| Dear Future Self (Hands Up) | |
| Cover: | Dear Future Self (Hands Up).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean |
| Recorded: | 2019 |
| Studio: | Nervous Breakdance Studios (Studio City, California) The Rate Cave and the Rib Cage (Los Angeles, California) |
| Label: | |
| Chronology: | Fall Out Boy |
| Prev Title: | I've Been Waiting |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | Bob Dylan |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean. It was released on September 10, 2019, on DCD2 and Island Records as a single from their compilation album, .
In October 2009, Fall Out Boy announced their first greatest hits album, Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits. The compilation album was released on November 17, 2009. Nearly ten years after the release of the album, the band announced Believers Never Die Volume Two – Greatest Hits, with a scheduled release date of November 15, 2019.[1] The announcement coincided with the Hella Mega Tour announcement, a concert tour that took place from July 2021 to July 2022 with American rock bands Green Day and Weezer, in Europe and the United States.[2]
"Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" was written by Fall Out Boy, Wyclef Jean, Jens Siverstedt, Jonas Wallin, and Noonie Bao. The chorus samples "Hands Up" by Inna. The track has a runtime of 2 minutes and 51 seconds. In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's radio station Beats 1, Pete Wentz spoke about the composition of the song:[3] Aaron Grech of MXDWN described the song as blending "elements of Fall Out Boy's pop punk style, mixed in with eclectic dance hall inspired rhythms", while overall labeling "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" as a "summer pop song".[4]
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