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this was plagiarised from The Wrap source anyway. The original editor just copied the entire damn article
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==Composition==
==Composition==
The song started with Nicholas Britell, who had read a draft of the script and had been talking to the film's director [[Adam McKay]] about the project for some time. "Adam said, 'We're going to have this big concert later in the film.' It doesn't always happen this way, but I read the script, went right to the piano and played these chords," Britell said. "I had this melody for the chorus where I wanted it to feel like it was going upward. I played Adam a piano demo and he was totally into it."He then took the song to Grande, sitting at the piano in her studio and playing her the chords. "It was one of the most remarkable things," he said. "About 30 seconds later, she was like, 'Do you mind if I go into the booth and try some things out?' And she basically laid down the entire vocal top line of the song with no lyrics, just improvising this whole thing. And it was at that moment where I was like, 'Oh, this song just went to a whole other level.' I've worked with a lot of musicians, but it was mind-blowing how quickly she did that. "But then the key question was, 'How do you write lyrics for a song that has to start as a love song and pivot to a song about blowing up, and do it in a way where it's completely convincing?" He handed that job to Stinson, who admitted she was intimidated by the idea at first. "I was like, 'Oh, my gosh. But then hearing Ariana's beautiful melody, the words started to come out immediately." Her lyrics start out romantic – "True love doesn't die / It holds on tight and never lets you go" – but after Kid Cudi's rap, which he insisted on writing himself, they take a definite turn, though Grande continues to sing the lines with blissful fervor.<ref name=thewrap>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dont-look-up-ariana-grande-kid-cudi-nicholas-britell-taura-stinson/|first=Steve|last=Pond|title=How Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi Wrote a Love Song for the End of the World|website=TheWrap|date=10 December 2021|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
Nicholas Britell read a draft of the script and had talked to the film's director [[Adam McKay]] for some time. He went to his piano and came up with a melody "for the chorus where I wanted it to feel like it was going upward". He played the song to Grande, who asked if she could "go into the booth and try some things out [...] And she basically laid down the entire vocal top line of the song with no lyrics, just improvising this whole thing." Britell said he then found it difficult to "write lyrics for a song that has to start as a love song and pivot to a song about blowing up" and make it "convincing", so asked [[Taura Stinson]] for help, who said she was "intimidated" at first but hearing Grande's melody helped her write. [[Kid Cudi]] also wrote his own rap.<ref name=thewrap>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dont-look-up-ariana-grande-kid-cudi-nicholas-britell-taura-stinson/|first=Steve|last=Pond|title=How Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi Wrote a Love Song for the End of the World|website=TheWrap|date=10 December 2021|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>


While the film is not about [[COVID-19]], those lyrics make it clear that it does depict a fanatical refusal to accept scientific evidence — and with Stinson having gone through her own bout with COVID-19 and having [[Vaccine hesitancy|anti-vaxxers]] in her family, she found herself with plenty of material. "It's a time capsule kind of song," she said. "You can take it as [[pollution]] or [[climate change]] or the [[Deployment of COVID-19 vaccines|vaccine]]. As I sat around the holidays with my family and a mask, it wasn't hard to fathom that. And it's not so tricky after you turn on the news and think, 'Oh, my God, did that politician just say that?' It resonated with me deeply, just the idea that our world could just end because, essentially, for so many people, that's what happened last year. COVID was the meteor." Britell said he was immediately bowled over when he received Stinson's lyrics. "It was such a tricky thing to pull off," he said. "It has to be a sincere love song, and it has to really feel like a good song. This is a comedy, but the song isn't a joke song – it's a sincere, real song that happens to express this absurd explanation of what is happening. I was wondering how we were going to do that – but when she sent the lyrics over, I was literally like, 'Oh, that's how we do it.'"<ref name=thewrap/>
Stinson said the song can be taken as being "about [[pollution]] or [[climate change]] or the [[Deployment of COVID-19 vaccines|vaccine]]. As I sat around the holidays with my family and a mask, it wasn't hard to fathom that." Britell was impressed upon receiving Stinson's lyrics, calling it "such a tricky thing to pull off. [... I]t's a sincere, real song that happens to express this absurd explanation of what is happening."<ref name=thewrap/>


==Reception==
==Reception==

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"Just Look Up"
Promotional single by Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi
from the album Don't Look Up (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
ReleasedDecember 3, 2021
Recorded2021
GenrePop[1][2]
Length3:22
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)Nicholas Britell
Music video
Just Look Up on YouTube

