Awkward Freestyle
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| "Awkward Freestyle" | ||||
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| Single by Eem Triplin | ||||
| Released | March 31, 2022 | |||
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| Length | 2:07 | |||
| Songwriter | Naeem Triplin | |||
| Producer | Eem Triplin | |||
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| "Awkward Freestyle" on YouTube | ||||
"Awkward Freestyle" is a single by American rapper Eem Triplin, released on March 31, 2022.[1] It contains a sample of "Awkward" by Tyler, the Creator and went viral on the video-sharing app TikTok, becoming his breakout song,
Eem Triplin experimented with sampling "Awkward" by Tyler, the Creator years before the release of "Awkward Freestyle".[2] The song is about a breakup,[3][4] with Triplin using a fast-paced flow over "syrupy, slow-paced samples"[3] and rapping in a melancholic, bitter tone.[2][3][4] In the following several weeks, the song achieved popularity on TikTok and garnered over two million streams on Spotify.[5] It eventually attracted the attention of Tyler, the Creator himself, who endorsed the song.[4][5]