Songfacts®:

• Craig David teams up with singer-songwriter MNEK for this uplifting song. It finds the two singers encouraging someone to be true to themselves.
  
  Cause the person they all see
  Doesn't matter much to me
  Already know that you're a star
  But I just wanna get to who you are
  
  David and MNEK want to experience the genuine person, not the front they put on for show.
• London-born MNEK has writing credits on smash hits by the likes of Little Mix ("Wings"), and Duke Dumont ("Need U (100%)") as well as his own collaborations with Zara Larsson ("Never Forget You") and Joel Corry ("Head And Heart").
• MNEK wrote the hook for this song, and David the verses. When the Garage King asked him to be his duet partner too, the singer-songwriter said it was a bucket list for him, adding, "Who's actually gonna say no to Craig David?"
• David and MNEK wrote "Who You Are" with the track's producer, Digital Farm Animals (Dua Lipa's "Be The One," KSI's "Holiday"). Joel "JoJo" Hailey and Rory Bennett get credited too because it uses the same melody as their K-Ci and JoJo song "All My Life."
• David released the song as the lead single from 22. He named the record in honor of his seminal debut album, Born to Do It, turning 22 years old in 2022.
  
  The numerical title has spiritual meaning, too. "There's a spiritualism in the number 22 and what it represents," David explained. "In numerology it's a very powerful number and in terms of angel numbers it's bringing balance and equilibrium to my life. We're in a world where there's a lot of me against you, and so it's bridging the gap."
• Craig David and MNEK dropped a sequel to "Who You Are" on November 26, 2021. "Who You Are (Part 2)" is not a remix and the lyrics differ from the previous song but it still samples "All My Life."