Released June 18, 2013 Recorded 2013 Length 3:13 | Format Digital download Genre Pop Label Columbia | |
"Gold" is the first solo single by American singer Victoria Justice, released in June 2013 by Columbia Records. The song was written by Tove Lo, Jason Weiss, Sam Shrieve, Ben Camp, Jakob Jerlström and Ludvig Söderberg.
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Background
Justice first initiated her music career on the Nickelodeon TV show Victorious. She recorded the series' first featured song "Make It Shine", which was also the show's theme song. Several other songs were featured in the series, including "You're the Reason", "Beggin' on Your Knees" and "Best Friend's Brother". Justice performed her third official single, "Freak the Freak Out", during the Victorious special episode of the same name. In a 2010 interview with the Associated Press, she stated that she was recording an album but would take her time with the process, rather than rush it. In October 2012, she revealed she would release her debut album in 2013, stating "It's going to be pop".
On June 6, 2013 Justice described material from her album:
When you hear these songs…the people that know me are like, 'This is so Vic!' It's 100 percent my personality, messages I want to get across. Some of the songs are really fun, upbeat stuff you can dance to, and then I have some songs that are a little more introspective, a little more mellow. It's just all me, basically, so it's very cool.
Victoria Justice later commented on her album again: "'Gold' is more mainstream pop, and I wrote another song that I'm super excited about, and it's one of my favorites that I've ever written...I'm just exploring with a bunch of different sounds. It's been really fun getting to write most of my music."
Music video
Justice released an audio track for the song via her official YouTube account on 18 June, 2013. The official music video for the song was directed by Chandler Lass and premiered on 12 July, 2013. Colton Haynes flirts with Justice in glamorous scenes in the video.