Knock Knock (SoFaygo song)

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"Knock Knock"
SoFaygo - Knock Knock.jpg
Single by SoFaygo
from the album Angelic 7
ReleasedAugust 4, 2019
Recorded2019
Length2:19
Label Cactus Jack
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Lil Tecca
SoFaygo singles chronology
"One Up!"
(2019)		"Knock Knock"
(2019)		"Collect"
(2019)
Music video
"Knock Knock" on YouTube

"Knock Knock" is a song by American rapper SoFaygo, released on August 4, 2019 and produced by Lil Tecca. A sleeper hit, it gained traction on the video-sharing app TikTok in late 2020 and became SoFaygo's breakthrough song. It is also the lead single from his mixtape Angelic 7 (2020).

Contents

Background

In 2019, SoFaygo recorded the song on his computer via GarageBand in 50 minutes. [1] [2] Lil Tecca, who produced the beat, had connected with him on the Internet. [3] In regard to composing the song, SoFaygo stated:

Writing-wise, production-wise, we just killed that shit. I didn't really realize how good of a song it was like at the time until it really aged and I really paid attention to how people reacted to it. A lot of people sleep on that song; it's my old sound. [2]

Composition

A piano-driven song, [2] "Knock Knock" serves as a warning of SoFaygo entering the music industry, [3] with lyrics about catching his enemies off guard. [2]

Release and promotion

After the song was released on August 4, 2019, [4] it was teased on Triller and Twitter, leading to 50,000 views. Over the next two years, the song became widely used in videos on TikTok, leading to SoFaygo's rise to fame. [3] It also garnered over 16 million streams on SoundCloud and 32 million streams on Spotify. [5] [6]

Critical reception

DJ Booth commented on the song, "Faygo sings every line of 'Knock Knock' with the confidence and clarity of a pop star, but, like so many of the scene's creations, his vocals feel stitched together, rough around the edges. The beat, too, has that handmade quality—a see-sawing MIDI orchestra courtesy of Lil Tecca, an underrated producer whose credits run rampant through Faygo's corner of online rap." [1] Natalie Maher of Elle included the song in her list "The Best Songs on Tiktok to Listen to in Full". [7]

Music video

The official music video was directed by Cole Bennett and premiered on May 3, 2021. [6] It was inspired by the film Beetlejuice . [3]

Certifications

Certifications for "Knock Knock"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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