Deserve (song)

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"Deserve"
Kris Wu - Deserve Single Cover.jpg
Single by Kris Wu featuring Travis Scott
from the album Antares
ReleasedOctober 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)
Recorded2016
Genre Hip hop
Length3:02
Label Ace Unit Culture
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Kris Wu singles chronology
"I Choose the Road"
(2017)
"Deserve"
(2017)
"Miss You"
(2017)
Travis Scott singles chronology
"4 AM"
(2017)
"Deserve"
(2017)
"Blue Pill"
(2017)
Music video
"Deserve" on YouTube

"Deserve" is a song recorded by Chinese-Canadian singer and rapper Kris Wu featuring American rapper Travis Scott. It was released on October 12, 2017, through Ace Unit Culture, as the first single of Wu's debut studio album Antares (2018). The song was written by the performing artists and produced by Louis Bell. A music video for the song was directed by Colin Tilley and released on October 16, 2017.

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Recording and composition

"Deserve" was written by Kris Wu and Travis Scott, while production was handled by Louis Bell. The song was recorded in summer 2016 in Los Angeles. Wu told Zane Lowe, host of Apple Music 1: "[...] One of the homies said that he had reached out to Travis Scott, and he was actually in New York. Then we threw out this idea of collaborating and he was really down. He flew out from New York to L.A. and then we met in the studio, kicking it, vibe out a little bit, and then we just got on the record and made this amazing record." [1] Wu later told Beatrice Hazlehurst of Paper that the songs creation "was super organic, Travis was out of town but we had this idea for a collaboration, you know, East and West." [2] The song has been described as a "Auto-Tune driven" hip hop song, which features "harmonizing vocals and mellow raps" [3] [4]

Reception

Billboard's Tamar Herman described "Deserve" as a "trap-laden banger built to be played in clubs around the world." [3]

Music video and live performance

A Colin Tilley directed music video for the song was released on October 16, 2017. [4] On the release day, Wu and Scott performed the song in the Up&Down Club in New York City, organized by 88 Rising. [5]

Charts

Chart performance for "Deserve"
Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [6] 4
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 44

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