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| Promotional single by Austin Mahone featuring Rich Homie Quan | ||||
| B-side | "Way Up" | |||
| Released | August 19, 2016 | |||
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| Length | 3:01 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Bei Maejor | |||
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| "Send It (feat. Rich Homie Quan) (Lyrics Video)" on YouTube | ||||
"Send It" is a song by American singer-songwriter Austin Mahone featuring Rich Homie Quan. It was released on August 19,2016,by A.M. Music LLC and Mr. 305 as a promotional single.
Mahone began promoting the track on his social media with the hashtag #SendItWayUp819. After teasing the track,on August 19,2016,he released "Send It",along with another track "Way Up" onto music streaming services. [1]
"Send It" was written by Austin Mahone,Rich Homie Quan,Joey Lopez,Robert Villanueva,Felix de Laet,Radboud Miedema and Janieck Devy,while production was handled by Bei Maejor,who also co-wrote the track. Lyrically,the song features sexually explicit content and is about Mahone asking a girl to send him nudes. [2] Musically,the track is described as bounce and R&B. [1]
The song became famous in China after it was adopted in the social media app TikTok. [3] There was a Cantonese version of the song. [4] The song has been streamed over 150K times on the music app Xiami Music. [5]
"Send It" was met with negative reviews from music critics and fans,with various people calling the song "trashy","disgusting","creepy" [6] and "problematic." [7] Seventeen magazine describes the song as every girl's texting nightmare with lyrics straight out of the "How to Convince a Girl to Send You Nudes handbook",such as "Send it to my phone,send it to my phone / You already know I keep it on the low / Baby,you can trust me,promise I'm alone / I won't tell a soul,send it to my phone." [2] Some have said the song's lyrics make them feel disgusted. [8] De Elizabeth of Teen Vogue criticized the lyrics calling it "a red flag" and sends "the wrong kind of message." [1]
Others have said that many artists talk about sex and nude photos in their songs all the time,and that Mahone is saying what everyone thinks. [8]
The music video for "Send It" was released on September 12,2016,and was directed by Y2K. [9]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Send It" (ft. Rich Homie Quan) | 3:01 |
Credits for "Send It" adapted from digital liner notes. [11]
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | August 19, 2016 | Digital download |
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