Everyone's a Guru Now
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| Single by Saint Motel | ||||
| from the album Saint Motel & the Symphony in the Sky | ||||
| Released | May 5, 2023 | |||
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| Length | 3:21 | |||
| Label | Elektra Records | |||
| Songwriter | A. J. Jackson | |||
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| "Everyone's a Guru Now" on YouTube | ||||
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| "Everyone's a Guru Now" on YouTube | ||||
"Everyone's a Guru Now" is a song by American indie pop band Saint Motel. It was released through Elektra Records on May 5, 2023, as the lead single for their fourth studio album, Saint Motel & the Symphony in the Sky (2025). The song was written by vocalist A. J. Jackson and co-produced with lead guitarist Aaron Sharp. Utilizing upbeat pop rock instrumentation, it lyrically focuses on superficial knowledge created by people claiming expertise. A lyric and music video were released for the song later in the year.
In 2022, Saint Motel's vocalist A. J. Jackson composed a slow piano demo with a lighthearted tone. Inspired by his peers suddenly becoming self-proclaimed experts in various fields, Jackson wrote tongue-in-cheek lyrics for the song. The band developed this into "Everyone's a Guru Now", incorporating an orchestra, brass section, and choir.[4] He then worked with recording engineer Joe Napolitano to repeatedly tweak the song, often making adjustments that were scrapped or marginal to the track.[1] Production was concluded by decluttering the composition, declared by Jackson to be "a matter of what elements we could take away from the song and still let it stand".[4]