Babushka Boi Explained
Babushka Boi |
Cover: | ASAP Rocky - Babushka Boi.png |
Type: | single |
Artist: | ASAP Rocky |
Prev Title: | Live Fast |
Prev Year: | 2019 |
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Next Year: | 2019 |
"Babushka Boi" is a song by American rapper ASAP Rocky, released as a single through ASAP Rocky Recordings, Polo Grounds Music and RCA Records on August 28, 2019. The music video was released the same day.[1]
Background
ASAP Rocky began wearing a babushka headscarf to cover the resulting cut on his face after he fell off his scooter in September 2018. This inspired Frank Ocean, who posted a picture on his Instagram of himself in a babushka, with ASAP Rocky commenting "Babushka Boi" on the image and later adding the phrase to his own Instagram.[2] Rocky previewed the song at the 'Injured Generation Tour' in January 2019,[3] and shared a trailer of its music video on August 26.[4]
Music video
The Nadia Lee Cohen-directed music video was also released on August 28. It was inspired by Dick Tracy and features ASAP Rocky, ASAP Ferg, Schoolboy Q, ASAP Nast and Kamil Abbas as prosthetic-enhanced gangsters robbing a bank and on the run from police, who are portrayed as anthropomorphic pigs.[5] [6] The criminals get into a shootout with the police which "leaves ASAP and his crew with some fresh sausage meat."[7] [8]
It has been noted that it was filmed before ASAP Rocky's arrest and detainment in Sweden. The video was produced by Virgin Soil Pictures.[9]
Charts
Weekly charts
Notes and References
- Web site: ASAP Rocky Drops Video for New Song "Babushka Boi". Pitchfork. Kim. Michelle. August 28, 2019. September 10, 2019.
- Web site: A$AP Rocky Finally Explained Why He Keeps Wearing Babushkas. W. Marine. Brooke. January 24, 2019. September 10, 2019.
- Web site: Li. Nicolaus. 2019-01-09. A$AP Rocky Previews New "Babushka" Track at Minneapolis 'Injured Generation' Tour. live. HYPEBEAST. https://web.archive.org/web/20190110091608/https://hypebeast.com/2019/1/asap-rocky-injured-generation-tour-babushka-preview . 2019-01-10 .
- Web site: Lamarre. Carl. August 26, 2019. A$AP Rocky Shares Mysterious Trailer For 'Babushka Boy,' Featuring Clip Of New Music: Watch. live. Billboard. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190828063318/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8528340/asap-rocky-shares-trailer-babushka-boy . 2019-08-28 .
- Web site: A$AP Rocky Turns Pig-Cops Into Sausages in 'Babushka Boi' Video. Rolling Stone. Shaffer. Claire. August 28, 2019. September 10, 2019.
- Web site: August 28, 2019. Watch ASAP Rocky's "Babushka Boi" Video. live. Complex. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20191222125228/https://www.complex.com/music/2019/08/asap-rocky-babushka-boi-video . 2019-12-22 .
- Web site: Sajonas. Felson. 2019-08-28. A$AP Rocky Tries to Evade the Police in 'Dick Tracy'-Inspired "Babushka Boi" Video. live. HYPEBEAST. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215191111/https://hypebeast.com/2019/8/asap-rocky-babushka-boi-official-music-video . 2019-12-15 .
- Web site: Kaye. Ben. 2019-08-28. ASAP Rocky drops Dick Tracy-inspired video for new single "Babushka Boi": Watch. live. Consequence. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425234828/https://consequence.net/2019/08/asap-rocky-babushka-boi-single-stream/ . 2021-04-25 .
- Web site: Saponara. Michael. August 28, 2019. A$AP Rocky Terrorizes the City in Satirical 'Babushka Boi' Video: Watch. live. Billboard. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190828160452/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8528589/asap-rocky-babushka-boi-video . 2019-08-28 .
- Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #541. auspOp. September 7, 2019. September 10, 2019. September 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929000604/https://www.auspop.com.au/2019/09/aria-chart-watch-541/. dead.
- Web site: Mūzikas Patēriņa Tops/ 37. nedēļa. Latvian. LAIPA. November 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010115018/https://www.parmuziku.lv/muzikas-zinas/latvija/muzikas-paterina-tops-37-nedela-8128. October 10, 2019.
- Web site: Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100). Lithuanian. AGATA. September 9, 2019. November 30, 2019.
- Web site: Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 36. Sverigetopplistan. September 10, 2019.
- Web site: Top 100 Songs. Rolling Stone. August 30, 2019. January 3, 2020. August 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190830174044/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2019-08-30/. dead.