<P> The song was originally intended to be the lead single of Grande's third studio album, Dangerous Woman (then entitled Moonlight). Republic Records later told Billboard that the track had been removed from the album's standard edition, with "Dangerous Woman" replacing it as the lead single . However, the song is a bonus track on the album's Japanese version . Vulture.com editor Dee Locket explained why "Focus" was not included on the album's final cut; the song's rollout was not "remembered as a success--it was calculated to a fault, too polished for a time when pop's biggest stars, particularly its women, were letting their flaws bleed into the music ." </P> <P> According to sheet music published by Kobalt Music on Musicnotes.com, "Focus" was written in the key of G ♯ minor and set in time at a moderate tempo of 98 beats per minute . Grande's voice ranges from C ♯ to G ♯ . A retro - styled song, "Focus" is based on a 1970s - inspired dance beat . According to Ryan Reed of Rolling Stone, its instrumentation features "stabbing big - band brass" (with saxophone, trumpet and a trombone), smooth synths and clanging percussion with synthesized handclaps and a cowbell . The song's horn foundation has been compared to Grande's 2014 single, "Problem" (featuring Australian rapper Iggy Azalea) from her album, My Everything . In an Entertainment Tonight interview, Grande acknowledged "Focus"' similarity to "Problem"; she thought the former would be the "perfect transition record" from her last album to her new album, because it sounds like "Problem 2.0". </P> <P> Lyrically, Grande asks for attention and focus . According to Idolator's Robbie Daw, the pre-chorus resembles the intro of KC and the Sunshine Band's 1975 disco song, "That's the Way (I Like It)". Marcus Floyd of Renowned for Sound wrote that in the second verse, Grande "addresses her haters and insists that they address her realness". Its "funky" chorus consists of the repeated phrase, "Focus on me", sung by American actor Jamie Foxx in a bass voice . Grande explained the hook: </P> <P> When I say, "Focus on me", I'm not asking to be the center of attention . I'm not asking you to focus on my face or my clothes or my body or my singing voice . By "focus on me", I literally mean focus on me . Focus on what I'm all about and what I believe in . The more we focus on each other as people and not on what we look like, what we're wearing, our gender, our hairstyle, our sexuality, the color of our skin . But focus on each other on a soul level . The more we realize how much we have in common, the more we listen to each other, the more one we become . </P>

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