Babushka Boi

2019 single by ASAP Rocky From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"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]

ReleasedAugust 28, 2019 (2019-08-28)
Length3:07
Quick facts Single by ASAP Rocky, Released ...
"Babushka Boi"
Single by ASAP Rocky
ReleasedAugust 28, 2019 (2019-08-28)
Length3:07
Label
Songwriters
Producers
ASAP Rocky singles chronology
"Live Fast"
(2019)
"Babushka Boi"
(2019)
"Twisted"
(2019)
Music video
"Babushka Boi" on YouTube
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Background

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]

Music video

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]

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 60
Canada Hot 100 (Billboard)[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
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Certifications

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Certifications for "Babushka Boi"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21] Gold 40,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[22] Gold 15,000
Poland (ZPAV)[23] Gold 25,000
United States (RIAA)[24] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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