Pull Up (KSI song)

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"Pull Up"
Song by KSI featuring Jme
Released12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)
Genre
Length3:09
Label Self-released
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • P2J
  • Sammy Soso
Music video
"Pull Up" on YouTube

"Pull Up" is a song by British YouTuber and rapper KSI featuring fellow British rapper Jme. It was independently released for digital download and streaming on 12 April 2019. A music video was later released on 4 May 2019. The video portrays a murder mystery narrative, set during the 1920s Chicago prohibition, with KSI playing the role of an Al Capone-like gangster and Jme playing the role of a newspaper journalist attempting to bring him in.

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Writing and production

With the drill-type [track] "Pull Up", I just wanted to make a [track] where I could just mean face the whole time while listening to it. I heard the beat and I was like, "Ah, Imma go in. Imma come with some next level flow that people just wouldn't expect." And then I hit up Jme and I [asked him], "What do you think?" [Jme] was gassed and he jumped on [the track] real quick and that was that.

— KSI speaking on the making of "Pull Up". [1]

Commercial performance

In the United Kingdom, "Pull Up" debuted at number 94 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

Music video

The music video for "Pull Up" was directed by Konstantin. [3] A trailer was released to KSI's social media pages on 1 May 2019. [4] [5] The music video was released to KSI's YouTube channel three days later on 4 May 2019 and it has received over 18 million views. [6] A behind-the-scenes video of the music video shoot was released to YouTube by Konstantin on the same day. [7] The cinematic, film noir-like music video takes a trip back in time to portray a murder mystery narrative, set during the 1920s Chicago prohibition. The video stars KSI as an Al Capone-like antagonist who rapidly gains notoriety for his gangster misdemeanours, whilst Jme plays the role of a newspaper journalist attempting to bring him in. [3] [7] [8]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Charts

Chart performance for "Pull Up"
Chart (2019)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 94
UK Indie (OCC) [11] 15

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Pull Up"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Various12 April 2019 Self-released

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  2. ↑ "KSI & Randolph ft Jme | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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