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Babushka Boi

Babushka Boi

2019 single by ASAP Rocky

"Babushka Boi" is a song by American rapper ASAP Rocky, released as a single through ASAP Rocky Recordings, Polo Grounds Music and RCA Records on August 28, 2019. The music video was released the same day.[1]

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Background

ASAP Rocky began wearing a babushka headscarf to cover the resulting cut on his face after he fell off his scooter in September 2018. This inspired Frank Ocean, who posted a picture on his Instagram of himself in a babushka, with ASAP Rocky commenting "Babushka Boi" on the image and later adding the phrase to his own Instagram.[2] Rocky previewed the song at the 'Injured Generation Tour' in January 2019,[3] and shared a trailer of its music video on August 26.[4]

Music video

The Nadia Lee Cohen-directed music video was also released on August 28. It was inspired by Dick Tracy and features ASAP Rocky, ASAP Ferg, Schoolboy Q, ASAP Nast and Kamil Abbas as prosthetic-enhanced gangsters robbing a bank and on the run from police, who are portrayed as anthropomorphic pigs.[5][6] The criminals get into a shootout with the police which "leaves ASAP and his crew with some fresh sausage meat."[7][8]

It has been noted that it was filmed before ASAP Rocky's arrest and detainment in Sweden. The video was produced by Virgin Soil Pictures.[5][9]

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

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References

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