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Wikipedia article
"'Watch'" is a song by American rapper Travis Scott, featuring vocals from American rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West. All three artists wrote the song alongside producer Pi'erre Bourne. It was released by Epic Records on May 4, 2018. It was expected to be the second single from Scott's third studio album 'Astroworld', before being excluded when the album was released on August 3, 2018.
Release
American supermodel and reality star and Travis Scott's girlfriend at the time, Kylie Jenner, first teased the track via her Snapchat story on April 24, 2018, West also teased it on Twitter the following day. A day before the song's release, Scott revealed its release date and cover art, the latter of which includes a roller coaster, a skull with fire in its eye sockets, flowers and a gem-encrusted gold watch. On May 11, Scott premiered a vertical video for the song exclusively on Spotify, in which Uzi and West were absent. It was shot at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Composition
"Watch" is a trap song which samples Ronald Jenkees' 2012 song "Early Morning May" and KSupreme's unreleased song "Expensive Shit". According to 'Rolling Stone's Althea Legaspi, "the track opens with an amusement park clip of a child at AstroWorld, and a whimsical, woozy musical vibe follows that befits that theme". Lyrically, Uzi raps about his cash flow, while West raps about opioid addiction and addresses his controversial social position. The outro was spoken by Scott's girlfriend Kylie Jenner.
Critical reception
Sheldon Pearce of 'Pitchfork' regarded the song as "an enjoyable ego trip full of empty-calorie raps, reliant entirely on the premise that you are as enthralled by these three artists as they are with themselves". He noted "Pi'erre's superb ear-bending production" as "the song's best feature", writing that "Scott is largely forgettable" due to his "toneless, flat, and unchanging" hums.
Live performances
On May 6, 2018, Scott made a live performance debut of the song during an appearance at Avenue nightclub in Los Angeles.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
* Travis Scott vocals
* Lil Uzi Vert vocals
* Kanye West vocals
* Pi'erre Bourne production
* Jimmy Cash engineering
* Noah Goldstein engineering
* Mike Dean mixing engineering, mastering engineering
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