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Fukk Sleep
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Wikipedia article
"'Fukk Sleep'" is a song by American rapper ASAP Rocky featuring English singer FKA Twigs from the former's third studio album, 'Testing' (2018). Produced by Hector Delgado, FnZ, Boi-1da, and Rocky, the track was released in 2018 alongside the album. The song was later given a video, directed by Diana Kunst.
Background
The song contains a sample of "FYM", written by Prodigy, Joyner Lucas, Boi-1da and Mystikal, as performed by Lucas. The song's writing credits reflect this, with Twigs and Rocky, as well as Michael Burman, Hector Delgado, Prodigy, Lucas, Boi-1da, and Mystikal being credited as writers. The song was produced by Delgado, Rocky, FnZ, and Boi-1da. Delgado provided background vocals and engineered and mixed the song. The song features keyboards by Andrew VanWyngarden.
Promotion
Music video
Directed by Diana Kunst, the visual sees "Twigs and Rocky serve all of the looks while causing mayhem in the streets and then taking it elsewhere from a fancy restaurant to a grungy strip club." The video's production was handled by Object Animal and O Creative Studio.The duo wore clothes designed by a range of high-fashion outlets such as Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, Dior, and Versace, among others. Since its premiere on November 2, 2018, the video has received over 30 million views.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/pM5XogpX1JA Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181105221552/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM5XogpX1JA Wayback Machine]: Fellow rapper Kanye West praised the video on his Twitter. Tosten Burks of 'Spin' likened the video to the film 'Blade Runner'.
Live performances
The duo performed the song at Redbull's Music Festival in May 2019. Following the performance, Trace William Owen of 'Complex' magazine praised the performance and said "[audiences] don't talk enough about 'Fukk Sleep'".Charts
References
Category:2018 songs
Category:ASAP Rocky songs
Category:FKA Twigs songs
Category:Songs written by ASAP Rocky
Category:Songs written by Prodigy (rapper)
Category:Songs written by Joyner Lucas
Category:Songs written by Boi-1da
Category:Songs written by Mystikal
Category:Song recordings produced by Boi-1da
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