
It was released for digital download on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and online streaming services, Tidal, Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube on December 13, 2019. YouKnowIGotSoul exclusively premiere 'Don't Waste My Time" through SoundCloud. This is following his last collaborative album A, with Zaytoven. The following day Jermaine Dupri, who produced the original Confessions went live on Instagram and previewed new music. In March 2019, he posted a picture of himself in the studio next to a whiteboard with the words "Confessions 2" and a blurred out tracklisting. Usher has been in the studio working on the sequel to Confessions. The song takes inspiration in part from " I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" (1990) by American R&B quintet Hi-Five and " Show You the Way to Go" (1976) by American family group the Jacksons. The song was written by the artists alongside Vedo, Christopher Allen Jones, and producers Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael-Cox. It serves as the lead single from Usher's upcoming ninth studio album Confessions 2.


The song was first uploaded to SoundCloud on November 19, 2019, although it was officially released by RCA Records on Decemto online music stores and streaming services. " Don't Waste My Time" is a song by American singer-songwriter Usher featuring British singer-songwriter Ella Mai.
