10 Freaky Girls Explained

10 Freaky Girls
Type:song
Artist:Metro Boomin featuring 21 Savage
Album:Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Released:November 2, 2018
Length:3:28
Label:
Producer:Metro Boomin

"10 Freaky Girls" is a song by American record producer Metro Boomin featuring Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage. It was released on November 2, 2018 as a track from Metro Boomin's debut studio album Not All Heroes Wear Capes (2018). The song contains a sample of "Are You the Woman" by Kashif and Whitney Houston.[1]

Composition

The song's instrumental contains trumpets, while the sample provides vocals, harmonica, strings, and synths.[2] In the outro of the song, the harmonica plays and 21 Savage tells of an encounter with someone he had previously robbed who was unexpectedly happy to see him.[3] [4]

Music video

A music video for the song was directed by Zac Facts and released on January 22, 2019. The video opens with a woman in a liquor store. Metro Boomin is then seen playing the harmonica, while another woman takes a bath in marshmallows.[5] Throughout the video, 21 Savage raps in a dark room, surrounded by women while explosions occasionally appear in the background.[6] The woman in the liquor store takes MDMA in one scene.[5] A classic wood-sided station wagon also appears as a center of attention.[2] The video ends with Savage wearing pajamas and telling his anecdote to women in satin pajamas, and a marching band appears in the last scene.[7]

Charts

Chart (2018)! scope="col"
Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[8] 5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mench. Chris. November 2, 2018. Metro Boomin & 21 Savage’s "10 Freaky Girls" Samples A 1980s Kashif & Whitney Houston Song. live. Genius. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20181103113104/https://genius.com/a/metro-boomin-21-savage-s-10-freaky-girls-samples-patti-labelle-s-1983-song-if-only-you-knew . 2018-11-03 .
  2. Web site: Williams. Aaron. 2019-01-22. 21 Savage And Metro Boomin Meet ’10 Freaky Girls’ In Their New Video. live. UPROXX. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20200428090237/https://uproxx.com/music/metro-boomin-21-savage-10-freaky-girls-video/ . 2020-04-28 .
  3. Web site: Pierre. Alphonse. November 7, 2018. Metro Boomin: Not All Heroes Wear Capes. live. Pitchfork. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107120032/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/metro-boomin-not-all-heroes-wear-capes/ . 2018-11-07 .
  4. Web site: 2019-01-22. Video: Metro Boomin - "10 Freaky Girls" (ft. 21 Savage). live. SPIN. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20190126045113/https://www.spin.com/2019/01/metro-boomin-10-freaky-girls-21-savage-video/ . 2019-01-26 .
  5. Web site: Holmes. Charles. 2019-01-22. Metro Boomin and 21 Savage's '10 Freaky Girls' Subverts Expectations in the NSFW Category. live. Rolling Stone. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20190123005733/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/metro-boomin-21-savage-10-freaky-girls-video-782476/ . 2019-01-23 .
  6. Web site: Price. Joe. January 22, 2019. Metro Boomin and 21 Savage Share "10 Freaky Girls" Video. live. Complex. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190204073810/https://www.complex.com/music/2019/01/metro-boomin-21-savage-10-freaky-girls-video . 2019-02-04 .
  7. Web site: Ingvaldsen. Torsten. 2019-01-22. Metro Boomin Drops Visual for "10 Freaky Girls" Feat. 21 Savage. live. HYPEBEAST. https://web.archive.org/web/20190123042543/https://hypebeast.com/2019/1/metro-boomin-10-freaky-girls-feat-21-savage-music-video . 2019-01-23 .
  8. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. November 12, 2018.

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