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"Location" is the debut single by American singer Khalid. It was uploaded to SoundCloud on April 30, 2016, [ 3 ] and released commercially in May 2016, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ a ] serving as the lead single from his debut studio album American Teen (2017).
Khalid Donnel Robinson (/ k ə ˈ l iː d / kə-LEED; born February 11, 1998) [1] is an American singer and songwriter from El Paso, Texas. He signed with Courtney Stewart 's Right Hand Music Group, an imprint of RCA Records to release his 2016 debut single, " Location " and its 2017 follow-up, " Young Dumb & Broke ".
American Teen is the debut studio album by American singer Khalid. [1] It was released on March 3, 2017, by Right Hand Music Group and RCA Records . [ 2 ] The album was supported by the Billboard Hot 100 top 20 singles " Location " and " Young Dumb & Broke "; as well as the third single "Saved".
Don McLean shares how he came to write 'American Pie,' from delivering papers with the news of Buddy Holly's death to meeting the Everly Brothers.
“The hardest thing about ‘American Teen’ is that I wrote it when I was 17 years old,” he said, adding that “there’s no way” he’d be able to replicate it now at 26.
"American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name , the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 [ 2 ] after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts (where it entered at number 69). [ 3 ]
[1] [2] The song marks the first collaboration between Justin Bieber and Khalid. [3] The "soulful and hopeful" song serves as "a sweet reminder of being grateful for the people who love you even when you are not perfect". [4] The "high-pitched synth and intense percussion" develop into the "upbeat, catchy chorus". [5]
The song is a nostalgic tribute to Don McLean's "American Pie", featuring a reference to "Chevys and levees" in the first verse and the line "We were more than just a slice of American pie" in the chorus. It is performed in the key of B major with a tempo of 126 beats per minuete in common time. The song follows a chord progression of F ♯ /A ...