"Robbery" | ||||
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Single by Juice Wrld | ||||
from the album Death Race for Love | ||||
Released | February 13, 2019 | |||
Recorded | January 2018 | |||
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Length | 4:00 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Nick Mira | |||
Juice Wrld singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Robbery" on YouTube |
"Robbery" is a song by the late American rapper Juice Wrld. It was released on February 13, 2019, via Grade A Productions through exclusive licensing to Interscope Records, as the lead single for his second studio album, Death Race for Love . [3] [4] "Robbery" has over a billion streams on Spotify.
An emotional separation-themed song, [5] "Robbery" was described as being about "a woman stealing Juice's heart", by Complex [3] and how Juice takes revenge against her while consuming liquor. [6] [7]
It was produced by Nick Mira, who also produced Juice's multi-platinum-certified single "Lucid Dreams". [8] Rolling Stone described the song as "dark and melodramatic" while calling it "a clunky metaphor about a woman demanding love" from Juice. [9]
Lyrically, the first verse discusses the comparison of Juice's father advising him about not revealing his insecurities to women and his heart's stance of the contrary. [9]
XXL noted the song as a "heartfelt track about a love that has left Juice broken and confused," [10] while Highsnobiety identified it as a "melancholic lamenting about a past love." [11] [12]
The official music video for the song was published on Valentine's Day to Lyrical Lemonade, a YouTube channel owned by Cole Bennett, who directed the video along with several of Juice's other music videos. [8]
Bennett was noted for "bringing his after-effects-addled eye" to the video of "Robbery" and "providing it with the same bugged out visual energy" of "Lucid Dreams". [3] Artistically, the video was described as having "splashes of flames" in many scenes while lacking Bennett's signature neon and warping effects. [3]
HipHopDX described the plot as an emo-crooning of Juice while being "surrounded by a background of fire". [13]
Plot-wise, Juice is shown drinking a bottle of Hennessy while walking through the wedding of his ex-lover with another person, to "numb the pain" and "deal with the agony". [8] Shortly after, while leaving, he throws his burning cigarette onto a flower held by a guest, eventually causing the venue's destruction. [8]
The video performance was officially uploaded to the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel (as many other Juice songs) on February 14, 2019, a day after the single's release. As of May 2023, the music video as reached more than 469 million views.
Adapted from Tidal.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [44] | 3× Platinum | 210,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [45] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [46] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [47] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [48] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [49] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [50] | Gold | 200,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [51] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [52] | 3× Platinum | 90,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [53] | Platinum | 50,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [54] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [55] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [56] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [57] | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Greece (IFPI Greece) [58] | Gold | 1,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | February 13, 2019 | Digital download |
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Australia | Contemporary hit radio | Universal Music Australia | [59] |