▁ ▁On ▁September ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁after ▁much ▁spec ulation ▁and ▁a ▁leak ▁of ▁the ▁news ▁by ▁a ▁Dallas ▁radio ▁station , ▁Lam bert ▁confirmed ▁on ▁Twitter ▁that ▁" T res pass ing ", ▁written ▁by ▁himself ▁and ▁Ph ar rell ▁Williams , ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁next ▁single . ▁The ▁announ cement ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁contest ▁in ▁which ▁Lam bert ▁asked ▁fans ▁to ▁create ▁and ▁submit ▁videos ▁of ▁themselves ▁performing ▁the ▁song . ▁A ▁ly ric ▁video ▁for ▁" T res pass ing ", ▁featuring ▁the ▁album ' s ▁signature ▁black ▁and ▁yellow ▁colors , ▁was ▁uploaded ▁on ▁the ▁singer ' s ▁Ve vo ▁account ▁on ▁October ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁officially ▁released ▁to ▁radio ▁on ▁October ▁ 8 . ▁An ▁eight - track ▁T res pass ing ▁EP ▁was ▁released ▁digit ally ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 6 , ▁with ▁a ▁hard ▁copy / dig ital ▁download ▁combination ▁available ▁from ▁Lam bert ' s ▁official ▁site . ▁The ▁EP ▁included ▁rem ix es ▁of ▁" T res pass ing " ▁by ▁Ph ar rell ▁Williams , ▁Ben ny ▁Ben ass i , ▁Zak ▁W aters , ▁and ▁v An ity ▁m A ch ine ; ▁" N ever ▁Close ▁Our ▁E yes " ▁by ▁R 3 hab , ▁Mig ▁& ▁Mike ▁R iz zo ; ▁" B etter ▁Th an ▁I ▁Know ▁Mys elf " ▁by ▁Robert ▁Mar vin ▁and ▁She ar er ; ▁and ▁" Pop ▁That