"Breakdown" | ||||
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Single by G-Eazy featuring Demi Lovato | ||||
from the album These Things Happen Too | ||||
Released | September 17, 2021 | |||
Length | 2:46 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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Producer(s) | Dakari | |||
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"Breakdown" on YouTube |
"Breakdown" is a song by American rapper G-Eazy featuring American singer Demi Lovato. It was released on September 17,2021,as the second single from the former's sixth studio album, These Things Happen Too (2021). The song was written by G-Eazy and Lovato with Caroline Pennell,Jay Stolar,Mick Coogan,Sean Myer,and its producer Dakarai Gwitira. An accompanying music video directed by Daniel CZ was released alongside the song.
Following the announcement of These Things Happen Too ,G-Eazy revealed the track listing of the album,which includes "Breakdown" as the twelfth track. It contains a feature with Lovato,one of the ten collaborations of the standard edition of the record. [1] In an interview with Apple Music 1's Zane Lowe,G-Eazy declared:"It's one thing to have a conversation in private,but to make it a single and to video it,and to radio it,and to share that on a very,very,very public level,I just applaud Demi's bravery". He also praised her talent. [2] The rapper considers Lovato one of the most talented people he has ever worked with. [3]
An accompanying music video was released simultaneously with the song. It was directed by G-Eazy's frequent collaborator Daniel CZ. [4] In the video,the artists "face the various media headlines they've made over the years",including Lovato's hospitalization in 2018 for a drug overdose and G-Eazy's arrest and assault charges. [5]
On September 28,2021,the artists performed "Breakdown" live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [6] Rolling Stone described the performance as evocative,where G-Eazy and Lovato appear with "headlines about each one,as well as images of nature,scrolling on the video screens behind them". [7]
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [8] | 14 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | September 17,2021 | RCA | [9] | |
Italy | September 23,2021 | Radio airplay | Sony | [10] |
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