"Beautiful Mistakes" is a song by American band Maroon 5, featuring American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. It was released through 222 and Interscope Records as the second single from the band's upcoming seventh studio album Jordi on March 3, 2021. The vocals are handled by Thee Stallion and the band's lead singer Adam Levine. The two vocalists wrote the song alongside its producers.
Composition[]
"Beautiful Mistakes" is a guitar-driven pop rock song with heavy drums and atmospheric synths and a tranquil beat. Thee Stallion delivers a slow and melodic, verse, and switches from rapping to singing halfway through.
The little break where [Megan Thee Stallion goes] to the melodic thing, to be honest, it actually shows this new kind of branch of what she does, and this new versatility that she's going to show everybody right now. That's a side of her I had never really heard yet. [...] What she did was just miraculous, and it brought the song to a whole new level.
— Adam Levine on Thee Stallion showing off her versatility in "Beautiful Mistakes".
Release and Promotion[]
The song was revealed along with its title, cover art, and release date on February 22, 2021. The official lyric video was released alongside the song on March 3, 2021. The official music video was released on March 12, 2021, and was directed by Sophie Muller.
Personnel[]
Credits adapted from Tidal.
- Adam Levine – songwriter, vocals
- Andrew Goldstein – songwriter, producer, guitar, keyboards, programming
- Jacob Kasher Hindlin – songwriter
- Joe Kirkland – songwriter
- Blackbear – songwriter, producer, keyboards, programming
- Megan Thee Stallion – vocals, songwriter
- James Valentine – guitar
- Ghenea – engineer, mixer
- Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – recording engineer, vocal producer
- Sam Schamberg – assistant recording engineer
- Shawn "Source" Jarrett – vocal engineer
- Randy Merrill – mastering engineer