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Single by Benny Blanco, Marshmello and Vance Joy | ||||
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Released | January 29, 2021 | |||
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"You" is a song by American DJs/record producers Benny Blanco &Marshmello and Australian singer Vance Joy. [3] It was released through Interscope Records,Blanco's Friends Keep Secrets and Mello's Joytime Collective on January 29,2021. [4] It was written alongside Caroline Pennell and Blake Slatkin,the latter producing the song with the DJs. The song was included on the 2021 reissue of Blanco's debut studio album Friends Keep Secrets .
At the APRA Music Awards of 2022,the song was nominated for Most Performed Pop Work. [5]
The song was announced on January 22. [6] In a statement Blanco said that he has been friends with Vance Joy and Marshmello for a long time and that it was the right time to do something together. Marshmello added that "Benny showed me this demo in his studio one day" and "I was instantly drawn to the song and knew I had to try something a little different with it. I sent my initial idea to Benny and from there we went back and forth until we created what everyone can hear right now". [7]
"You" received positive criticism from music critics. Alexander Costello of We Rave You opined that the song "is a refreshing track that embodies soft melodies and a charming character [...]. With Joy's vocals [...],the track discharges a delightful mid-section and chorus that gets better and better with every listen". [8] uDiscoverMusic critic Sam Armstrong described that "this collaboration brings out the best in each artist,fusing Blanco's easy popcraft,Marshmello's slick production,and Joy's buoyant vocals". [7]
The video,directed by William Child,shows an animation made of clay of the three artists at a picnic until Marshmello and Vance Joy are kidnapped by a green monster. Blanco tracks them down,but when he confronts the kidnapper,he hugs the monster instead,and they all end up hanging out together and enjoying joints in the hot tub and playing some pool,and then say goodbye to him. [1]
Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]
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