"Ghost" is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was sent to French radio stations through Universal Music Group on September 10, 2021, as the sixth and final single from his sixth studio album, Justice.[1][2] Jon Bellion wrote the song with Bieber and produced it with the Monsters & Strangerz (Jordan K. Johnson and Stefan Johnson), alongside Michael Pollack.[3] Commercially, "Ghost" reached number one in Malaysia and Singapore and charted within the top ten in Canada, Indonesia, Ireland, Lebanon, the Philippines, and the United States.
Bieber explained that his objective with the creation of "Ghost" was to "make people feel like there is hope and that the trauma and the hurt that you feel isn't gonna last forever".[4] In a Zoom playback of Justice, he acknowledged that 2020 "has been a really challenging year where we've lost loved ones and relationships" during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bieber went on to say that the song's hook "works for this quarantine situation" since "we're not relating and connecting in the same way", which in turn "has allowed us to only really have these memories".[5] On February 20, 2022, American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion, who was involved in the songwriting and production of "Ghost", also explained through a tweet that he wrote the song about his late grandmother.[6]
"Ghost" is an uptempo grime influenced[7] pop rock and synth-pop ballad.[8][9][10][11] The song is set in the key of D major with a tempo of 77 beats per minute.[12] It meshes electronic dance music (EDM) with drum and bass and makes use of a folky acoustic guitar, busy programmed drums, and shimmering EDM synthesizers.[13][14][15][16] Uproxx's Bianca Gracie described the track as leaning into the adult contemporary genre "with its radio-friendly acoustic guitar riffs".[17] The song's chattering beats give way to an acoustic guitar strum before the two sounds are brought together on the chorus.[13][18] Lyrically, "Ghost" deals with grief caused by the absence of a loved one, with Bieber singing: "I'll settle for the ghost of you / I miss you more than life."[13][14][19] Catherine Walthall of American Songwriter remarked that the song does not "exclusively serve in an elegiac fashion", in that while it is likely about losing a loved one to death, it can also act "as a comfort for those battling the woes of long-distance or separation".[3]
To promote "Ghost", Bieber teamed up with Dolby Laboratories to create a long-form commercial for Dolby Atmos including the song.[20] A day later, Billboard chart director Gary Trust announced that the song started being officially promoted to US pop radio.[21] Bieber performed the song at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, where he sported a hoodie covering most of his face and was accompanied on set by large ice blocks.[22][23]
The song received critical acclaim by music critics. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post saw "Ghost" as the best song on Justice, writing that the "rafter-rattling ballad" is "perfectly suited to the unique concerns of quarantine".[11] Similarly, Los Angeles Times pop music critic Mikael Wood considered it one of the album's highlights, noting that the song's drums "punches up a vaguely creepy emo sentiment".[15] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard listed it ninth in his ranking of the best songs on Justice, believing that "Bieber drops one of the best vocal performances on the album here and carries the concept through".[18] The Evening Standard's David Smyth felt the song's synths were one of the many musically enjoyable aspects on Justice.[16] NME's Will Lavin wrote that the track "hits hard but imparts a healing guitar riff to cushion the blow".[8] Anna Clara Ribeiro from PopMatters found it to be the most intriguing song on Justice in terms of production, specifying "not so much for any of the sounds that prevail in it", but rather "for where each of them is placed". Ribeiro also called it a good lyrical moment of the album.[13] Baby A. Gil of The Philippine Star thought the song "effortlessly juggles grief and hope while depicting forever love".[24] Consequence of Sound's Valerie Magan was less positive about the track, feeling its "impact remains as barren as the imagery".[25]
