

Bieber's vocal range spans from the low note of E3 to the high note of B4. The song was composed in G major with a moderately slow tempo of 69 beats per minute and a time signature of 4Ĥ. "Where Are Ü Now" was written by Sonny "Skrillex" Moore and Thomas Wesley "Diplo" Pentz, Nick Kibler, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Karl Rubin Brutus, and Jordan Ware, and produced by Skrillex and Diplo. The original version, titled "The Most", was also released as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Purpose. They concocted sounds that were determinedly different from standard dance-club fare what seems like a snare drum, for instance, is actually a tweaked version of an Indian tabla." "Where Are Ü Now" was released as the duo's second single from their debut album, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü (2015) on February 27, 2015, and was later released as a bonus track on Bieber's fourth studio album, Purpose (2015). They toyed with dance beats, keyboard chords and bass lines - thickening the song and then thinning it again.


Bieber to answer himself from below and harmonize above. Bieber, cut it to stutter certain words in the introduction, and pitched it higher and lower in various parts of the song, allowing Mr. They took the lone a cappella vocal track they had from Mr. Īs The New York Times writer Jon Pareles recalled, "They reversed the original order of the verses. They decided to collaborate with Bieber as it would be unexpected. Braun responded positively, claiming that he had an amazing vocal from Bieber with only piano and sent it to Diplo, without Bieber's consent. According to Bieber, he didn't want it to be raw, he wanted it to be perfect." Later, in September 2014, during Fashion Week and at an Alexander Wang event, Skrillex and Diplo contacted Bieber's manager Scooter Braun claiming that they were looking for vocal tracks for the debut album by their dance duo Jack Ü and asked him if Bieber had new material. Later, he and Boyd, "bounced words and melodies back and forth over an instrumental track when they had the lyrics, Bieber sang take after take so Poo Bear could edit together the best reading of every line and every syllable." The song was recorded as a piano ballad and it took an hour and a half to be recorded. While writing with Poo Bear for his upcoming album at the time, Justin Bieber heard a demo of an instrumental piano ballad Boyd did with Karl Rubin and enjoyed it, calling it "special". Internationally, the song has peaked within the top-ten of the charts in eight countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Commercially, the song peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, giving both Skrillex and Diplo their first top 10 single on the chart, also giving Bieber his sixth. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. The song was featured on several year-end list of best songs of 2015, being at the top of two publications. Lyrically, "Where Are Ü Now" talks about caring and praying for an ex who didn't return the favor, and longing for someone who could comfort him in his time of need. Bieber's vocals also suffered alterations in some parts of the song. The song main's instrumentation consists in sharp dancehall stabs and an Eastern melody. Initially, a demo was written by Bieber as a piano ballad titled "The Most" however, Bieber decided to send the track to the duo, who transformed the track into electronic dance music, but maintained the original lyrics. It was released simultaneously with the album on February 27, 2015, later sent to mainstream radio on April 21, 2015. The song was released as the second single from the duo's debut studio album, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü (2015), on their respective labels OWSLA and Mad Decent, and is also included on Bieber's fourth studio album Purpose (2015). " Where Are Ü Now" is a song produced by American EDM artists Skrillex and Diplo under their collaborative effort Jack Ü, with vocals from Canadian singer Justin Bieber.
