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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Alien

| cover = Sabrina Carpenter and Jonas Blue Alien Cover.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Sabrina Carpenter and Jonas Blue

| album = Blue Singular: Act I

| released =

| recorded = May 2017

| studio =

| genre = Dance-pop

| length =

| label = Hollywood

| writer =

| producer =

| chronology = Sabrina Carpenter

| prev_title = First Love

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = Almost Love

| next_year = 2018

| misc =

}}

"'Alien'" is a song recorded by American singer Sabrina Carpenter and British DJ and record producer Jonas Blue, taken from both the Japanese editions of Blue's debut album 'Blue' and Carpenter's album 'Singular: Act I'. The track was written by Carpenter, Janee Bennett and its producer Blue. The song was released by Hollywood Records on March 16, 2018. "Alien" describes what it is like to be lost in someone's feelings and how alienating it can be. The song reached number one on 'Billboard's Dance Club Songs. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Carly Cusson premiered on her Vevo channel on March 29, 2018.

Background and recording



The idea for the song came about during a weekend meeting in London between the two artists. According to Sabrina, she describes what its like to be lost in someones feelings and how alienating that can be, hence the song's title.[https://genius.com/Sabrina-carpenter-and-jonas-blue-alien-lyrics "Sabrina Carpenter Breaks Down 'Alien'"] from Genius (March 21, 2018)

Composition and lyrical interpretation



Musically, "Alien" is a two minutes and fifty-four seconds song. In terms of music notation, "Alien" was composed using common time in the key of B flat minor, with a moderate tempo of 106 beats per minute. The song follows the chord progression of Gmaj7-A-Bm(add4)-Asus in the verses and Carpenter's vocal range spans from the low note A3 to the high note of D5, giving the song one octave and three notes of range.

Music videos



It was first released a vertical music video directed by Alexandra Gavillet through Spotify on March 16, 2018 and later on Vevo and YouTube on April 11, 2018. The music video was released through Vevo and YouTube on March 30, 2018 and was directed by Carly Cusson.

Track listing



Credits and personnel



'Recording and management'

*Mastered at The Erchange Mike Marsh Mastering (Devon, England)

*Seven Summits Music/Pink Mic Music, Universal Music Publishing Ltd, Universal Songs Of PolyGram Int., Inc.

'Personnel'

*Sabrina Carpenter  lead vocals, songwriting

*Janee Bennett  songwriting

*Jonas Blue  songwriting, production, recording, mixing, arrangement, programming, vocals

*Mike Marsh  vocals, mastering

Credits adapted from 'Blue (Japanese edition)' liner notes.

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Category:Jonas Blue songs

Category:Sabrina Carpenter songs

Category:2018 songs

Category:2018 singles

Category:Hollywood Records singles

Category:Songs written by Jonas Blue

Category:Songs written by Jin Jin (musician)

Category:Songs written by Sabrina Carpenter

Category:Vertically-oriented music videos

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