2020Released
4:08

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Here, Hailee Steinfeld reflects on a romance that took a "wrong direction." I don't hate you, no I couldn't if I wanted to. I just hate all the hurt that you put me through The relationship caused her emotional pain. Though at first "it felt like heaven," Hailee soon came to realize her lover was being unfaithful to her. Couldn't even see you through the smoke Lookin' back, I probably should have known But I just wanted to believe that you were out sleepin' alone

Fans were quick to connect the song title to Hailee's romance with One Direction star Niall Horan. The pair reportedly dated for about a year before breaking up at the end of 2018.

Hailee wrote the somber ballad with: Canadian singer-songwriter Lowell Bolan, who is best known for the song "Ride." A collaboration with Icona Pop, it featured in the 2016 film, Nerve. Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Skyler Stonestreet, who was the first unsigned artist to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. Her other songwriting credits include The Chainsmokers' "Kanye" and Dua Lipa's "IDGAF." Canadian producer Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk, whose other writing credits include Kendrick Lamar's "The Blacker the Berry," Mark Ronson's "Late Night Feelings" and Hailee Steinfeld's "Afterlife." Koz also produced "Wrong Direction."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Wrong Direction.
A♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
73BPM

Album

The album Wrong Direction is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Wrong Direction.
Republic Records
© 2020 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2020 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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