| "Flocky Flocky" | ||||
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| Single by Don Toliver featuring Travis Scott | ||||
| from the album Life of a Don | ||||
| Released | October 11, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2020 | |||
| Genre | Trap | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
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"Flocky Flocky" is a song by American rapper Don Toliver,released on October 8,2021 from his second studio album Life of a Don and released as a single with a music video on October 11,2021. It features American rapper Travis Scott. The song was produced by Cardo,Dez Wright and Mu Lean.
A snippet of the song surfaced online in October 2020. [1]
Following the release of Life of a Don,Don Toliver told Ebro Darden on Apple Music 1:
"Flocky Flocky" was one regular studio recording day I had and [Travis Scott] randomly […] came to my session and just pulled up on me. I already had that record,I just did that record before he walked in. He pulled up and instantly laid his verse down. I was just happy man,I was just happy he pulled up to the session,period. Seeing him get on the mic and doing that verse was exciting. [2]
In December 2021,Mu Lean released a video in which he walks through the production process of the song. [3]
The song focuses on the rappers' "rockstar lifestyle" which includes drug usage,and is performed with vocals in Auto-Tune. [4]
Aron A. of HotNewHipHop called the song a "trancey banger", [4] while Robin Murray of Clash called it "an addictive Travis Scott burner". [5] Kyann-Sian Williams of NME gave a negative review,commenting that "the duo court that moody sound but also add the tinny melodies popular in pop-rap nowadays. It feels chaotic and rushed,never mind Travis Scott's mostly nonsensical lines:'I keep a place to bait,to tune your brain up / She stuffs her face in cake,no way it's safe'." [6]
An official music video was released on October 11,2021. Shot through fisheye lens with grainy,night vision-like footage, [7] [8] it starts with the rappers racing in their Lamborghinis on a highway at night, [7] [8] [9] [10] before fueling up and boarding a private jet to New Orleans. [7] [8] [11] They hang out in the studio,dine on wings and throw money at a strip club, [7] [8] [9] [11] visit a mural of Lil Wayne in his neighborhood of Hollygrove [7] [8] [10] and ride in a limousine. [11]
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| Canada Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [12] | 44 |
| France (SNEP) [13] | 174 |
| Global 200 ( Billboard ) [14] | 46 |
| Ireland (IRMA) [15] | 99 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [16] | 5 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [17] | 99 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [18] | 53 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [19] | 15 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada) [20] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||