"Babushka Boi" | ||||
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Single by ASAP Rocky | ||||
Released | August 28, 2019 | |||
Genre | Memphis rap, Trap | |||
Length | 3:07 | |||
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"Babushka Boi" on YouTube |
"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]
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]
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. [5] [9]
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA) [10] | 60 |
Canada ( Canadian Hot 100) [11] | 48 |
Latvia ( LAIPA) [12] | 12 |
Lithuania ( AGATA) [13] | 21 |
New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ) [14] | 39 |
Sweden Heatseeker ( Sverigetopplistan) [15] | 5 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [16] | 66 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [17] | 89 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [18] | 69 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) [19] | 27 |
US Rolling Stone Top 100 [20] | 32 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada ( Music Canada) [21] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
United States ( RIAA) [22] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
"Babushka Boi" | ||||
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Single by ASAP Rocky | ||||
Released | August 28, 2019 | |||
Genre | Memphis rap, Trap | |||
Length | 3:07 | |||
Label |
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Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) |
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ASAP Rocky singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Babushka Boi" on YouTube |
"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]
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]
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. [5] [9]
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA) [10] | 60 |
Canada ( Canadian Hot 100) [11] | 48 |
Latvia ( LAIPA) [12] | 12 |
Lithuania ( AGATA) [13] | 21 |
New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ) [14] | 39 |
Sweden Heatseeker ( Sverigetopplistan) [15] | 5 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [16] | 66 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [17] | 89 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [18] | 69 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) [19] | 27 |
US Rolling Stone Top 100 [20] | 32 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada ( Music Canada) [21] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
United States ( RIAA) [22] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |