"H.A.T.E.U." was written and produced by Mariah Carey, Tricky Stewart, and The-Dream for Carey's twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009) [REF].
On May 20, 2009, L.A. Reid hosted an event called the Island Def Jam Spring Collection, where he "unveiled his latest muses" [REF].