Trance (song) explained

Trance
Type:song
Artist:Metro Boomin, Travis Scott and Young Thug
Album:Heroes & Villains
Released:December 2, 2022
Genre:Cloud rap
Length:3:14

"Trance" is a song by American record producer Metro Boomin and American rappers Travis Scott and Young Thug, from Metro's second studio album Heroes & Villains (2022). It was produced by Metro Boomin and Allen Ritter, with violin performances from Peter Lee Johnson.

Critical reception

The song was met with a generally mixed to negative reception. Its production has been criticized; Charles Lyons-Burt of Slant Magazine wrote, "Metro is often just going about recycling what's worked on tracks that he's produced in the past, as with the sad-sack fiddle that he layers over the top of 'Trance'—the exact same one that he used on Savage Mode II's "Rich Nigga Shit," which similarly featured Young Thug."[1] Similarly, Hamza Riaz of Mic Cheque described the production in Heroes & Villains as "the most skeletal we've ever heard Metro, excessively subdued in songs like 'Trance'".[2] Uproxx's Wongo Okon commented that the gloom in the song "foreshadows the danger that lurks between the drums and hi-hats of Heroes & Villains."[3] Writing for Complex, Peter A. Berry considered it among the songs which although "can suffer from lyrical blandness, their melodies make them compelling anyways."[4]

Leaked version

In January 2023, an alternative version of the song featuring a verse from Canadian rapper Drake surfaced online.[5] In an interview with DJ Drama on the Streetz Is Watchin Radio, Metro Boomin revealed that when they were in the studio once, Drake wanted to hear songs from Heroes & Villains and heard "Trance", which by then had been finished. Though Metro already liked the way it sounded and did not intend to alter it, Drake still recorded a verse for the song. Boomin explained, "a couple parts was cool but like I just felt like just even with like Slime verse and Trav verse and the outro, it wasn't just no room. It wasn't nothing personal... I just ended up using the original and I guess the other one just leaked or something."[6] [7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022–2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[8] 39
Latvia (LAIPA)[9] 4
Lithuania (AGATA)[10] 14
MENA (IFPI)[11] 15
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[12] 17
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[13] 14

Year-end charts

Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[14] 85
Global 200 (Billboard)[15] 183
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[16] 38

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metro Boomin Heroes & Villains Review: Boomin' Beats by Committee. Slant Magazine. Lyons-Burt. Charles. December 6, 2022. February 12, 2023.
  2. Web site: Review: Metro Boomin, 'Heroes & Villains'. Mic Cheque. Riaz. Hamza. December 7, 2022. February 12, 2023.
  3. Web site: Okon . Wongo . Metro Boomin's 'Heroes & Villains' Captivates By Accentuating His Collaborators' Best Superpowers . . 12 February 2023 . December 7, 2022.
  4. Web site: Berry . Peter A. . Metro Boomin's 'Heroes and Villains' Is the Ultimate Rap Blockbuster . . 12 February 2023 . December 8, 2022.
  5. Web site: Kearns . Sarah . Original Version of Metro Boomin's "Trance" With Drake Feature Surfaces Online . . 12 February 2023 . January 3, 2023.
  6. Web site: A. . Aron . Metro Boomin Explains Why Drake's "Trance" Verse Didn't Make "Heroes & Villains" . HotNewHipHop . 2023-01-19 . 2023-12-30.
  7. Web site: Metro Boomin Talks Heroes & Villains, His History in Hip-Hop and More with DJ Drama and SIW Radio . . 12 February 2023 . January 10, 2023.
  8. Web site: Tónlistinn – Lög. The Music – Songs. is. Plötutíðindi. 19 March 2023. https://archive.today/20230319200108/http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/. 19 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Mūzikas Patēriņa Tops/ 12. nedēļa. LAIPA. en, lv. 18 June 2023. 26 March 2023.
  10. Web site: 2023 14-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100). AGATA. lt. April 7, 2023. April 7, 2023.
  11. Web site: The Official Mena Chart - This Week's Official MENA Chart Top 20 from 24/03/2023 to 30/03/2023. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. theofficialmenachart.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404165432/https://www.theofficialmenachart.com/weeklychart. April 4, 2023. May 19, 2023.
  12. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. March 20, 2023. March 18, 2023.
  13. Web site: OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży – single w streamie. OLiS. pl. March 30, 2023. Select week 17.03.2023–23.03.2023..
  14. Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.
  15. Billboard Global 200 – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.
  16. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 23, 2023.

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