Robbery (Juice Wrld song)

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"Robbery"
Juicy Robbery.png
Single by Juice Wrld
from the album Death Race for Love
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)
RecordedJanuary, 2018
Genre
Length4:00
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Nick Mira
Juice Wrld singles chronology
"Roses"
(2018)		"Robbery"
(2019)		"Hear Me Calling"
(2019)
Music video
"Robbery" on YouTube

"Robbery" is a song by 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.

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Background

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]

Music video

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.

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal.

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [44] 3× Platinum210,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [45] Gold15,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [46] Platinum40,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [47] Gold40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [48] Platinum90,000‡
France (SNEP) [49] Gold100,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [50] Gold200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [51] Gold35,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [52] Platinum50,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [53] Platinum10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [54] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [55] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [56] 5× Platinum5,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [57] Gold1,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousFebruary 13, 2019 Digital download
[3]
Australia Contemporary hit radio Universal Music Australia [58]

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