Red Moon (song)

Lil Uzi Vert teased the song through Instagram Live on December 11, 2023.^[1][2][3] The song was released exclusively on YouTube alongside a music video on December 25, 2023,^[4] before being released to streaming services on December 26.^[5]

The song uses trap and drum-and-bass percussion,^[6] sampling "7969"^[2][3][6][7] and "Tek It" by Cafuné.^[8] Centering on heartbreak and change,^[2][7] it finds Lil Uzi Vert singing about a failing relationship^[9][10] and their solitude.^[11]

The music video was directed by Be EL Be. It opens with Lil Uzi Vert dressing in a bathroom,^[11][10] putting on their clothes backwards,^[3] and sitting alone in a hotel room^[6] by the window with a sad expression,^[11] before taking a walk around the city.^[3][6][11] They arrive at a beach at dusk,^{[2][3][7][10]} where they are seen running toward a red moon.^[6] A close-up of Uzi crying is shown.^{[2][3][10][11]} The clip ends with a shot of a hilly mountainside^[3] and messages appearing on the screen which read: "If someone can be away from you, let them be. Its [sic] better to be alone than losing yourself for approval." and "Love isn't real, but with my imagination, I can make anything real."^{[2][3][6][9][10][11][12]}

The music video was filmed in Auckland, New Zealand.^[13]