Good Things Fall Apart

"Good Things Fall Apart" is a song by American EDM producer Illenium and American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion. It was released on May 13, 2019, on Astralwerks, alongside its lyric video. It serves as the fourth single from Illenium's third studio album Ascend. It became Illenium's first top ten hit on the US Dance/Electronic Songs chart, peaking at number 4.

"Good Things Fall Apart"
Single by Illenium and Jon Bellion
from the album Ascend
Released	May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)
Genre	Future bass pop alternative rock
Length	3:36
Label	Astralwerks
Songwriter(s)	Nicholas Miller James Abrahart Jason Evigan Jon Bellion Sarah Hudson
Producer(s)	Illenium Jason Evigan
Illenium singles chronology
"Pray" (2019) "Good Things Fall Apart" (2019) "Takeaway" (2019)
Jon Bellion singles chronology
"Stupid Deep" (2018) "Good Things Fall Apart" (2019) "Crop Circles" (2019)
Music video
"Good Things Fall Apart" on YouTube

Background

The song was first teased on April 26, 2019, by Illenium and Jon Bellion via their Twitter accounts. Bellion tweeted that he missed "sadboy anthems of the Yellowcard/Dashboard Confessional/Taking Back Sunday era". Illenium then somewhat confirmed a collab by responding to Bellion's tweet, writing "Sadboi anthem incoming".^[1]

Music video

The song's release was accompanied by the lyric video, followed by a music video on June 10, 2019. Directed by Jeremi Durand, the video follows two astronauts attempting to flee the planet as it is destroyed; scenes of Illenium and Bellion performing the song in military wardrobe are intercut throughout the video.^[2]

Other uses

The song is available as DLC for Rock Band 4.

"Tiësto's Big Room Remix" premiered on July 12, 2019.

Travis Barker remixed the song and released it on YouTube on December 3, 2019.^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019–2020) Peak position Canada Rock (Billboard)[4] 45 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[5] 38 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)[6] 76 US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[7] 1 US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[8] 18 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[9] 3 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[10] 30 US Rock & Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[11] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[12] 10 US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[13] 20 Chart (2020) Position US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[14] 12

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[15]	Gold	20,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[16]	Gold	15,000‡
United States (RIAA)[17]	2× Platinum	2,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	May 13, 2019	Digital download streaming	Astralwerks	[18]