Do You Hear the People Sing? Do You Hear the People Sing? "Do You Hear the People Sing?" ("À la volonté du peuple", "The people's will", in the original French version) is one of the principal and most recognisable songs from the musical "Les Misérables". It is sung twice in the stage musical. The song is first sung in Act I by Enjolras and the other students at the ABC Cafe as they prepare themselves to launch a rebellion in the streets of Paris during the funeral procession of General Jean Maximilien Lamarque. The song is sung again in the finale as the final song of
I'll Show You (Justin Bieber song) and thick beds of synthesizers. For Bianca Gracie of Idolator, "[the] brooding tune picks up where the R&B-flecked 'Journals' left off," while Carolyn Menyes of Music Times noticed that the song is "notably more down-tempo than his previously released Purpose cuts 'What Do You Mean?' and 'Sorry.'" During the track, Bieber uses a "suave yet hurt croon", as well as "lower, calmer, sturdier, and delicately cradled by Skrillex’s glass-case-of-emotion production," having an emotional, rich, deep tone." Lyrically, "I'll Show You" offers an autobiographical glimpse into the difficulty of growing up in the public eye and the need for human connection.