Though it seems like an upbeat song, the lyrics describe a heartbroken lover's decision to move on, knowing they'll both be happier that way. A "Happier" music video was released on YouTube just a few days ago and already has more than 13 million views. Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier.
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It is also Bastille's highest charting single as well on both charts surpassing their single " Pompeii " 's number five peak on the Hot and tying at its number two peak on the UK chart. It also logged 27 weeks in the top ten of the Hot The song was ranked number 33 on the Billboard Hot decade-end chart of the s, and is the highest-ranking song to not top the Billboard Hot weekly chart. Dan Smith, frontman of Bastille, had originally written 'Happier' for Justin Bieber but the band ultimately decided to keep it for themselves. We had a really interesting time getting to work on it with Marshmello who managed to find some euphoria in a pretty melancholy, direct song. It's always good to step into somebody else's world for a minute and we're excited to be a part of it. Lyrically, the song tells "the tale of a love that's over before one party wants to accept it".
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By Felicity Morse Newsbeat social media producer. From the topic Tech. He explains: "Money is the topic that I purposely try and avoid, I feel like it's not important to anyone and I just want to make entertaining videos. Don't get me wrong though, I don't hate money. He said the happiest he's ever been was working at a hot dog stand after he dropped out of college. The fact I could make videos was far more important to me that the fact I had to spend a few hours a day doing a job that wasn't that prestigious.
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. If it's the latter then you may need to be more direct and take initiative. I had told him that if he hadn't changed jobs, that I wouldn't have left him but that our relationship would probably become irreparable.
