Babushka Boi

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"Babushka Boi"
ASAP Rocky - Babushka Boi.png
Single by ASAP Rocky
ReleasedAugust 28, 2019 (2019-08-28)
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Length3:07
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Producer(s)
ASAP Rocky singles chronology
"Live Fast"
(2019)		"Babushka Boi"
(2019)		"Twisted"
(2019)
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]

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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

Chart (2019)Peak
position
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

Certifications

Certifications for "Babushka Boi"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [21] Gold40,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [22] Gold25,000‡
United States (RIAA) [23] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

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