| "Hallucination" | ||||
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| Single by Regard and Years & Years | ||||
| from the album Night Call | ||||
| Language | English | |||
| Released | 18 February 2022 | |||
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| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Ministry of Sound | |||
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| Producer(s) | Regard | |||
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| "Hallucination" on YouTube | ||||
"Hallucination" is a song by Kosovo-Albanian disc jockey Regard and British singer Years & Years. Regard produced the song and wrote it along with Olly Alexander and Jean-Jacques Goldman, Joel Little, Imany and Stéfane Goldman. Ministry of Sound released it as a single for digital download and streaming on 18 February 2022. Featuring a sample of the Filatov & Karas remix of Imany's single "Don't Be So Shy", it is an '80s-inspired and four-on-the-floor-driven disco-pop and synth-pop song, with the lyrics warning off serial heartbreakers. It was later included on the streaming edition of Years & Years' third album Night Call (Deluxe) (2022).
"Hallucination" received generally positive reviews from music critics, many of whom commended the song's lyrics and nature as well as Years & Years' vocal delivery. It topped the charts in Bulgaria and Russia, and reached the top 10 in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Croatia and Ukraine. The duo performed the song for the first time on the British comedy show The Graham Norton Show in February 2022. The accompanying music video premiered on Regard's official YouTube channel on 11 March. Inspired by the 1969 psychological drama film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, the video depicts the singer performing contemporary choreography in a dark setting.