A 'Latino remix' of the song, featuring Colombian singer J Balvin, was released worldwide on November 6, 2015. In the same day, Bieber posted a video on his Instagram, where he appeared in the studio with BloodPop and Skrillex, listening to the song and riding around on hoverboards. On October 21, 2015, Bieber posted an acoustic 13-second sample of the song, while on October 22, 2015, the song was officially released as Purpose second single. On October 18, 2015, Bieber announced the release of 'Sorry', and a day later, the song was promoted through a Vine video that played the song in the background and featured King Bach and Michelle Obama. Later, he needed to convince Bieber's team that 'Sorry' was 'the song'. The producer wrote 'Sorry' with other songwriters and immediately felt it was a relatable song. It was an opportunity to try some stuff that I had never done before and we ended up making something really unique.' Skrillex also invited Michael Tucker, under his producer name BloodPop, to help him produce some tracks for the album. I think being able to incorporate that sound with what I’m doing has been super cool because it’s like new and fresh, and I feel like no one’s done it before.' Skrillex, on other hand, commented about his involvement on the album, saying: 'I heard some well-written songs that were really good that they wanted me to do production on and from there, we wrote some new songs. He’s super futuristic and I just love his sounds. Regarding his will to work with the producer, Bieber commented: 'Skrillex is a genius. While working on his then-upcoming fourth studio album, Justin Bieber enlisted American DJ Skrillex to produce songs for the record after successfully working with him on ' Where Are Ü Now', which he sent to Skrillex and Diplo for their project Jack Ü and that became a worldwide hit and helped to revamp his career. 4 Composition and lyrical interpretation.Globally, the song became one of the best selling digital music releases with over 10 million in sales in 2016 alone.

He also accomplished the same feat in the United Kingdom, becoming the third act ever to self-replace at the top of the UK Singles Chart. It spent seven weeks at number one on the Canadian Hot 100 and three weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 'Sorry' was replaced by third single ' Love Yourself' on the chart dated February 13, 2016, making Bieber the 12th act in the Hot 100's history to succeed himself at number one. Ĭommercially, the song topped the charts of thirteen countries. Bieber has since said that the lover was Selena Gomez.

Lyrically, 'Sorry' is a plea for a chance to apologize to a lover, with Bieber asking forgiveness and a second chance to redeem himself. A dancehall pop, tropical house and moombahton song, 'Sorry' contains in its instrumentation 'brassy horn bleats', warm island rhythms and a bouncy dembow riddim drum beat. It was released on October 22, 2015, as the second single from the album. Written by Bieber, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Skrillex, and BloodPop the song was produced by the latter two. ' Sorry' is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album, Purpose (2015).

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