Confident (Demi Lovato song)

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"Confident"
Single by Demi Lovato
from the album Confident
Released September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18)
Format
Recorded MXM Studios (Los Angeles), Wolf Cousins Studios (Stockholm)
Genre
Length 3:25
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Max Martin
  • Ilya
Demi Lovato singles chronology
"Cool for the Summer"
(2015)		 "Confident"
(2015)		 "Irresistible"
(2015)
Music video
"Confident" on YouTube

"Confident" is a song by American singer Demi Lovato. It serves as the second single from her fifth studio album of the same name (2015).[1] The song was released on September 18, 2015, by Hollywood and Island Records for download on digital retail sites such as Amazon.com. It was written by Lovato, Max Martin, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Savan Kotecha.[2] Commercially, it has reached the top 30 in Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United States.

Composition

"Confident" was written by Lovato, Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Max Martin. Production of the song was helmed by the latter two.[2] It is a "drum-line driven"[3] pop[4] and pop rock song about empowerment and confidence.[5] The song is composed in the key of E♭ minor in compound quadruple meter (12
8 time) with a tempo of 130 beats per minute and has a vocal range spanning from the low note E♭3 to the high note B♭5.[6]

Release and critical reception

Prior to official release, "Confident" leaked online on August 24, 2015.[7] The song was officially released on September 18, 2015.[8] Digital Spy reviewed the song positively, saying that "The track is a strutting, brass-laden pop anthem, which hears her take full control."[9] Music Times also reviewed the song positively, saying "'Confident' shows a sassy, sexy side of Lovato. With rounds of thunderous drums and honks of brass horns, 'Confident' is all new Demi, with no signs of heartbreak or struggle in sight."[10]

Music video

The music video for "Confident" was released on October 9, 2015 through Lovato's Vevo channel. The video was directed by Robert Rodriguez who is known for Sin City, Machete and the Spy Kids franchise. The video stars Lovato as well as Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Zane Holtz and Marko Zaror.[11] It was shot at Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas. Lovato had asked Robert Rodriguez to direct the music video after meeting him through her role as Maia in From Dusk till Dawn: The Series. Rodriguez stated: “I wanted it to look like a movie, not like a vamped up, over-the-top music video or a movie in a video, but actually something that looked like it was from a spy film. I felt it was this great culmination of movie, ideas and visuals all put together into this song created by Demi Lovato.”[12][13]

The video starts with Lovato in a presidential canident where she's granted a pardon for selling out Rodriguez's character by a U.S. Marshal. Lovato is sent to apprehend Rodriguez, but Lovato soon realizes that Rodriguez is a step ahead of her. As the police attempt to take Lovato back to prison, she fights back and attempts to stop Rodriguez. Rodriguez overpowers her and she is taken captive by the police in a prison bus. However, she knocks her captors unconscious, breaks free and jumps into Rodriguez's trailing car. A fistfight ensues before the pair realize they were both played (and branded) by the marshal. The two women team up and apprehend the marshal, who is later exposed by the police as a fraud and Lovato and Rodriguez bid farewell and leave on their motorcycles.[14]

Live performances

Lovato first performed the single at a gay bar in New York City on October 15, 2015.[15] To celebrate the release of her fifth album Confident, Lovato surprised her fans the next day with an acoustic performance of the title track in Times Square.[16] On October 17, 2015, Lovato performed a "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" medley on Saturday Night Live during the series' forty-first season.[17] Lovato also performed the song on Good Morning America on October 29, 2015 and on The Tonight Show the following day.[18][19] On November 6, 2015, she performed "Confident" on Idol.[20] Furthermore, Lovato performed the song at the 2015 BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards on November 8, 2015.[21] On November 14, 2015, "Confident" was a part of Lovato's setlist at the 2015 106.1 KISS FM Fall Ball.[22] Lovato later performed the song at the 2015 American Music Awards on November 22, 2015[23] and included it in her setlist during the 2015 Jingle Ball Tour.[24] As one of the headliners of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, she performed a medley of "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" again in Times Square on December 31, 2015.[25] On March 3, 2016, Lovato performed the song on American Idol with the top 8 contestants of the series' final season.[26] Another rendition of the song was given on the second edition of the Victoria's Secret Swim Special, which aired on March 9, 2016.[27]

Usage in media

Track listing

  • US/Europe CD single/digital download[8]
  1. "Confident" – 3:25
  2. "Confident" (The Alias Remix) – 5:08
  • Digital remixes – EP[31]
  1. "Confident" (The Alias Remix) – 5:08
  2. "Confident" (VARA Remix) – 3:38
  3. "Confident" (Gianni Kosta Remix) – 3:48
  4. "Confident" (Volkoder Remix) – 5:17
  5. "Confident" (DJ Lynnwood Remix) – 4:30

Credits and personnel

Recorded at MXM Studios, Los Angeles, United States and Wolf Cousins Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

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  • Demi Lovato – lead vocals, songwriter
  • Savan Kotecha – songwriter, background vocals
  • Max Martin – songwriter, drums, producer, keys, programming, percussion
  • Ilya Salmanzadeh – songwriter, producer, guitar, bass, keys, programming, percussion, background vocals
  • Jonas Thander – horn arrangement, saxophone
  • Steffan Findin – trombone
  • Stefan Persson – trumpets
  • Karl Olandersson – trumpets
  • Peter Carlsson – live drums
  • Rickard Göransson – percussion
  • Oscar Holter – background vocals
  • Sam Holland – engineering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Tom Coyne – mastering

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Confident.[32]

Charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[33] 35
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[34] 27
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[35] 26
Canada AC (Billboard)[36] 37
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[37] 10
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[38] 23
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[39] 18
France (SNEP)[40] 104
Ireland (IRMA)[41] 61
Italy (FIMI)[42] 84
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[43] 55
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[44] 27
Norway (VG-lista)[45] 40
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[46] 27
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[47] 23
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[48] 67
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[49] 65
US Billboard Hot 100[50] 21
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[51] 26
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[52] 15
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[53] 27
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[54] 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[55] 9

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[56] Platinum 80,000
United States (RIAA)[57] Platinumdagger 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

dagger Since May 9, 2013, RIAA certifications for digital singles include on-demand audio and/or video song streams in addition to downloads.[58]

See also

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