One Right Now

2021 single by Post Malone and The Weeknd From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"One Right Now" is a song by American musician Post Malone and Canadian singer the Weeknd. It was released through Republic Records on November 5, 2021, as the lead single from Malone's fourth studio album, Twelve Carat Toothache (2022).[1][2] The artists wrote the song with Billy Walsh and producers Louis Bell, Brian Lee, and Andrew Bolooki. Musically, the style of "One Right Now" has been described as electro-funk and synth-pop.

ReleasedNovember 5, 2021 (2021-11-05)
Length3:13
Quick facts from the album Twelve Carat Toothache, Released ...
"One Right Now"
Single by Post Malone and the Weeknd
from the album Twelve Carat Toothache
ReleasedNovember 5, 2021 (2021-11-05)
Genre
Length3:13
LabelRepublic
Songwriters
Producers
  • Louis Bell
  • Brian Lee
  • Andrew Bolooki
Post Malone singles chronology
"Motley Crew"
(2021)
"One Right Now"
(2021)
"Cooped Up"
(2022)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Moth to a Flame"
(2021)
"One Right Now"
(2021)
"La Fama"
(2021)
Music video
"One Right Now" on YouTube
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Background

The Weeknd initially wrote and recorded the song during recording sessions for his fourth studio album, After Hours. Although it wasn't included on the record, an 11-second snippet of the demo was leaked online in December 2020. On November 2, 2021, Post Malone and the Weeknd posted a 7-second snippet of the song titled "PM&TW-ORN-Update.5.nonhyped.w1.mp3" on their Instagram accounts.[3] The post received over 150,000 likes in one hour.[4] It was initially unknown what the title of the collaboration would be until Malone's manager Dre London revealed the title "One Right Now".[5] The song marks the first time the artists appeared on a song together.[6][7]

Composition

"One Right Now" is an electropop and emo-influenced electro-funk, robo-funk, and synth-pop song that is set in the key of D major.[8][9][10][11][12] Based on the teaser, the sound was described as "a synthy midtempo club track".[13] It sees the two "harmonizing over an upbeat instrumental".[14] Writing for Billboard, Starr Bowenbank referred to the instrumental as a "poppy synth beat".[15] Alex Zidel of HotNewHipHop predicted that the song will "dominate the radio for the remainder of the year, and likely well into next".[16] For the radio version, The Weeknd replaced his lyric censors from the official clean version with the newly recorded lyrics "You think it's so easy messin' with my feelings" and "You probably slap all my enemies". Post Malone left his lyric censors as they were. They both sang "That you told me that he fucked you on" twice, separate then together, and tying to Post Malone's record label, it was also left censored.

Music video

The music video for "One Right Now", directed by Tanu Muino, was released on November 15, 2021. In the video, Malone and the Weeknd engage in a shootout with each other's teams.[17] It features the two artists as "vengeful enemies" in an "elaborate scenario," according to Rolling Stone, that ends in a shoot-out where both are killed[18] after shooting each other at the same time.[17] The video also mentioned MoonPay, a cryptocurrency company that had paid Post Malone and The Weeknd for the placement.[19]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal and Genius.[20][21]

  • Post Malone – vocals, songwriting
  • The Weeknd – vocals, songwriting
  • Louis Bell – songwriting, production, recording engineering, vocal production, keyboards, synthesizer, programming, drums
  • Andrew Bolooki – songwriting, production, programming, synthesizer
  • Brian Lee – songwriting, production
  • Billy Walsh – songwriting
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "One Right Now"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[69] 3× Platinum 210,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[70] 3× Platinum 120,000
Canada (Music Canada)[71] 3× Platinum 240,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[72] Gold 45,000
France (SNEP)[73] Gold 100,000
Italy (FIMI)[74] Gold 50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[75] Platinum 30,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[76] Gold 30,000
Poland (ZPAV)[77] Gold 25,000
Portugal (AFP)[78] Gold 5,000
Spain (Promusicae)[79] Gold 30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[80] Gold 400,000
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[81] Platinum 8,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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Release history

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Release history for "One Right Now"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various November 5, 2021 Republic [82][83]
Italy Contemporary hit radio Universal [84]
United States November 9, 2021 Republic [85]
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