Maroon 5 - What Lovers Do ft. SZA

385/5000"What Lovers Do" is a song of America's pop rock band Maroon 5 which featured American R & B singer SZA. It was released on August 30, 2017 as the third single from the band's sixth studio album, Red Pill Blues (2017). This song contains interpolation of 2016 song "Sexual" featuring Dyo by Neiked, so Victor Rådström, Dyo, Elina Stridh are selected as songwriters.


Background and release

After a comprehensive tour that supports the fifth studio album "V (2014)", Maroon 5 started writing and recording the sixth studio album. On October 11, 2016, the band released a tropical house "Do not Wanna Know" featuring an American rapper, Kendrick Lamar. Another single "Cold" featuring the American rapper Future was released on February 17, 2017. In August 2017, lead singer Adam Levine's video and Snapchats revealed that the group is recording a new music video of "What Lovers Do" with the recording artist SZA.On August 26, 2017, the name "What Lovers Do" and the cover art of the truck were released on the Online Media Knowledge Base website Genius. The single release date was revealed three days ago.This single 16 - second preview was announced on the official website band on August 27, 2017.


Composition

"What Lovers Do" runs for about 3 minutes 20 seconds. It was written by Adam Levine, Starrah, Jason Evigan, Solána Imani Rowe and was produced by Jason Evigan, Ben Byions, Sam Farrar, Noah Passovoy. Victor Radstrom, Dyo, Elina Stridh are also recorded as Neiked's "Sexual" songwriter. The song is the key of B ♭ major, played at a tempo of 110 beats per minute. Following the chord progression of E ♭ 5 - Gm - F - B ♭ - E ♭, the song vocals range from F 3 to D 5 at a common time.


Music video

The music video was released on Vevo on September 28, 2017, and served by Joseph Kahn.