Talk (Yeat song) explained

Talk
Type:single
Artist:Yeat
Ep:Lyfe
Length:2:54
Label:
  • Field Trip
  • Listen to the Kids
  • Geffen
  • Interscope
  • Twizzy Rich
Producer:Bnyx
Prev Title:Rich Minion
Prev Year:2022
Next Title:Already Rich
Next Year:2023

"Talk" is a single by American rapper Yeat, released through Field Trip Recordings, Listen to the Kids, Geffen Records, and Interscope Records as a single on September 2, 2022.[1] The song serves as the lead single to Yeat's sixth extended play Lyfe, and found success after going viral on TikTok. In the United States, the song entered at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Critical reception

Kieran Press-Reynolds of Pitchfork noted the song's harsh instrumentals and unnerving background vocals, writing: "Police sirens set a frantic scene, and then a shrieking synth catapults Yeat's flexes into the sky: "Head #1 up on these charts, we stuck or what?" Mangled background vocals creep like demonic backup singers shadowing Yeat's steady voice. Barely any other major label rap production in 2022 sounds as unhinged and off-kilter as this."[2]

Charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3] 55
Global 200 (Billboard)[4] 85
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[5] 31
Lithuania (AGATA)[6] 58
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 42

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yeat Shares New Single "Talk" From Forthcoming 'Lyfë' Project. Complex. Cowem. Trace. September 2, 2022. September 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Yeat: Lyfë Album Review. Press-Reynolds. Kieran. September 15, 2022. Pitchfork. March 12, 2023.
  3. Canadian Hot 100: Week of September 17, 2022. Billboard. September 13, 2022.
  4. Billboard Global 200: Week of September 17, 2022. Billboard. September 13, 2022.
  5. Web site: Tónlistinn – Lög. The Music – Songs. is. Plötutíðindi. September 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220913204717/http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/. September 13, 2022.
  6. Web site: 2022 37-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100). AGATA. lt. September 16, 2022. September 16, 2022.
  7. billboardcharts. 1569411550087188481. @yeat1_'s "Talk" debuts at No. 42 on this week's #Hot100.. September 12, 2022. September 13, 2022.