Question: where are u now that i need you

title: Where Are Ü Now
text: As The New York Times writer Jon Pareles recalled , `` They reversed the original order of the verses . They took the lone a cappella vocal track they had from Mr. Bieber , cut it to stutter certain words in the introduction , and pitched it higher and lower in various parts of the song , allowing Mr. Bieber to answer himself from below and harmonize above . They toyed with dance beats , keyboard chords and bass lines -- thickening the song and then thinning it again . They concocted sounds that were determinedly different from standard dance - club fare ; what seems like a snare drum , for instance , is actually a tweaked version of an Indian tabla . '' `` Where Are Ü Now '' was released as the duo 's second single from their debut album , Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü ( 2015 ) on February 27 , 2015 , and was later released as a bonus track on Bieber 's fourth studio album , Purpose ( 2015 ) . The original version , titled `` The Most '' , was also released as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Purpose .