Clips from the video became popular on TikTok, leading the music video to gain tens of millions of views. The video contains various scenes of tomfoolery committed by "anonymous protagonists," including in race cars. The song was accompanied by its music video, directed by Dan Streit. Andrea See of Bandwagon Asia felt that the "stripped-down" sound of the song "foreshadows Joji's more mature sonic territory" in contrast to his previous electronic material. Brenton Blanchet of Complex described the song as a "chilling piano ballad", while Jon Caramanica of The New York Times considered it "splendid and striking". The song received widespread acclaim, with critics praising its simplicity, lyrics and Joji's emotional vocals. The song received a nomination for Song of the Year at the ARIA Awards 2022 in Australia, due to Joji being part Australian on his father's side. The song also topped the New Zealand and Australian singles, becoming Joji's first number-one single. It also marked the first debut of an Asian soloist directly in the top 10, as well as his fifth entry on the chart. With the song's debut in tenth place on the Billboard Hot 100, it became the second song by a Japanese artist to reach the top 10 after Kyu Sakamoto's " Sukiyaki" in 1963. It became the first song by an Asian artist to reach number one on Spotify's Global chart, remaining there for 10 consecutive days. The song became Joji's most successful hit single to date, having peaked at number one in Australia, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Singapore, number two on the Global 200, and within the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, Norway, the United States and Vietnam.įollowing its release, "Glimpse of Us" broke a series of records. It was written by Alexis Kesselman, Castle, Riley McDonough, and producer Connor McDonough. " Glimpse of Us" is a song by Japanese singer Joji, released as the lead single from his third studio album Smithereens on 10 June 2022 through 88rising and Warner Records.
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