Stupid (Ashnikko song)

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"Stupid"
Single by Ashnikko featuring Baby Tate
from the EP Hi, It's Me
ReleasedOctober 22, 2019
Genre
Length2:47
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Oscar Scheller
Ashnikko singles chronology
"Hi It's Me"
(2019)		"Stupid"
(2019)		"Working Bitch"
(2019)
Music video
"Stupid" on YouTube

"Stupid" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper Ashnikko featuring American rapper Baby Tate from the former's third EP, Hi It's Me, released under Digital Picnic/Parlophone Records on July 12, 2019. Produced by Oscar Scheller, "Stupid" became popular on the video-sharing app TikTok, where celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson have danced to the song. It has been described as industrial and pop-rap. [1] The song received positive reviews from music critics, who praised the song for its production, songwriting and vocal performances. [2]

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Reception

Since September 2019, the song has been used in over 400,000 videos on TikTok, and has gained over 80 million streams on Spotify alone. [3] Miley Cyrus gained over 2.3 million likes when she lip-synced the song on a TikTok video with Cody Simpson. [4] The song topped the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, [5] the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop chart, [6] and the Spotify Viral 50 chart. [7] [8]

Cat Zhang from Pitchfork described the song as a "venemous [ sic ] rap song animated by its snide dismissal of men, ghoulish theatrics, and Pornhub shoutouts." [4] Robin Murray from Clash said "[the song is] a sign of her personal and creative autonomy, with Ashnikko placing herself front and centre in a striking but de-sexualised way." [9]

Ashnikko responded to the song's performance online when she took to Instagram to write, "Since 'Stupid' is having a weird little moment on tik tok I think that it's only fair that I force u all to help me actualise my lifelong dream of going viral". [10] When asked in an interview with Billboard about how the song got the reaction that it did, Ashnikko said "It's quite a divisive song, isn't it? The lyrics are straight-to-the-point and blunt and honest." [11]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal: [12]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [13] 63
Ireland (IRMA) [14] 93
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [15] 29
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [16] 1
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles ( Billboard ) [17] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [18] Platinum40,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [19] Platinum80,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [20] Gold25,000‡
United States (RIAA) [21] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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