Nowadays

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"Nowadays"
Single by Lil Skies featuring Landon Cube
from the album Life of a Dark Rose
ReleasedDecember 17, 2017
Recorded2017
Genre
Length3:24
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) CashMoneyAP
Lil Skies singles chronology
"Lonely"
(2017)
"Nowadays"
(2017)
"Now"
(2018)
Music video
"Nowadays" on YouTube

"Nowadays" is a song by American rapper and singer Lil Skies featuring fellow American singer Landon Cube. It was released for digital download on December 17, 2017, as the second single from Skies' mixtape Life of a Dark Rose . [1] The song is one of the two first Lil Skies songs (alongside "Red Roses", another collaboration with Landon Cube) to reach the US Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 85 [2] and peaking at number 55.

Contents

The sequel to the track, "Nowadays, Pt. 2" featuring Landon Cube was featured on Skies' debut studio album Shelby released on March 1, 2019.

Background

This song is about lil skies break up with his bff claire echoing the distaste for a relationship as well as "fake friends" from his previous hit "Red Roses", Lil Skies and previous collaborator Landon Cube harmonize about their fast-paced living and achievements, presumably after their newfound fame, on an up-tempo CashMoneyAP production. [3]

Music video

The music video was shot at Plano High School (Illinois). [4] [5] On December 17, 2017, Cole Bennett uploaded the music video for "Nowadays" on his YouTube account, Lyrical Lemonade. The music video has amassed over 309 million views, as of June, 2021. [6]

The music video for the song, set in a high school and depicting Skies as a senior jock, is directed by Cole Bennett.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Nowadays"Lil Skies, Landon Cube, Fame-Is
  • CashMoneyAP, Mono Beats
3:24

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Platinum80,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [13] Gold45,000
Portugal (AFP) [14] Gold5,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [16] 2× Platinum2,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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