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Harleys in Hawaii
Harleys in Hawaii cover
Single by Katy Perry
Album Smile
Released October 16, 2019
Recorded 2019
Genre(s) Tropical, pop, trap, reggae, R&B
Length 3:05
Label(s) Capitol
Producer(s) Johan Carlsson, John Ryan, Peter Karlsson
Smile chronology
Tucked
(9)
Harleys in Hawaii
(10)
Only Love
(11)

Harleys in Hawaii is a song recorded by Katy Perry for her sixth studio album, Smile, which was released on August 28, 2020 through Capitol Records. It was released as a standalone single on October 16, 2019. The song was written by Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Perry and its producers Charlie Puth and Johan Carlsson.

Development and release[]

On October 14, 2019, Perry revealed the song's cover art and announced it would be released two days later, with Fox News calling the image "retro". She stated on the Zach Sang Show that the inspiration for the song was a trip to Hawaii with fiancé Orlando Bloom, saying: "I can remember specifically where I was, the street corner I was at in Oahu and turning that corner and whispering to Orlando, going 'I'm going to write a song called 'Harleys in Hawaii'".

Perry shot a music video for the song in Hawaii in July 2019, and Puth commented in September 2019 that he was in the process of approving a mix of the song, as well as that he had "a lot of fun" creating the song with Perry. The video was produced by Catalan video producer Canada and directed by Pau Lopez, Gerardo del Hierro, and Tomas Pena under the name Manson and was released on October 16, 2019.

Composition[]

"Harleys in Hawaii" is a tropical, pop, trap, reggae and R&B song, which describes Perry's emotions as she rides Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Hawaii with her lover. It has a moderately fast tempo of 140 beats per minute. It is played in the key of B♭ minor and follows a chord progression of B♭m-E♭m-Fm. The song has a duration of three minutes and five seconds.

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