Zaddy

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"Zaddy"
TyDollaZaddy.png
Single by Ty Dolla Sign
from the album Campaign
ReleasedAugust 25, 2016 (2016-08-25)
Recorded2016
Genre Hip hop
Length3:43
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ty Dolla Sign singles chronology
"Bacon"
(2016)
"Zaddy"
(2016)
"Fade"
(2016)
Music video
"Zaddy" on YouTube

"Zaddy" is a song by American singer Ty Dolla Sign. It was released on August 25, 2016, as the third single from his ninth mixtape, Campaign (2016). [1] The song was written by Tyrone Griffin, Jr., Jay Cummings, Adam Feeney, and Jahaan Sweet, with the production being helmed by the latter two.

Contents

Background and release

In June 2016, Ty Dolla Sign announced his new mixtape, Campaign . [2] On July 11, 2016, he released the title track lead single featuring Future. [3] The second single, "No Justice" featuring Ty's brother Big TC, was released on July 21. [1] On July 24, Ty shared the mixtape's track listing, which included "Zaddy" as the seventh track. [4] He released "Zaddy" as the mixtape's third single on August 25, 2016. [1]

Critical reception

Pigeons & Planes named "Zaddy" as one of the best songs of September 2016. [5] Complex placed it at number 37 on its The 50 Best Songs of 2016 list. [6]

Music video

The music video for "Zaddy" was filmed in Tokyo, Japan, and was inspired by 2015 science fiction psychological thriller, Ex Machina . [7] The video premiered via Ty Dolla Sign's YouTube channel on August 30, 2016. [7]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles ( Billboard ) [8] 8

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
WorldwideAugust 25, 2016 Atlantic [1]

Zaddy passed into slang culture as a term for a good-looking, fashionable man with "swag". [9] [10]

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