<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "What Do You Mean?" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "What Do You Mean?" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Justin Bieber for his fourth studio album Purpose (2015). The song was released on August 28, 2015, as the album's lead single by Def Jam . Written by Bieber, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd and Mason Levy, the song was produced by MdL and co-produced by Bieber . "What Do You Mean?" is a pop and tropical house song, with its instrumentation consisting in light flourishes of panpipes, looped vocal samples, piano chords, fervent synths, bass and "slick beat" elements with the sound of a clock ticking, while Bieber uses a smooth, soulful vocal . Lyrically, "What Do You Mean?" describes not being able to figure out the opposite sex with Bieber asking a girl why her body language is conflicting with her words . </P> <P> It was featured in several year - end lists of best songs of 2015 . Commercially, the song topped the charts in several countries, including Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway . In Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, "What Do You Mean?" was Bieber's first number - one single . The song's music video features Bieber in bed with a young woman and getting kidnapped by masked men, as well as an appearance from actor John Leguizamo . </P>

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