The official music video for "Ghost", directed by Colin Tilley, premiered on October 8, 2021.[43] It coincided with the release of the complete edition of Justice and the Amazon Prime Video documentary, Justin Bieber: Our World.[44] Actress Diane Keaton stars as Bieber's grandmother in the video.[45] The video opens with Bieber playing the piano, celebrating his grandfather's birthday with him and Keaton.[46] The moment is interrupted in the next scene as Bieber and Keaton mourn the death of his grandfather at an ocean-side funeral.[46][47] Two years after the event,[48] Bieber sees Keaton is still struggling with her husband's death.[46] He decides to take Keaton for a night out on the town as they attempt to move past their grief.[46][49] Bieber buys a Gucci dress for Keaton to cheer her up,[50] and they partake in activities such as going on long walks along Ventura Beach and taking shots, toasting, and dancing at a bar.[45][49][51] Bieber later encourages Keaton to date again as she looks for eligible bachelors on a dating app called Slide.[47][49][52] Bieber then drives Keaton to the beach in a convertible, where she scatters her husband's ashes in the ocean while dolphins jump up to greet them.[47][53] At the end of the video, Bieber surprises Keaton by setting her up on a date with a new man who slightly resembles her departed husband.[47][52]
Bieber called Keaton and asked her to be in the video, to which she accepted the offer and expressed fondness for the song.[45] Keaton previously shared a brief interaction with Bieber in 2015 during her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and admitted having a slight crush on him after being shown his Calvin Klein campaign.[54] On October 6, 2021, Bieber and Keaton shared a teaser of the video on their respective Instagram accounts.[55] Speaking about her experience working with Bieber, Keaton said it was "friendly, open, loose and unique", adding that he "was kind to everyone and his team was perfection".[56] While Keaton had never been in a music video before, she directed two of them for Belinda Carlisle's singles, "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" and "I Get Weak".[53][56]
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This is the thing, I have a public playlist. In my computer it says that I have 77 songs (the correct number), but in my phone a Ipad it says that I have 78 songs. Even after i removed all songs from the playlist it kept saying I have 1 song but when I enter it says that I got no songs.
We're trying to figure out what might be causing this issue since this is something that we couldn't replicate on our end. Can you let us know if that happens in all of your playlists or just a particular one?
I am so frustrated I am sure someone knows the answer to this question but I have yet to find it. I just upgraded to IOS 7 on my iPhone and I upgraded my iTines to thelatest and greatest version. Now when I connect my phone to iTunes and look at the phone under device I see that there are a number of songs listed...all are greyed out and can not be selected. NONE of these songs are on my iPhone. I AM using iTunes Match and have been since Jan 2013. I had a similar issue with the last upgrades and for the life of me can not remember how I fixed it. I have a feeling that I had to completely eliminate everything from my library which is something that I do not want to do.
Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? I have tried everything that I can think of...from shutting off iTunes Match on my phone from reloading iTunes Match within iTunes. This is what my screen looks like...
Most but not all of these songs are in my Itunes Music. Originally the all were there but in my attempt to solve the problem I deleted some from my Itunes (on purpose) to see if any individual some was the problem.
No suggestion is silly - I have tried many things - too many to list and I am truly getting desparate. I truly believe that this is an Match issue but I can't find any resolution for the problem. When I take all music off of my phone as it is right now the problem still exists. If I add music the music that is added will be seen in black lettering beside the grey lettering listing...that is in iTunes. I am sorry if I am not making any sense it is easier to show someone than to explain it.
Try the following all-purpose steps for dealing with erratic device or sync behaviour. They assume that all of the content you want on the device is in your library ready for restoring. If it isn't see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device first. I would also recommend you copy everything out of the camera roll if you haven't already.
Use an encrypted backup if you want to preserve passwords, Wi-Fi settings, web history and health data where appropriate. I also suggest syncing with a selection of playlists (unless you're using iCloud Music Library) rather than manually adding content as, if nothing else, the process above is easier to do if you ever have to go through it again. The downside with backup encryption is that if you forget the password when you need it again, which could be years later, you may need to invoke a workaround to turn off encryption as shown in Re: disable encrypted backups, which can only help if your device is in a state that can backup to iCloud.
I had "manually manage music and videos" checked on my iphone summary page, to handle a file transfer issue I was having with file sharing. When I unchecked that and it went back to syncing from iTunes, the problem rectified itself.
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