Pop Style Explained

Pop Style
Cover:Drake - Pop Style.svg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Drake featuring The Throne
Album:Views
Recorded:2015
Length:3:29
Chronology:Drake
Prev Title:One Dance
Prev Year:2016
Next Title:Why You Always Hatin?
Next Year:2016

"Pop Style" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, featuring American rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z, collectively known as The Throne.[1] The song was released alongside "One Dance", as singles promoting Drake's fourth studio album Views, initially for exclusive digital download on iTunes on April 5, 2016.[2] [3] The album version features only Drake with a new verse. The single version was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 59th Grammy Awards.

Background

The song is a collaboration between Drake and Kanye West and Jay-Z (collectively known as "The Throne", a reference to their collaborative album, Watch The Throne). It is the first time the three have appeared on the same track.[4] However, the contribution from Jay-Z is limited in the song, with only two lines from Jay-Z making the cut ("They still out to get me, they don't get it/ I can not be gotten, that's a given").[5] [6] In an extended version of the song the lines by Jay-Z were used as the start of a new verse.[7] Also appearing in the song is Kanye saying "Imma let you finish", referencing his controversial statement[8] [9] [10] during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, and the "Perfect" sample (Street Fighter II) used in his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo.[4] Kanye West has also performed the song live.[11] [12] In the lyrics, Drake mentions Channing Tatum, Justin Timberlake and his song "Rock Your Body".[13]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Pop Style" debuted and peaked at No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on April 12, 2016; it sold 128,000 copies on two days of sales, also debuting atop the US Digital Songs chart.[14] [15] It also debuted at No. 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs charts.[16] As of October 2016, it has sold 539,000 copies in the United States.[17]

Personnel

The following are credited as songwriters. Adapted from Jaxsta.[18]

Production

Technical

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[19] 93
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ)[20] 5
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[22] 76
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 82
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[24] 28

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drake – Pop Style Lyrics – Genius Lyrics. Genius.
  2. Web site: Pop Style (feat. The Throne) – Single: Drake . iTunes.
  3. News: Drake: New tracks 'Pop Style' and 'One Dance' from 'Views from the Six' officially released. Jack Shepherd . April 5, 2016 . The Independent .
  4. Web site: Drake Just Dropped His First-Ever Song With Jay Z and Kanye West . Matt Miller . Esquire . April 5, 2016.
  5. Web site: Drake's New Tracks Show The Rapper Staking His Claim To Kanye And Jay Z's Hip-Hop Throne. Luke Morgan Britton . April 5, 2016 . NME.
  6. Web site: 15 of the Most Hilariously Cruel Responses to Jay Z's "Verse . Pigeon and Planes.
  7. Web site: Drake – Pop Style (New Verse) [New Song] ]. Hot New Hip Hop . Angus Walker . April 9, 2016 .
  8. Web site: Anger over West's disruption at MTV awards – CNN.com. www.cnn.com. 2016-04-28.
  9. Web site: "Anger over West's disruption at MTV awards". Respers. Lisa. 2009-09-14. CNN. CNN. https://web.archive.org/web/20090926191354/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/09/14/kanye.west.reaction/index.html. 2009-09-26 . 2016-04-28.
  10. Web site: "Kanye West Storms the VMAs Stage During Taylor Swift's Speech". https://web.archive.org/web/20090922170945/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/13/kanye-west-storms-the-vmas-stage-during-taylor-swifts-speech/?rand=84857. dead. September 22, 2009. Rolling Stone. 2016-04-28.
  11. Web site: Watch Kanye West Debut New Song, Perform "Pop Style" for the First Time . Pitchfork . Jazz Monroe. April 11, 2016 .
  12. Web site: Kanye West Performs 'Pop Style' Live, Freestyles in Manila . April 11, 2016 . Adelle Platon . Billboard .
  13. Web site: Pop Style [Explicit] - Drake]. Universal Music .
  14. Web site: Rihanna Tops Hot 100, Ties the Beatles for Second-Most Total Weeks at No. 1 – Billboard. Billboard.
  15. Web site: Hip Hop Single Sales: Drake, Desiigner & Rihanna . HipHopDX. Mansell. Henry. April 16, 2016. April 18, 2016.
  16. Web site: Drake's 'Pop Style' & 'One Dance' Debut in Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart . April 13, 2016 . Amaya Mendizabal . Billboard.
  17. Web site: Marketshare at the Three-Quarter Pole: Top 25 Albums and Singles . Hits Daily Double . October 11, 2016 . October 11, 2016.
  18. Web site: Pop Style Credits. 2021-06-04. Jaxsta.
  19. Web site: Top Digital - Classifica settimanale WK 20 (dal 2016-05-13 al 2016-05-19). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. May 21, 2016.
  20. Web site: NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. May 27, 2016.
  21. Web site: Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 16, 22 april 2016. Sverigetopplistan. sv. February 11, 2019.
  22. Web site: Canadian Hot 100 Year End 2016. Billboard. December 9, 2016.
  23. Web site: Hot 100 Songs - Year-End 2016. Billboard. December 8, 2016.
  24. Web site: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2016. Billboard. August 26, 2019.

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