"Going Dumb" is a song by Swedish DJ
Alesso
Alessandro Renato Rodolfo Lindblad (born 7 July 1991), better known by his stage name Alesso (), is a Swedish DJ and record producer.
He has worked with numerous artists, including Tove Lo, Theo Hutchcraft, Ryan Tedder, Hailee Steinfeld, Ca ...
and Chinese musician
Corsak. It was released on 19 March 2021 in two versions: one by the two producers, and another with vocals in Korean from K-pop group
Stray Kids
Stray Kids (often abbreviated to SKZ; ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The band consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han (musician), Han, Felix (rapper), Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For un ...
.
The song accompanies the third anniversary of the
battle royale game ''
PUBG Mobile
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'', and is featured as background music in the mobile game.
It is Stray Kids' first collaboration.
With the song's debut at number 13 on ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Dance/Electronic Songs
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chart, ''
Forbes
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'' noted that Stray Kids became one of the
few Korean acts to appear on the chart. A lyric video was released the same day as the song, and a behind-the-scenes music video was released on 8 April 2021, which shows the artists' recording and production process in
Seoul
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,
Stockholm
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and
Shanghai
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. The official music video was released on 7 May.
The remix version by Low Steppa was released on 14 May,
and
Mike Williams was released on 28 May.
Track listing
*Digital download
# "Going Dumb" – 2:48
# "Going Dumb" (with
Stray Kids
Stray Kids (often abbreviated to SKZ; ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The band consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han (musician), Han, Felix (rapper), Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For un ...
) – 2:49
*Digital download (Low Steppa remix)
[
# "Going Dumb" (Low Steppa remix) – 3:17
*Digital download (Mike Williams remix)][
# "Going Dumb" ( Mike Williams remix) – 2:46
]
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[
* ]Alesso
Alessandro Renato Rodolfo Lindblad (born 7 July 1991), better known by his stage name Alesso (), is a Swedish DJ and record producer.
He has worked with numerous artists, including Tove Lo, Theo Hutchcraft, Ryan Tedder, Hailee Steinfeld, Ca ...
– producer, songwriter
* Corsak – co-producer, vocals
* Stray Kids
Stray Kids (often abbreviated to SKZ; ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The band consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han (musician), Han, Felix (rapper), Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For un ...
– vocals
* Calle Lehmann – co-producer, songwriter
* Haee – songwriter
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
{{PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2021 singles
2021 songs
Alesso songs
Macaronic songs
Music videos shot in Stockholm
Song recordings produced by Alesso
Songs written by Alesso
Stray Kids songs