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The Writer Of Justin Bieber’s “Holy” Thinks There May Have Been Divine Intervention In Getting The Song Into Justin’s Hands · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Seacrest. Mr Franks is a name
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  Speaker 1: you'll be hearing a lot more of in the coming years,
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  Speaker 1: but we've already got the track record to prove his
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  Speaker 1: musical talent. He co wrote and co produced nine of
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  Speaker 1: Ariana Grande's new songs on Positions, including the title track
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  Speaker 1: as well as Bieber and Chance of Rappers. Holy. According
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  Speaker 1: to Mr Frank's it felt like a holy power might
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  Speaker 1: have fittingly played a part in having Justin sing the
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  Speaker 1: song after he and hit producer Tommy Brown came up
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  Speaker 1: with the basic track. Mr Franks tells songwriter Universe. We
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  Speaker 1: had no idea Holy was gonna be Justin's song. Then
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  Speaker 1: someone gave us a call and asked us how he
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  Speaker 1: wanted to split up songwriting credits on We joked to them,
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  Speaker 1: oh yeah, it's gonna be a single for Justin. We
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  Speaker 1: literally had no idea. We were just messing around, and
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  Speaker 1: then they replied, yeah, we'll give up the paperwork done.
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  Speaker 1: We couldn't believe it. That moment was so surreal. It
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  Speaker 1: felt like we just spoke that into existence. Holies out now.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.