"Fool's Gold" is a song recorded by American singer and actress

Sofia Carson Sofia Lauren Daccarett Char (born April 10, 1993), known professionally as Sofia Carson, is an American actress and singer. Her first appearance on television was as a guest star on the Disney Channel series ''Austin & Ally'' (2014). In 2015, ...

. It was released as the

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for her eponymous debut studio album on March 26, 2021, by

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Background and composition

The song is described as a "dance pop song with soulful funk guitar wraps around a pulsating bass line as her captivating voice sings a melody that embraces and transports you".

Music video

The music video was released on the same day and was directed by film director

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and explores

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concept, Carson explained that her and the director used the theme to tell a history that is so personal to the singer stating that

“The visual story is all about fire as you guys saw in the video because she’s in a way metaphorically playing with fire in the game of love. The story that I’m telling is so personal, and we kind of created the narrative together. We used the theme of fire in a really fun way to portray a girl who is really fiery within and knows what she wants, but at the same time is also kind of, metaphorically playing with fire."

Credits

Adapted by

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*Sofia Carson – vocals *Trondheim Soloists – strings *Stargate – producer *Yakob – producer *Caleb Hulin – engineer *Kevin KD Davis – mixing *Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – programming *Tor Erik Hermansen – programming *Jakob Rabitsch – programming *Jeff Jones – programming *Anders Larsen – recording, arranger

Charts

References

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