' At Carnegie Hall|last=Bernstein|first=Scott|website=JamBase|date=March 2, 2023|access-date=April 3, 2024|archive-date=May 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524181045/https://www.jambase.com/article/boygenius-not-strong-enough-carnegie-hall-tibet-house-video|url-status=live}}

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