Major Lazer feat Justin Bieber & MØ – Cold Water (Remix Stems)
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“Cold Water” is a song recorded by electronic music group Major Lazer, taken as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Music Is the Weapon (2017), featuring vocals from Canadian artist Justin Bieber and Danish singer MØ. It was written by Major Lazer member Diplo, Ed Sheeran, MØ, Justin Bieber, Jamie Scott, Benny Blanco, Philip “Jr. Blender” Meckseper and Henry “King Henry” Allen; the latter three also co-produced it with Major Lazer. “Cold Water” was released on July 22, 2016.
The day before Diplo arrived in New York City in May 2016, he was “more than a little surprised” when Justin Bieber sent a message on Twitter about the track, “Cold Water”, asking when it would be coming out. “That was not planned at all,” Diplo said. According to Diplo, the song wasn’t really done, when Bieber already expressed his excitement. “It’s actually very real. Twitter is the only reason I know he’s excited about the song. I don’t have his number, so he Twitters at me”, Diplo added.On May 30, Diplo announced Major Lazer’s collaboration with Bieber and MØ. At the time, he did not give a specific release date, only mentioning it would be released “in a couple of weeks” and that it would premiere on Beats 1.
On July 1, 2016, Bieber began releasing teasers of the song, and added the song would come out later that month.On July 13, he wrote the release date was set for July 22. A low-quality version of the track leaked on Chinese radio station in July 2016, four days prior to its official release.After the latter incident, “Cold Water” was officially released on July 22, 2016.Moreover, it was sent to US contemporary hit radio on July 26, 2016.
“Cold Water”, a mid-tempo song, includes dancehall and Euro club music influences,while featuring “vibrant electronic chords and coastal beats [with] a hook-heavy pop influence” and acoustic guitars.Jacob Stolworthy of The Independent noted similarities between the song and Bieber’s “Love Yourself”, which was also written by Bieber, Blanco and Sheeran.
The song is written in the key of A major with a common time tempo of 93 beats per minute. The vocals span from E3 to G#5 in the song with a chord progression of F#m – A – C#m – D.
