Skybox (song)

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"Skybox"
Gunna - Skybox.png
Single by Gunna
from the album Wunna
ReleasedMarch 6, 2020
Genre Trap
Length2:58
Label
Songwriter(s) Sergio Kitchens
Producer(s) Taurus
Gunna singles chronology
"Cash Cow"
(2019)
"Skybox"
(2020)
"Turks"
(2020)
Music video
"Skybox" on YouTube

"Skybox" (stylized in all caps) is a single by American rapper Gunna, released on March 6, 2020 along with the music video. It is the lead single from his second studio album Wunna (2020). The song was produced by Taurus, and samples "Crushed Up" by American rapper Future. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Spike Jordan and opens with a claymation of Gunna on a hot air balloon floating in the clouds. [2] [3] It crashes after being flicked by a belly dancer. [4] The video then switches to live-action, with Gunna lying on a field beside the deflated balloon. He wakes up and walks to a Moroccan village nearby, [2] wandering in its streets and then partying with the locals. [5] [6]

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [7] 24
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 65
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 30

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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