Hoover (song)

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"Hoover"
Hoover yung lean.jpeg
Single by Yung Lean
from the album Warlord
B-side "How U Like Me Now?"
Released20 January 2016 (2016-01-20)
Recorded2015
Genre Industrial hip hop, cloud rap
Length2:41
Label YEAR0001
Songwriter(s) Yung Lean
Producer(s) Yung Gud
Yung Lean singles chronology
"Crystal Clear Ice"
(2015)
"Hoover"
(2016)
"Af1s"
(2016)
Music video
"Hoover" on YouTube

"Hoover" is a song by Swedish rapper Yung Lean, released in 2016. A music video was originally released for the song in November 2015, and the song was released online digitally on 20 January 2016 in promotion for the upcoming Yung Lean album, Warlord . [1]

Contents

Background

In a 2020 interview with Kerwin Frost, Yung Lean said that the song came from him and Gud wanting to make a song that had a "Korn, Slipknot vibe" and that he wanted to sound "evil". [2]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Hoover" Yung Gud 2:41
2."How U Like Me Now?" (featuring Thaiboy Digital)Yung Gud4:00
Total length:6:41

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. "Yung Lean Returns With Insane "Hoover" Video". The Fader. November 11, 2015.
  2. Kerwin Frost Talks to Yung Lean. Kerwin Frost Talks. 14 April 2020. 38 minutes in.