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Single by French Montana and Doja Cat featuring Saweetie | ||||
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Released | November 23, 2021 | |||
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"Handstand" is a song by Moroccan-American rapper French Montana and American rapper and singer Doja Cat featuring fellow American rapper Saweetie,from French Montana's fourth studio album They Got Amnesia . It was written by the rappers,Darryl Clemons,Kevin Price,Jaucquez Lowe,and Hitmaka,with Hitmaka serving as one of the track's producers along with Pooh Beatz,Go Grizzly,and London Jae. The song interpolates Big Pun's 2000 single "It's So Hard". It received favorable reviews from the music critics,who deemed the track as suitable for dancing.
"Handstand" was released as the fourth single of French Montana's They Got Amnesia on November 23,2021,which it promoted on American rhythmic contemporary radio. To further promote the song,the music video directed by Edgar Esteves and Jon Primo premiered on French Montana's YouTube channel on December 8,2021. It features the performers in a post-apocalyptic setting fighting armed groups of people. The visual received many comparisons to movies. The song peaked in the Top 40 of the American R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Rhythmic charts.
"Handstand" is two minutes and fifty seconds long. [1] It contains an interpolation of Big Pun's 2000 single "It's So Hard",which itself is based around a sample of Danny Rivera's "En un rincón del alma",thereby giving Big Pun,Julian Garfield,and Younglord songwriting credit. [2] [3] The song begins with a hook,with vocals from all of the performers. [4] French Montana then provides the first verse. [5] Rap-Up suggested that one line of the song was inspired by "Project B!#$h" from the soundtrack of the 2000 drama film Baller Blockin' ,performed by Cash Money Millionaires members Big Tymers,Lil Wayne and Juvenile. [2]
Wongo Okon from Uproxx described "Handstand" as a "bright" moment in They Got Amnesia and as a "bouncy" effort in which the rappers showcase their sexual prowess. [6] The Source 's Shawn Grant called it a "twerkable chant over sleek music". [5] Writing for HipHopDX ,Vivian Medithi opined that the track is a "ready-made club jam for the ladies that seems destined for TikTok success". She also complimented Doja Cat's contribution,saying that she "sound[s] perfectly at home". [7] Regina Cho of Revolt dubbed it as the album's "stand-out" song, [4] similarly to Grant who said that it is amongst the "best" tracks on They Got Amnesia. [5]
On November 8,2021,French Montana shared the track listing for his fourth studio album They Got Amnesia,unveiling "Handstand" as its eighth track. [8] The album was initially scheduled to be released on November 12,but was postponed for a week. The "Handstand" music video was not finished at this time. [9] On November 16,French Montana previewed a snippet of Doja Cat's verse of "Handstand" on Instagram. [2]
The song was released as the fourth single to promote the project. [10] Bad Boy Records and Epic Records issued the song to American rhythmic contemporary radio on November 23,2021. [11] On December 17,Sony Music sent the track to Italian radio airplay. [12]
During the debut radio week,"Handstand" became the most added song to urban contemporary panels, [5] and second most added on rhythmic format. [13] It also generated over seven million streams throughout first three weeks of its release. [5] [4] The single peaked at number 33 on the American R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart becoming French Montana's 17th,and Doja Cat's sixth,Top 40 entry on the chart. [14] [15] On the Rhythmic ranking,it was placed at number 21,being French Montana's 26th,Doja Cat's 12th,and Saweetie's eighth entry to the chart. [16] [17] In New Zealand,it entered the Hot Singles chart at number 40. [18]
The music video for "Handstand" was directed by Edgar Esteves and Jon Primo. [19] On November 11,French Montana posted a video with Doja Cat from the set of the music video. [2] The clip premiered on the rapper's YouTube channel on December 8,2021. [20] It was sponsored by Russian vodka brand Beluga and mobile shopping app NTWRK. [21]
The video is set in a post-apocalyptic world,where the rappers are fighting armed people on the street. [20] They use baseball bats and laser eyes,and Doja Cat wears a machine-gun bikini. [19] During Saweetie's verse,she twerks over the burning city,and the cyborgs fight back against the protestors. [6] [22] The clip ends with French Montana showing off a non-fungible token (NFT). [6] The visual was compared to films by many critics,including to The Warriors (1979), The Terminator (1984) and Barbarella (1968),by Rolling Stone 's Brenna Ehrlich, [19] to Waterworld (1995) by Vulture 's Bethy Squires, [21] to Planet Terror (2007) by Okon,and to the Mad Max series by both Okon and Rap-Up . [6] [23] Bethy Squires from Vulture wrote that "other iconic hip-hop videos have placed themselves in a Thunderdome-like future,(...) but none of these videos,stunning though they are,had the boldness of vision to imagine a world where the only connection to the civilization we once knew is sponcon." [21]
These credits have been adapted from Tidal. [1]
Chart (2021–2022) | Peak position |
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New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [18] | 40 |
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [14] | 33 |
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [16] | 21 |
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