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| Single byJustin Bieber | ||||
| Released | April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28) | |||
| Recorded | December 22, 2013 | |||
| Studio | Noble Street Studios (Toronto, Canada) | |||
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| Length | 3:33 | |||
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"We Were Born for This" is a song recorded by Canadian singerJustin Bieber. He shared the song throughSoundCloud on April 28, 2014.[1] Written by Bieber and Sam Hook, it was produced byEric Hudson. It is asentimental ballad song consisting of a twangy guitar solo, while Bieber uses a smooth vocal, sometimes reachingfalsetto. Lyrically, "We Were Born for This" describes the problems of growing up in the public eye as a celebrity and ignoring the haters that usually come with such attention of fame.
Released during early 2014, the song came during a time where Bieber had been facing many misdemeanors, including his first arrest inMiami, Florida, earlier in January of that year.[1] It followed a few months after the release of Bieber's compilation albumJournals in December 2013. Shortly after Bieber had released the song, he posted a video link on his Twitter account to the "I Was Born for This, My City" conference (hosted byCarl Lentz, apastor that Bieber had known for a while) that took place earlier that year, which the song is probably based on as well.[2]
Bieber shared the track on hisSoundCloud account on April 28, 2014, which he had linked to by announcing the release on hisTwitter account.
"We Were Born for This" was written byJustin Bieber and Sam Hook.[3] It was produced byEric Hudson. The song is a slowsentimental ballad format, with most of it using a twangy guitar solo, while Bieber uses breathy and gentle vocals that occasionally reachfalsetto.
Lyrically, the song describes having to grow up in the face of the public as a celebrity and dealing with both the positive and the negative attention that can come with it, with Bieber crooning "And I won't waste it thinking about what you gotta say / Cause I'm here to stay" and "Look at all the people / Standing outside / So dedicated".[3]
The cover art for "We Were Born for This" received criticism due to the similarity between it and the cover art for American rock bandParamore's 2007 albumRiot!, which used a very similar design and font – it later transpired that the artwork had been made in 2011 on aTumblr post.[4]Hayley Williams, the lead vocalist and songwriter of Paramore, did not comment on the controversy, though she referred to it on Twitter.[4]