Without You (The Kid Laroi song)

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"Without You"
The Kid Laroi - Without You (Remix).png
Miley Cyrus remix cover
Single by the Kid Laroi and Miley Cyrus
from the album F*ck Love (Savage)
Released16 December 2020
Genre
Length2:41
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Blake Slatkin
  • Omer Fedi
The Kid Laroi singles chronology
"Reminds Me of You"
(2020) 		"Without You"
(2020) 		"All My Life"
(2021)
Miley Cyrus singles chronology
"Angels like You"
(2021) 		"Without You"
(2021)
Music videos

"Without You" (stylized as all caps) is a song by Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi from the deluxe "Savage" edition of his debut mixtape F*ck Love (2020). It was released to alternative radio on 18 December 2020 as the fifth overall single from the mixtape.[1][2]

A remix of "Without You" with American singer Miley Cyrus was released on 30 April 2021. The Kid Laroi first discussed a forthcoming collaboration with Cyrus in an interview with Billboard on 6 April.[3] The remix itself was first previewed in Cyrus's TikTok video on 21 April,[4] and the release date was confirmed by both artists on 23 April.[5] It was also Cyrus's first release since signing with Columbia Records in March 2021.[6] It is Cyrus' first remix as a featured artist.

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 63, on the week of 19 December 2020, and peaked at number 23 in May 2021. The remix, featuring Miley Cyrus, gave the song a boost in popularity later and gave the song a new peak of number eight, becoming Laroi's first top 10 song as lead artist and highest-charting single until the release of "Stay". It is also his first number-one single in Australia.

At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Hip Hop Release and Song of the Year.[7]

Background[]

The Kid Laroi cited Sia as the inspiration for "Without You", who he listened to a lot.[8] According to Laroi, he was "going through some shit with girls", and while he and Omer Fedi were at his old house, he asked Fedi to play something on his guitar that "Sia would sing over". Fedi then strummed the chords that became "Without You".[8][9] The song was finished in that one night, consisting for the longest time of "just a bounce of [Laroi's] vocals" and one guitar.[8] Production was added a week before the release of F*ck Love (Savage); different types of drums were tested out on the track, but the decision was eventually made to exclude them, as "it takes away the whole feeling from it".[8]

Composition and lyrics[]

"Without You" is an acoustic emo rap and folk-pop ballad with a rock edge.[10][11][12][13] Following a basic chord progression, Laroi performs the song with "hoarse, almost grunted vocals" that are "pushed to the upper limits of their range".[14] The spite-filled song details the aftermath of a breakup and how the pain of separation cuts deeper than expected.[14][15] It sees Laroi lamenting about saying all the wrong things and ending up alone: "You cut out a piecе of me, and now I bleed internally / Left hеre without you / Without you."[16] The remix with Miley Cyrus provides a back-and-forth conversation and stays mostly faithful to the original.[15][17] Cyrus takes over some of Laroi's lines and contributes a new verse: "Feels like sleeping with a ghost / I called you up to let you know / I really wish that we could've got this right."[18][19][20]

TikTok trend[]

In December 2020, the song started trending on the video-sharing app TikTok, with videos set to the lyrics: "And I can't take it back, so in the past is where we'll leave it/So there you go/Can't make a wife out of a ho", referring to making light of less-than-ideal romantic situations.[10]

Music video[]

The song's accompanying music video premiered on 16 December 2020, and was directed by Steve Cannon. The video shows Laroi alone in a myriad of vast and expansive locations, including a salt lake and a snow-covered forest before getting "caked in the face" at a party.[21] A video for the remix was also released.

Credits and personnel[]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[22]

  • Charlton Howard – vocals, songwriting, composition
  • Blake Slatkin – songwriting, composition, production
  • Omer Fedi – songwriting, composition, production
  • Billy Walsh – songwriting, composition
  • Donn Robb – record engineering
  • John Castelli – mixing
  • Josh Deguzman – assistant engineering
  • Conor Hedge – assistant engineering
  • Fili Filizzola – assistant engineering
  • Hector Vega – assistant engineering
  • Dale Becker – mastering

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[80] 5× Platinum 350,000double-dagger
Austria (IFPI Austria)[81] 2× Platinum 60,000double-dagger
Belgium (BEA)[82] Platinum 40,000double-dagger
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[83] Platinum 40,000double-dagger
Canada (Music Canada)[84] 2× Platinum 160,000double-dagger
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[85] Platinum 90,000double-dagger
Germany (BVMI)[86] Gold 200,000double-dagger
Italy (FIMI)[87] Gold 35,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[88] Platinum 30,000double-dagger
Norway (IFPI Norway)[89] 3× Platinum 180,000double-dagger
Poland (ZPAV)[90] Platinum 50,000double-dagger
Portugal (AFP)[91] 2× Platinum 20,000double-dagger
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[92] Gold 20,000double-dagger
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[93] Platinum 20,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[94] Platinum 600,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[95] 2× Platinum 2,000,000double-dagger
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[96] Platinum 8,000,000dagger

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

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