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“11 Minutes” is YUNGBLUD’S second single of 2019, following “Loner.”
The song features vocals from both YUNGBLUD and Halsey as well as drumming from blink-182’s Travis Barker. The track’s downbeat vocals tell a modern dysfunctional love story all over intense guitar and drums.
In a proposed edit to this song bio, YUNGBLUD said:
"This song was inspired by a true event. It is a “perfect” modern tragedy where two young people were perfect for each other but separated because they believed they had to fit in with the boundaries of modern ideologies – where society envisages “love" as secondary to money, success and power. However, after years apart they realize they cannot live without each other and decide to meet. The girl sends him a message letting him know that she is “11 minutes away.” Yet on the way to meet him she gets into a car accident. The song resembles the 5 stages of grief, where after losing someone those 11 minutes will forever repeat in the back of his subconscious for the rest of is life. You never realize how important something is to you, until it has been taken away."
In a statement to iHeartRadio, YUNGBLUD explains:
"The song tells the story of a perfect tragedy that reflects modern love within our society. We are so distracted and focused on what’s next, we can fail to see what is actually in front of us. We don’t realize how much we need something until it’s taken away from us.
Working with Halsey and Travis was a f***ing dream – at the end of the day we’re all rock kids. We grew up with a mutual adoration for the genre so it completely makes sense that we would come together and try to modernize it."
"It was something that happened really quick. I don’t know why, it was kind of a collaboration of three artists that happened in a space of three days. Me and Halsey met, and we went out for a beer. Like, so weird. No one ever just goes out for a beer in music anymore. Everyone’s always like, “what can I get out of you?” And we found out we had so much in common, kind of musically, where we were from and stuff. And I had this idea got s song about this tragic accident, and it reminded of a Brand New song. And she was like, “I’ve loved this song all my life. And I would love to do something like this with you.” I was like, “sick!” So we did, and I remember as soon as she got on the mic, and sung the hook, I was like, “that sounds mental.”"
"What is so insane about Halsey’s voice is that it’s so distinctive because it’s got a character that is so individual. Soon as you hear that voice, you know it’s her. I love that because that’s rare in pop music. So it’s really refreshing to kind of go, “Whoa, that’s so individual.” As an artist, I believe her. I believe everything she’s saying. She’s genuinely an artist. I grew up on artists like Eminem and Lady Gaga, who kind of played characters. We have that in common, where we go, “Right, okay. If I’m going to get on a mic and I’m going to sing it like this and I’m going to play this person, how would that person feel?” Because if I sing it as just me, it’s going to have no emotion and it’s not going to connect to anybody because you’re just singing a song, you ain’t telling a story then. I always say if you ain’t telling a story or if you ain’t trying to push a boundary or do something different, you ain’t an artist, you’re a singer, and I don’t want to be a fucking singer, and she doesn’t want to be a singer either. That was the mutual spark and fire that really kind of blew this record up in the studio."
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