Butterflies (Justin Bieber song)

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"Butterflies"
Song by Justin Bieber
from the album Swag
ReleasedJuly 11, 2025 (2025-07-11)
Length3:13
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bieber
  • Benjamin
  • Lang
  • Wiggins
  • Chetrit

"Butterflies" is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was released through Def Jam Recordings and ILH Productions as the sixth track from his seventh studio album, Swag , on July 11, 2025. The song was produced by Bieber himself, Eddie Benjamin, Carter Lang, Dylan Wiggins, and Daniel Chetrit, with the five of them writing it alongside Tobias Jesso Jr. and Jackson Morgan.

Contents

Composition and critical reception

"Butterflies" starts with one of Bieber's encounters with paparazzi that happened on April 9, 2025, where he started off by saying: "You just want money / Money money money money". [1] An R&B song with a pop influence, it shows Bieber being "open-hearted" and melodic with its "quivering guitar hook" being compared to American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was described as "a reflective Bieber who's more interested in dialing back the theatrics and upping the introspection" as he uses melisma. [2] [3] Lyndsey Havens of Billboard ranked it eighth among the album's tracks, summarizing: "as the sixth track on the album, it's clear he's nowhere near done running just yet", but "some things, he might be realizing, you can never really outrun anyway". [4]

Charts

Chart performance for "Butterflies"
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 40
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [6] 34
Denmark (Tracklisten) [7] 39
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [8] 34
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [9] 33
Norway (IFPI Norge) [10] 100
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 10
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 49

References

  1. ↑ Millman, Ethan (July 11, 2025). "Justin Bieber's Swag: 7 Takeaways From the Album". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, Kiana (July 12, 2025). "SWAG Is Justin Bieber's Identity Crisis: Review". Consequence . Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ Aroesti, Rachel (July 11, 2025). "Justin Bieber: Swag review – inane lyrics undermine a gorgeously produced R&B passion project". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  4. ↑ Havens, Lyndsey (July 11, 2025). "Justin Bieber's Swag: All 21 Tracks Ranked". Billboard . Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. July 21, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Justin Bieber Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Track Top-40 Uge 28, 2025". Hitlisten . Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Justin Bieber Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. July 18, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Singel 2025 uke 29". IFPI Norge . Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 29, 2025" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Justin Bieber Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
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