"Waste It on Me" | ||||
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Single by Steve Aoki featuring BTS | ||||
from the album Neon Future III | ||||
Released | October 25, 2018 | |||
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Length | 3:12 | |||
Label | Ultra | |||
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Producer(s) | Steve Aoki | |||
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"Waste It on Me" on YouTube |
"Waste It on Me" is a song by American musician and DJ Steve Aoki featuring South Korean boy band BTS,released on October 25,2018. [3] It follows Aoki and BTS' collaborations on the remix of "Mic Drop" and "The Truth Untold". [3] The song features on his fifth studio album Neon Future III ,released on November 9,2018. [4]
In December 2018,it was announced a Slushii remix and a Cheat Codes remix would be released in the same month. [5]
Billboard stated that the song is an "ambient EDM track" with lyrics in English, [4] while EDM.com felt the track was "vaguely future bass-reminiscent". [1] Kyle Shokeye of Complex wrote that because it is BTS's first fully English-language song,it "deviates from their usual formula to create songs". [6]
It was composed by Jeff Halavacs,Ryan Ogren,Michael Gazzo,Nate Cyphert,Sean Foreman,and RM,featuring the vocals of RM and Jungkook. [7] [8] The song has a moderate tempo and is 96BPM. It is in E Minor with the vocals ranging from D4-B5. [9]
Along with Aoki announcing the track on Twitter,he stated that fans could tweet the hashtag "#WasteItOnMe" to unlock a 40-second preview. [4] [1] Madonna shared a Michael Jackson tribute video featuring “Waste It on Me”on November 29,2018. [10]
Critic/Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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TNT Latin America | The Best Songs of 2018 | 3 | [11] |
The music video was directed by Joe Hahn of Linkin Park and released on November 19,2018. Compared to the music video of the OneRepublic song "Wherever I Go",which was directed by Joseph Kahn,but set in a nightclub,it features an all Asian-American cast which includes Ken Jeong,Jamie Chung,Ross Butler,Devon Aoki and Ben Baller. Cameos include Leonardo Nam,Vincent Rodriguez III,Jimmy O. Yang,Jessica Lu,Jared Eng,and Tiffany Ma. [12] [13]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [39] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [40] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | October 25, 2018 | Digital download | Original | Ultra Music | [3] |
United States | December 14, 2018 | Cheat Codes Remix | [5] | ||
Various | December 21, 2018 | ||||
December 25, 2018 | Slushii remix | ||||
W&W Remix | [41] |
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