Gone Now

The cover features Antonoff wearing a white prince outfit with his hand placed over his heart in a Polaroid-style frame. According to Antonoff, the photo of himself on the cover is a view of what he might look like if he were dead. In a series of videos breaking down the album, he stated:

That's why on the cover -- everyone's like, "what are you, a dictator?" And I'm like no, man, I'm dead. I'm supposed to be dead. I thought if I was dead, what would I look like? I'd be black and white, and I'd be regal, and dressed up. That's the picture you'd have on a mantel if I wasn't here anymore.^[6]

The outfit was also used on the tour for Gone Now.^[7]

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Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.2/10[8]
Metacritic	71/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
The A.V. Club	B−[11]
Consequence of Sound	C−[12]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[13]
Exclaim!	7/10[14]
NME	[15]
Pitchfork	6.1/10[16]
PopMatters	7/10[17]
Q	[18]
Rolling Stone	[1]

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Gone Now received mixed reviews. While some praised its ambitious production and anthemic singles like "Don't Take the Money," others found it uneven and overly indulgent. ^[19]

Antonoff's lyrical themes were criticized for feeling hollow, detracting from the album's overall impact.^[20] Despite moments of more nuance, such as tracks like "All My Heroes," the album's narrative coherence was questioned.^[21]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer

Musicians

• Jack Antonoff - lead vocals
• Evan Smith - background vocals (tracks 1 & 7), saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 9, 11 & 12) & horns (tracks 5, 7 & 10)
• Camilla Venturini - speaking voice (tracks 1, 5, 6 & 11)
• Nico Segal - trumpet (tracks 2, 8, 9 & 12)
• Lena Dunham - background vocals (tracks 2, 7 & 8)
• Andrew Dost - background vocals (track 2)
• Alfie Silbert - crying (track 2)
• Evan Winiker - bass (track 3)
• Sean Hutchinson - drums (tracks 3, 5 & 11)
• Lorde - background vocals (tracks 3 & 4)
• Carly Rae Jepsen - background vocals (track 3)
• Julia Michaels - background vocals (track 3)
• Sam Dew - background vocals (tracks 3, 8, 11 & 12)
• Mikey Freedom Hart - guitar (tracks 4, 7 & 11), piano (track 8)
• Greg Kurstin - keyboard (track 4), LinnDrum (track 4)
• Mike Riddleberger - drums (track 7)
• MØ - background vocals (track 7)
• Nicole Atkins - background vocals (track 9)
• Phillip Peterson - strings (track 10)
• Victoria Parker - strings (track 10)
• Sleepy Brown - background vocals (track 11)

Production

• Jack Antonoff - production, mixing (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 11)
• Laura Sisk - vocal production (tracks 1–3, 5–12), engineering
• Emile Haynie - co-production (track 2), additional production (track 5)
• Organized Noize - additional production (track 2 & 11)
• Tom Elmhirst - mixing (tracks 2, 5, 6, 10 & 12)
• Greg Kurstin - co-production (tracks 3 & 4), engineering (track 4), additional production (track 9)
• Vince Clarke - additional production (track 4)
• Julian Burg - additional engineering (track 4)
• Alex Pasco - additional engineering (track 4)
• Serban Ghenea - mixing (tracks 4 & 7)
• Nineteen85 - production (track 7)
• Sounwave - additional production (track 8 & 12)
• John Hill - additional production (track 8)
• Neal Avron - mixing (track 9)

Terrible Thrills, Vol. 3 is the second compilation album by American indie pop act Bleachers, released as a companion to Gone Now by RCA Records exclusively as a set of four 7-inch singles. The first single, a cover of "Let's Get Married" performed by Mitski, was released in March 2019; all subsequent singles were released on a monthly basis thereafter. Following Terrible Thrills, Vol. 2 (2015), it is a cover album composed of songs from Bleachers' second studio album covered by female artists, as well as rare songs and demos.^[30]