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A 15-second sample of the chorus to the song, featuring a two-note siren motif. [12] The motif is a version of the audio feedback sound from West's tracks "Send It Up" (2013) and "Feedback" (2016) with a lower semitone, contributing to the song's pulse. [12] [13] The chorus sees West and Travis Scott pleading the Holy Spirit to come down and "wash us in the blood," accompanied by ad-libs from the latter of the two. [14] [15] [16]
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Musically, "Wash Us in the Blood" is an industrial hip hop song. [17] [18] Specifically, the track's industrial sound received comparisons to Yeezus and was noted for being combined with electronic sounds. [11] [14] [16] According to The Guardian , "Wash Us in the Blood" is "a club anthem." [12] On the other hand, the track was described as sounding "like the child of a nail grating on the chalkboard and a police siren." [19] The track contains a two-note siren motif that is a feedback sound, which has a lower semitone than the feedback on West's songs "Send It Up" (2013) and "Feedback" (2016). [12] It includes a pulse, coming from the feedback sound. [12] [13] The track features production reminiscent of Yeezus through its "splintering electro-styled beats." [20] Hard-hitting drums are present within the song, alongside experimental sounds such as horns and spray cans. [16] [21] The track includes bongos before introducing "a thumping cacophony of quaking beats" as well as industrial synth lines that are screams, complemented with white noise and deep vocal samples. [13] For the opening of the track, West raps "in short, repetitive bursts, drawling the end of his lines," accompanied by a sample of preacher Robert G. Moore Jr, which was contributed by producer Dem Jointz after being sent the record from Dr. Dre. [19] [22] [23] Travis Scott contributes seven lines to the track through his auto-tuned vocals in a performance that was interpreted as "characteristically woozy," with his vocals appearing on the bridge and part of the second verse. [13] [19] [21]

Lyrically, "Wash Us in the Blood" has a religious message; the song implores God "to deliver black America from evil" through Jesus' sacrifice while discussing mass incarceration, slavery, genocide, and drug-dealing. [13] [15] [24] In the chorus of the song, West and Travis Scott plead for the Holy Spirit to come down and "wash us in the blood." [14] [15] Within the song, Travis Scott also performs ad-libs and criticizes capital punishment. [16] [24] West attacks record labels for trying to "sign a calm 'Ye" as well as others who do not want him to be himself, though the antagonists are unnamed by West. [13] [19] Following on from this, West switches focus by taking aim at the media alongside evoking Trump's criticism of fake news. [19] [21]

Release and promotion

On June 30, 2020, "Wash Us in the Blood" was released for digital download and streaming as the lead single from God's Country. [5] [25] The song was also made available for pre-order via West's website in various physical formats, including a 12-inch vinyl, 7-inch vinyl, cassette, and CD single. [5] In July 2020, West shared a track list for his upcoming tenth studio album Donda on Twitter, revealing the song to be slated for release on the album at the time. [lower-alpha 1] [27] However, it was ultimately not included on the album. [28] On November 25, 2019, West performed "Wash Us in the Blood" during Nebuchadnezzar at the Hollywood Bowl. [8] For the performance, West served as the narrator and was accompanied by operatic singers, large groups of robed people that occupied the venue's aisle, and a choir. [8] The choir wore matching robes and stood on an elevated structure that was shaped like a horseshoe, and the version of the song performed had the same instrumental as the final version. [8] [29]

Reception

"Wash Us in the Blood"
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Single by Kanye West featuring Travis Scott
ReleasedJune 30, 2020
Genre Industrial hip hop
Length3:10
Label
Songwriter(s)
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Kanye West singles chronology
"Closed on Sunday"
(2019)		"Wash Us in the Blood"
(2020)		"Ego Death"
(2020)
Travis Scott singles chronology
"TKN"
(2020)		"Wash Us in the Blood"
(2020)		"The Plan"
(2020)
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"Wash Us in the Blood" was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, with a number of them praising the music. Ben Beaumont-Thomas lauded the song in his review for The Guardian, hailing it as "one of [West's] most focused and arresting tracks for years" as well as "an intensely potent study of race and faith," while he explained that the motif "gets your blood up." [12] Sam Moore of NME highlighted the song as "a glorious return to 'Yeezus'-era chaos" and added that it "thankfully proves that even 2020's passionately non-secular Kanye isn't done yet with challenging and provoking his listener." [13] Jason Lipshutz from Billboard described the song as "a return to the boiling anger that made 2013's Yeezus so kinetic," praising West and Travis Scott's "fiery examination of injustice." [30] Craig Jenkins of Vulture viewed the song as a return to form for West as well as "a smoother pairing of West's newfound faith and existing politics," albeit one where he "[recycles] ideas [he's] already perfected elsewhere." [25] Consequence of Sound 's Eli Enis commented that the song's sound is "decidedly noisier and more aggressive" in comparison to West's 2019 releases and his eighth studio album Ye (2018), with him noting it being "chock-full of religious themes and motifs." [17]

