"Confident" | ||||
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Single by Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper | ||||
from the album Journals | ||||
Released | December 9, 2013 | |||
Recorded | August–September 2013 | |||
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Length | 4:08 | |||
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Producer(s) | Soundz | |||
Justin Bieber singles chronology | ||||
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Chance the Rapper singles chronology | ||||
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"Confident" on YouTube |
"Confident" is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, featuring vocals from American rapper Chance the Rapper. The song is taken from Bieber's second compilation Journals (2013). Written by Bieber in addition to Kenneth Coby, Maurice "Verse" Simmonds, Chancelor Bennett and produced by Soundz, "Confident" was released as a single on December 9, 2013, by Island Records, as the tenth and last song from a ten-week digital download campaign entitled Music Mondays, in which one new song was released every Monday night, held from October 7, 2013 to December 9, 2013.
"Confident" received positive feedback from music critics, who deemed it a highlight from the album. Commercially, it debuted and peaked at number 41 but only stayed on the chart for one week in the United States, and while it reached the top 40 in Canada, it only spent two weeks on the chart. Internationally, it peaked at numbers eight and one in Belgium and Denmark, respectively. The accompanying music video for "Confident", directed by Colin Tilley, depicts the singer stalking his confident love interest until they share a kiss in its end.