| "Exhale" | |
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| Promotional single by Sabrina Carpenter | |
| from the album Singular: Act II | |
| Released | May 3, 2019 |
| Recorded | 2019 |
| Genre | R&B |
| Length | 2:44 |
| Label | Hollywood |
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| "Exhale" on YouTube | |
"Exhale" is a song recorded by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her fourth studio album Singular: Act II (2019), released as the album's second promotional single on May 3, 2019. Before the song's release, Carpenter performed the song as an encore on the Singular Tour. [1] [2]
Carpenter stated that "Exhale" is the most difficult song for her to sing as she gets very emotional. [3] Carpenter also described the song as being her most personal and vulnerable song yet. [4] [5] Carpenter began performing the song as an encore of the Singular Tour. [2] After the reception from her fans, Carpenter considered putting the song on Singular: Act II , before finally deciding to include it on the track list.
In April 2019, Carpenter stated that "Exhale" would be released very soon, presumably being released as a single. [3] Carpenter further fuelled the rumours at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, saying that she would be releasing her "most personal song yet" soon. [4] On May 2, 2019, Carpenter formally announced the single via her social media. [6] The song was released that night. [5]
The song was written in 2019, just before Carpenter embarked on the Singular Tour, by Carpenter, Ross Golan and the song's producer, Johan Carlsson. [7] The vocals were produced by Carlsson and Noah Passovoy. [7] Carlsson played electric guitar, programmed, and served background vocals with Carpenter and Golan to the track. [7] The strings were recorded and edited by Mattias Bylund at Studio Borgen in Partille and arranged by Nils-Petter Ankarblom. [7] The orchestra consists of David Bukovinszky on cello, Mattias Johansson on violin and Bylund and Ankarblom on string synthesizers. [7] The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach and John Hanes served as an engineer for mix. [7] The song was mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City by Chris Gehringer with Will Quinnell serving as an assistant. [7]
"Exhale" is a "somber" midtempo R&B ballad that runs for two minutes and forty four seconds. [8] [1] [9] [10] [11] Lyrically, the song is about pressure and anxiety in life and the need to take a breather or break from them. [12] [1] [9] [13]
A visualizer video accompanied the song's release. [14] It features a digitally edited version of the single artwork moving around. The song's official music video was premiered on Carpenter's YouTube and VEVO channels on May 17, 2019. [15] It was directed by Mowgly Lee and features Carpenter singing in a valley. [16] At the end of the video, Carpenter's studio vocals turn into a live a cappella of her singing the song. John Blistein of Rolling Stone called the video "simple but affecting". [17]
"Exhale" was performed as the encore on the Singular Tour. [2]
Recording and management
Personnel
Credits adapted from Singular: Act II liner notes. [7]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [18] | 35 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | May 3, 2019 | Digital download | Hollywood | [11] |
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