"Wait" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on January 16, 2018, to contemporary hit radio as the fourth single from the band's sixth studio album Red Pill Blues (2017).[1] The song was previously released as a promotional single on October 31, 2017. It was written by Adam Levine, John Ryan, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Ammar Malik and was produced by Ryan. It served as the third countdown single released from the album following "Whiskey".
"Wait" was announced on October 30, 2017.[2] The song was released as an instant-grant the following day worldwide.[3] On November 3, 2017, guitarist James Valentine later announced on Twitter, that the song would later become the album's official fourth single.[4]
The remix versions of the song was released, the first version by Canadian duo Chromeo on January 19, 2018, and the second version featuring American rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie on January 26.[5]
"Wait" has a duration of 3 minutes and 10 seconds. It was written by Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, John Ryan, Jacob "JKash" Kasher Hindlin, and Ammar Malik and was produced by John Ryan.
The music video for "Wait" was released on February 8, 2018, on Vevo. The video features actress Alexandra Daddario and was directed by Dave Meyers.[6] It begins with lead singer Adam Levine at the church as he wakes up in a coffin and later walks to another coffin with people appeared at the funeral, there he used the scorpion to resurrect his ex-girlfriend (played by Daddario) who the one cheated on him. Scenes of Levine getting attacked and fought by the ex-girlfriend include the women gangsters and the bathtub woman also follow. In the next scene, Levine is underwater from another world with little mermaids and enters the junkyard with the ex-girlfriend watching him as millions of meteors destroy the place, blowing the ex-girlfriend away. In the final scene, the ex-girlfriend breaks up and leaves Levine at the house with ropes all over him as the video ends.
On January 16, 2018, a Snapchat version video was released on Spotify and on Vevo, the following day. Directed by Travis Schneider, and was shot on iPhone 7.[7] The video follows Levine in various parts at his home, as he performs in lip-syncing to the song with scenes covered by different Snapchat filters. Levine's wife, Behati Prinsloo makes a cameo appearance.[8]
A vertical lyric video was released exclusively by Spotify on December 15, 2017.[9] Like the Snapchat video, which was also directed by Schneider and features Levine, is writing the lyrics on a screen wall. On February 1, 2018, the official lyric video is directed and produced by the band's multi-instrumentalist Sam Farrar. It was shot entirely on iPhone X.[10]
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