Puth became emotionally attached while writing the track, recalling Vail Cerullo, a friend of Puth 's time at Berklee College of Music, who perished in a motorcycle accident in 2012. He was at first reluctant that the film 's soundtrack label, Atlantic Records, would choose his vocal for the song. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Puth recalled, "It just seemed to occur from out of nowhere. And basically 10 minutes later Justin and I wrote it, we sent it off, and I thought we 'd never hear about it again ''. Puth and DJ Frank E 's output from the session was well received by Furious 7 filmmakers, Universal Pictures, and Atlantic. As a result, the track was further commissioned to include rapped verses by Khalifa based on the subject of family, combined with Puth 's vocals and a piano melody. The song then went through an extensive note - giving and production process. Puth opined that his vocal was chosen by Atlantic because of his emotional attachment to the subject matter.
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Vail Cerullo, a friend of Puth 's time at Berklee College of Music, who perished in a motorcycle accident in 2012