Nicky Youre wrote the infectious hook in just 45 minutes while fighting off a throat infection. Despite feeling terrible, his life was going well—he was about to graduate college and had met someone new—so he wanted to write something that forced him into a "happy headspace".
Released in December 2021, the song exploded on TikTok in 2022, becoming one of the most-used sounds in the platform's history. Nicky Youre wrote the infectious hook in just
It reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 , peaked at #1 on Canadian charts, and has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. It reached the Top 10 of the Billboard
Subconsciously, Youre was inspired by the famous tunnel scene in the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower , specifically the image of Emma Watson standing in the back of a truck with her hands in the air. The Creative Spark
The hit song by Nicky Youre and Dazy has a surprising origin story—it was born from a desire to feel better while the artist was physically miserable. The Creative Spark
