Heartless (Diplo song)
2019 song by Diplo
"Heartless" is a song by American producer Diplo, released under his country-inspired alias Thomas Wesley, and features vocals from American country singer Morgan Wallen. It was released through Mad Decent and Columbia Records on August 16, 2019. The music video was directed by Brandon Dermer and premiered on September 5, 2019.
Background
"Heartless" is a part of Diplo's first "country project" and album Chapter 1: Snake Oil where he collaborated with many different artists, creating songs with a mashup of trap, pop, country, and dance/electronic music. The album was released on May 29, 2020. Writing credits were given to Diplo, Wallen, King Henry, Ryan Vojtesak, Ernest Keith Smith, and Ryan Hurd.
Andrew McInnes, Diplo's manager, reached out to Seth England, who is Wallen's manager, along with Florida Georgia Line and Chris Lane. Diplo and Wallen did not even meet until the making of the music video.
Commercial performance
"Heartless" was certified gold by the RIAA on November 19, 2019, platinum on February 12, 2020, and double platinum on June 16, 2020, for 2 million units in sales and streams. The song has sold 73,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020.
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