About this song
- "Glimpse of Us" is a song by singer Joji released as the lead single from his third album Smithereens on June 10, 2022. It was written by Alexis Kesselman, Castle, Riley McDonough, and producer Connor McDonough. Glimpse Of Us is the first musical offering from Joji since the release of his second studio album Nectar in September 2020. On the track, Joji compares his current relationship to the connection he felt with a past lover, unable to forget the feelings he had in his past while with his current partner. The song's lyrics express the conflict of Joji's longing for his ex-lover, even though he is in a relationship with another woman, who has shown tons of affection to him, and is "perfect". The murder of singer Christina Grimmie in 2016 had a severe impact on one of the song's writers close to Christina, Riley McDonough. The idea of "Glimpse of Us" was first concepted in June 2019, where he was struggling and to him, "life just didn't make any sense." He then made a voice memo, stating that he "[called] out to God, [asking], 'If I could only catch a glimpse of you.' " During a writing session with Connor McDonough, Castle, and Alexis Kesselman, he found the voice memo titled "Glimpse", and the song was written that day. Two years later, Joji heard the song, and made his own changes before the song's final version. While on tour, Charlie Puth was sent the song, and had planned on returning to it, but the final version by Joji had been released 2 weeks later. Joji first teased the track on June 6, 2022, with an instagram story revealing that new music would be coming later that week. That same day, he then posted the song’s title and cover art, along with a pre-save link for the single. The song was accompanied by its music video, directed by Dan Streit. The video contains various scenes of destructive antics committed by "anonymous protagonists," including in race cars. Clips from the video became popular on TikTok, leading the music video to gain tens of millions of views. The video was shot on a Sony DCR-HC32 miniDV and consisted of 15 hours of raw footage before editing. The video was primarily shot in Atlanta, with additional scenes shot in Tennessee, Alabama, Los Angeles, and New York. Following its release, Glimpse of Us broke a series of records. It became the first song by an Asian artist to reach #1 on Spotify's Global chart, remaining there for 10 consecutive days. Glimpse Of Us debuted at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of June 25, 2022, with this it became the second song by a Japanese artist to reach the top 10 after Kyu Sakamoto's #1 hit "Sukiyaki" in 1963. With the song's debut at #10 it also marked the first debut of an Asian soloist directly in the top 10, as well as his fifth entry on the chart. Glimpse Of Us peaked at #8 the next week in July 2022, becoming his highest charting song on the Hot 100. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Glimpse of Us" is a song by Japanese-Australian singer Joji, released as the lead single from his third studio album Smithereens on 10 June 2022 through 88rising and Warner Records. It was written by Alexis Kesselman, Castle, Riley McDonough, and producer Connor McDonough. 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. — wikipedia
Chart history
Peak position and weeks on chart across Australian community countdowns.
| Chart | Peak | Most recent | Weeks on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIA Australian Artist Singles | #2 | 2023-06-12 (#20) | 52 |
| ARIA Top 50 Singles | #14 | 2023-02-06 (#49) | 21 |
