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. The song was released on 1 November 2018, and marks the group's fourth release, following "

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". The song was used in musical film ''Music'', co-written and directed by

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. In the film, it is performed by

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Release and promotion

Ground members shared a short animated teaser audio and video clip on October 29, 2018.

Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...

shared part of the song on Instagram on October 31, and the track was released on November 1.

Reception

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'' described the song as "

electronic pop Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...

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Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''LSD.'' *

– writer, lyricist, vocals *

Labrinth Timothy Lee McKenzie (born 4 January 1989), better known by his stage name Labrinth, is an English singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. After initially pursuing a career in music production, Simon Cowell signed him to his record labe ...

– writer, lyricist, vocals, producer, programming, instrumentation, engineer *

– writer, producer, programming, instrumentation * Nathaniel "Detonate" Ledwidge – producer, programming, instrumentation *

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– additional production * Gustave Rudman – additional production * Yoda Francesco – additional production * Bart Schoudel – engineer * Luke Dimond – engineer * Chris Galland – mix engineer * Robin Florent – assistant mix engineer * Scott Desmarais – assistant mix engineer *

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– mixer * Randy Merrill – masterer

References

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Release and promotion

Reception

Credits and personnel

See also

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