Flocky Flocky

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"Flocky Flocky"
Song by Don Toliver featuring Travis Scott
from the album Life of a Don
ReleasedOctober 8, 2021
Length3:03
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"Flocky Flocky" on YouTube

"Flocky Flocky" is a song by American rapper Don Toliver, released on October 8, 2021 from his second studio album Life of a Don . It features American rapper Travis Scott. The song was produced by Cardo, Dez Wright and Mu Lean.

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Background

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]

Composition

The song focuses on the rappers' "rockstar lifestyle" which includes drug usage, and is performed with vocals in Auto-Tune. [4]

Critical reception

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]

Music video

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]

Charts

Chart performance for "Flocky Flocky"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [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

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