In a less enthusiastic review, HipHopDX writer Devon Jefferson called the song a "banger" which "appears to be" a return form by West to "the naked and somewhat unassuming eye," though admitted that the song is "more of a mutation of Ye, which we've seen in many forms in recent years." [31] Jefferson elaborated on his viewpoint, stating that "it feels like a veiled attempt at the sort of radical musical advocacy" which West delivered with Yeezus, while dubbing the song a "watered down" version of the album's lead single "Black Skinhead" (2013). [31] Complex 's Eric Skelton opined that the song "contains many flaws" and "sounds unfinished," but nonetheless concluded that "it's encouraging to hear Kanye experiment on a song" and that "there are moments where he sounds more creatively charged than he has in quite some time." [21] Writing for Pitchfork , Hubert Adjei-Kontoh remarked that the song "feels more like a tossed-off sketch than a meticulous portrait," citing its "parodic" social commentary and noting the "woozy, clippy" production of the song. [15] Gavin Haynes of The Guardian opined that the song is a "dark, frenetic" track and "has all the commercial potential of a Metal Machine Music B-sides compilation," likening it to "someone pouring a baby into the bear enclosure." [32]

At the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, "Wash Us in the Blood" was awarded Top Gospel Song. [33]

Music video

Background and synopsis

The music video uses split-screen presentation, which includes computer-generated images of West alongside footage of donuts being done by cars and the combination of the screens was described as "splicing." Wash Us in the Blood excerpt.gif
The music video uses split-screen presentation, which includes computer-generated images of West alongside footage of donuts being done by cars and the combination of the screens was described as "splicing."

On May 25, 2020, Jafa revealed that he had been "really busy" shooting a music video with West for the lead single from God's Country. [1] Prior to the collaboration, Jafa had used West's 2016 track "Ultralight Beam" in his film Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death that was released the same year. [1] Alongside directing the music video for "Wash Us in the Blood", Jafa designed the single's cover art. [34] West had donated to the families of African-Americans Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery before using clips of them for the video. [34] It premiered on June 30, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. EDT via YouTube. [20]

For the opening of the music video, warped faces are displayed while police sirens can be heard. [34] The opening shows a police officer berating a fellow officer, which appears to be done during a Black Lives Matter rally. [24] The video uses split-screen presentation throughout and features footage of West's Saint Pablo Tour (2016), [34] police brutality, [35] a gospel choir, people with masks on that struggle to breathe, goats, Afrofuturism, Taylor dancing, [36] Arbery soon before his shooting, protests, church services, [37] cars doing donuts, scenes from Grand Theft Auto V (2013), computer-generated images of West, [24] imprisoned people, and an unmanned drone. [11] To end the video, the camera zooms in on the face of Kanye's daughter North West as she dances at a rehearsal for the Sunday Service Choir. [24] [36] At the same time as her dancing, Kanye West says the chorus of "Wash Us in the Blood", with him doing this after the song's audio has run its full length. [36]

Reception

BBC arts editor Will Gompertz gave the music video four stars out of five, asserting that "it is a good film," albeit one inferior to Jafa's earlier work such as Love is the Message, The Message is Death and The White Album (2018) due to the position of "Wash Us in the Blood" as the visual's most important element. [38] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times judged that "Jafa's video collage of trauma and exuberance remains effective here." [39] MTV writer Patrick Hosken dubbed the visual "chaotic," noting that it opens "with police sirens and warped faces and intercut with footage of West's own glitched-out face." [34] However, Adjei-Kontoh panned the "risible" video for juxtaposing clips of Taylor and Arbery with video game footage and viral videos, which he argued denies "the sacred inherent in the very lives the song seeks to praise" and reduces black life "to digital death and instant commodification." [15] Within less than 24 hours of release, the music video had received over a million views on YouTube. [40] Based on the platform's community guidelines, the video was age-restricted. [41]

Commercial performance

After three days of tracking, "Wash Us in the Blood" debuted at number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [42] During the tracking period, it received 6.3 million streams and sold 18,000 downloads. [42] The song became West's 108th entry on the Hot 100, bringing him one entry closer to tying with American singer Elvis Presley for the 6th most appearances in the chart's history. [42] It lasted for two weeks on the Hot 100. [43]

The song topped the US Christian Songs, Gospel Songs, Christian Streaming Songs, Christian Digital Song Sales, Gospel Streaming Songs and Gospel Digital Song Sales charts at the same time, following on from West's single "Follow God" (2019) as his second track to top all six of the charts and giving Travis Scott his first appearance on the charts. By debuting at the summit of the US Gospel Songs chart, the song ended the single's 35-week run at number one. The song opened atop the Digital Song Sales chart, becoming West's sixth number one on the chart and Travis Scott's second. [42]

In Australia, the song performed best by debuting at number 31 on the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming one of three new releases to reach the top 50 for the week of July 13, 2020. [44] "Wash Us in the Blood" experienced similar performance in Ireland, peaking at number 32 on the Irish Singles Chart. [45] It also reached the top 50 in Greece and Lithuania, attaining positions of number 37 and 47 on the Greece International Digital Singles and Lithuanian Top 100 charts, respectively. [46] [47] On the UK Singles Chart, the song entered at number 69 for the issue dated July 9, 2020. [48] The following week, it rose 18 places to number 51 on the chart. [49] In total, the song remained on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. [50]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from YouTube. [7]

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Wash Us in the Blood"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
VariousJune 30, 2020 [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ God's Country was retitled to Donda. [26]

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