


Sellin' a dream, smoke and mirrors keep us waitin' on a miracle (Oh whoa)ĭon't fall asleep, at the wheel, we've got a million miles ahead of us I used to believe, we were burnin' on the edge of somethin' beautiful The song samples Lumidee's “Never Leave You”. So then Andrew played Justin with DJ Snake’s beat behind it, and then they cut it within a week. Then fast forward a year later-Andrew had connected with Justin Bieber, because Justin had liked the song, although he hadn’t cut it yet. At one point the song was about to be just another forgotten song on someone’s MacBook. Finding the featured artist was the battle. They all got back in and wrote a new verse, once again shooting for Rihanna. He sent them the track and wanted a different verse. He put a whole new beat around it and kept the hook. So now they had “Let Me Love You” part 1…Acoustic and organic.Īndrew had gotten the song to Nick Audino, and then Nick played it for DJ Snake, who loved it. They had a layout but no hook, and Lee tried to imagine Rihanna singing this, and started singing the hook “don’t you give up na na na.” Ali told him to record it, everyone convinced him it was the hook. They brought the song to Ali Tamposi and she nailed the vibe and the feel that they both wanted. Andrew had a riff on the guitar that he played to Lee.

Andrew Watt and Lee both love “Blackbird” by the Beatles, they wanted to try to flip it for Rihanna or Kygo or whomever. The song started on the balcony of Brian Lee's management studio, Electric Feel. 2 Composition and lyrical interpretation.