"Just Look Up" is a song by American recording artists Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi. The song was written by both artists, alongside Nicholas Britell and Taura Stinson, for the 2021 satirical science fiction film Don't Look Up.[3] The song was issued on December 3, 2021 for streaming and digital download prior to the soundtrack's release.[4][5]

Composition

Nicholas Britell read a draft of the script and had talked to the film's director Adam McKay for some time. He went to his piano and came up with a melody "for the chorus where I wanted it to feel like it was going upward". He played the song to Grande, who asked if she could "go into the booth and try some things out [...] And she basically laid down the entire vocal top line of the song with no lyrics, just improvising this whole thing." Britell said he then found it difficult to "write lyrics for a song that has to start as a love song and pivot to a song about blowing up" and make it "convincing", so asked Taura Stinson for help, who said she was "intimidated" at first but hearing Grande's melody helped her write. Kid Cudi also wrote his own rap.[6]

Stinson said the song can be taken as being "about pollution or climate change or the vaccine. As I sat around the holidays with my family and a mask, it wasn't hard to fathom that." Britell was impressed upon receiving Stinson's lyrics, calling it "such a tricky thing to pull off. [... I]t's a sincere, real song that happens to express this absurd explanation of what is happening."[6]

Reception

Adam McKay, director and writer of the film, praised Grande's performance of the song. During a run-through of the duet with her co-star Kid Cudi, she began ad-libbing and improvising lyrics to which McKay referred to as "comedic gold".[7][8] During the film scene where Grande's character performs the song, McKay went on to say that "Ariana sang it live. Every single take that we shot, she sang it live from beginning to end. It was an incredible thing."[9]

Live performances

On December 14, 2021, Cudi and Grande appeared on the season finale of The Voice where they performed the song.[10]

Accolades

The song has been nominated for Best Original Song by Chicago Indie Critics,[11] Hollywood Music in Media Awards,[12] Critics' Choice Movie Awards,[13] Denver Film Critics Society,[14] DiscussingFilm Critic Awards,[15] Georgia Film Critics Association,[16] and Hawaii Film Critics Society,[17] among others. The song has also been shortlisted for Best Original Song at the 94th Academy Awards.

Chart performance

"Just Look Up" peaked at number seven on the NZ Hot Singles chart.[18]

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, release format, and label
Country Date Format Label Ref
United States December 3, 2021
Republic [19]

References

  1. ^ "Ariana Grande improvised some of the lyrics to Don't Look Up song". MSN. December 31, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  2. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (December 3, 2021). "Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi Release 'Just Look Up,' Best Original Song Contender From 'Don't Look Up'". Variety. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "How Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi and Team Wrote a Love Song for the End of the World in 'Don't Look Up'". Yahoo.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ Skinner, Tom (December 3, 2021). "Hear Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi's new collaboration, 'Just Look Up'". NME. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Just Look Up: Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi to release new single from film Don't Look Up on December 3". Pinkvilla.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b Pond, Steve (10 December 2021). "How Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi Wrote a Love Song for the End of the World". TheWrap. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ DILLO, NANCY (December 31, 2021). "Ariana Grande Improvised Best Line in 'Don't Look Up' Parody Song with Kid Cudi". Rolling Stone.
  8. ^ Gularte, Alejandra (December 31, 2021). "Adam McKay Clearly Hasn't Seen Victorious". Vulture.com.
  9. ^ "#DontLookUp director Adam McKay says Ariana Grande wrote/improvised lyrics on "Just Look Up"". December 7, 2021 – via Twitter.com.
  10. ^ "Watch Kid Cudi Join Ariana Grande for Performance of "Just Look Up" on 'The Voice' Finale". Complex Networks. December 15, 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 AWARDS". Chicago Indie Critics. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "2021 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINATIONS". hmmawards.com. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  13. ^ Nolfi, Joey (December 13, 2021). "West Side Story, Belfast storm Oscar race with 11 Critics Choice Awards nominations each: See the full list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  14. ^ "The 2021 Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  15. ^ "The 2021 DiscussingFilm Critic Award (DFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. December 7, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  16. ^ "The 2021 Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  17. ^ "The 2021 Hawaii Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  18. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  19. ^ "Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi Release New Song From 'Don't Look Up'". Etonline.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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