“Not Strong Enough” is the fourth single and sixth track on boygenius’ debut album, the record. The track was released alongside its music video on March 1st, 2023 without prior announcement.

In an interview for Rolling Stone, Phoebe Bridgers said about the song’s lyrical content,

Being like, ‘I’m not strong enough to show up for you. I can’t be the partner that you want me to be.’ But also being like, ‘I’m too fucked up. I’m unknowable in some deep way!’ Self-hatred is a god complex sometimes, where you think you’re the most fucked-up person who’s ever lived. Straight up, you’re not. And it can make people behave really selfishly, and I love each of our interpretations of that concept.