Commercially, it reached number one in Israel and the top 30 in Canada, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United States.

Musically, "Confident" is an electropop and pop rock song with heavy drums, hooker trumpet and finger snaps.

Lovato has performed the song on Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America, the 2015 American Music Awards, and several TV programs.

Lovato co-wrote "Confident" with Ilya Salmanzadeh and the song's producers Max Martin and Savan Kotecha.

[2] On August 27, 2015, Lovato revealed the cover, title, release date and tracklist of her fifth studio album Confident on Twitter.

Following the announcement of the album's release, Lovato stated the title track was "really the best way to represent me today", adding that "I feel very secure in who I am as an artist and a person.

[4] The song was officially released on September 18, 2015,[5] and included as an instant gratification track to accompany digital pre-orders of the album through Apple Music.

[8][13] Digital Spy reviewed the song positively, saying that "The track is a strutting, brass-laden pop anthem, which hears her take full control.

"[15] Nick Levine from the site NME wrote that the song "fuses hip-hop horns and Joan Jett beats and has her bragging 'it's all about me tonight'".

[16] Glenn Ganboa from Newsday in review for the album, said: "The title cut has the feel of a Britney Spears track musically -- perhaps producer Max Martin has something to do with that -- but its feminist lyrics take the song to the next level.

Lovato had asked Robert Rodriguez to direct the music video after meeting him through her role as Maia in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.

"[37]The video starts with Lovato in a maximum security prison where she is offered a pardon by a US marshal (Fahey) for the capture of Michelle Rodriguez's character.

[39] Credits adapted from YouTube[40] Lovato first performed the "Confident" single at a gay bar in New York City on October 15, 2015.

[41] To celebrate the release of her fifth album Confident, Lovato surprised her fans the next day with an acoustic performance of the title track in Times Square.

[42] On October 17, 2015, Lovato performed a "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" medley on Saturday Night Live during the series' forty-first season.

[48] Lovato later performed the song at the 2015 American Music Awards on November 22, 2015[49] and included it in her setlist during the 2015 Jingle Ball Tour.

[50] As one of the headliners of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, she performed a medley of "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" again in Times Square on December 31, 2015.

[51] On March 3, 2016, Lovato performed the song on American Idol with the top 8 contestants of the series' final season.

[56] On September 6, 2016, the singer performed "Confident" and "Body Say" at the Made for History fashion fundraiser hosted by Anna Wintour for Clinton.