Written by Bieber in addition to Kenneth Coby, Maurice "Verse" Simmonds, Chancelor Bennett and produced by Soundz, "Confident" was released as a single on December 9, 2013, by Island Records, as the tenth and last song from a ten-week digital download campaign entitled Music Mondays, in which one new song was released every Monday night, held from October 7, 2013 to December 9, 2013.

[4][5] The same day, Bieber announced that the ten Music Monday releases would be packaged with an additional five new songs in a compilation entitled Complete My Journals.

[6] "Confident" is a song composed by hip-hop and reggae elements which features American recording artist Chance the Rapper.

[8] Glenn Gamboa from Newsday also complimented the track, saying it showed the singer moving into "hip-hop with a catchy, memorable groove and first-rate help from Chance the Rapper.

[3] Alex Griffin from website Mad Good Music shared a similar comment, stating the song "wouldn't sound out of place on a Justin Timberlake album and has the pair discussing how they're transfixed with the most confident girl in the room, with a typically hyper Chance verse, laden with his screeching adlibs".

[12] In the video, Bieber tries to seduce a young woman, played by Cailin Russo, in a gas station but he missteps with an ineffective pun-based pickup line.

[14] Writer Ton Breihan from Stereogum noted that it was paying homage to Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" music video (1987).