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Bieber announced the release of Sorry on October 18th. Next day the song was promoted through a video
on Vine featuring King Bach and Michelle Obama.
Two weeks later, he also released a "Latino remix" of Sorry that led to a rumor that Bieber is
singing about his past relationship with
Selena Gomez.
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Co-writer Julia Michaels explained:
"We were just trying to capture that moment in a relationship or a particular moment in your
life where you realize you made a mistake and you're finally ready to admit it and apologize."
From the Album:
Purpose (2015)
Released:
October 22, 2015
Genre:
Tropical house, pop
Length:
3:21
Writers:
Justin Bieber, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Sonny Moore, Michael Tucker
Producers:
Skrillex, Blood Diamonds
Music video:
"Sorry" on YouTube
A dance video was released on October 22, 2015.
It features the ladies of New Zealand's Royal Family and ReQuest dance crews.
The clip was directed and choreographed by ReQuest's founder Parris Geobel,
who also choreographed
Jennifer Lopez's
Dance Again World Tour.
• Geobel said: "[We wanted to] just bring more life to it. We were going for a vintage '90s vibe.
Me and two of my friends pretty much styled everyone. We all did our own makeup and were spontaneous...
Most of it was my wardrobe, actually. We just kind of put together what we had."
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