Creature (Pop Smoke song)
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| Song by Pop Smoke featuring Swae Lee | |
| from the album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | |
| Released | July 3, 2020 |
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"Creature" is a song by American rapper Pop Smoke, featuring Swae Lee, from the former's posthumous debut studio album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (2020). The song is a drill track. Its lyrics are about someone who pivots into romance on the horizon. In the United States, the song reached number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 33 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while it also peaked at number 44 on the Canadian Hot 100.
Background[edit]
Pop Smoke and Swae Lee first met each other at the Astroworld Festival. The two rappers had always wanted to work together. After Pop Smoke died, English producer 808Melo had to make a new beat for Swae Lee. He recorded his vocals, and the producer made a new beat and put it on top of another beat. 808Melo said "Creature"'s original beat was a little too simple. It was a drill beat, but the bassline had a trap beat. He decided to re-do the whole beat. "Creature" was originally two unreleased songs created by Swae Lee and Pop Smoke. English producer Jess Jackson figured out that both the songs tempos were in the same range, and decided to merge the two together. Record executive Steven Victor wanted "Creature" to be the first song that they put out. They were going to bridge the sounds from what Pop Smoke was doing on both his mixtapes Meet the Woo (2019) and Meet the Woo 2 and what was on Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon.[1]
Music and lyrics[edit]
A.D. Amorosi of Variety described the song as drill.[2] According to Karlton Jahmal of HotNewHipHop, the "crooning dread head lights up the hook with a catchy stop and go flow and melodic musings". He continued by saying Pop Smoke's "deep and grimy vocals sit well over the ominous synths".[3] Dhruva Balram of NME noted the song "burns slowly over slow, pared-back production".[4] Briana Younger of NPR noted Pop Smoke only gets a lone verse on the song as Swae Lee "holds down much of track's real estate".[5] David Arron Blake from HipHopDX stated "rumbling baritone basslines thump behind Swae Lee, who sounds to be singing through a room of thick smoke".[6]
Writing for Vulture, Craig Jenkins compared the song to 50 Cent's 2003 single "21 Questions", and said the lyrics are about a "tough-guy rapper pivot[ing] flawlessly into romance on the horizon".[7] Swae Lee raps: "Shoutout 808Melo (Ooh), Yeah (Ooh), (Shut this shit down), Run up on it (Ooh), you know I'm on it (Ooh), The drank on me (Ooh), draggin' my feet (Ooh), Hop in that whip (Ooh), I'm 'bout to see you (Ooh), I'm like a creature (Ooh), I'm on the creep (Ooh)."[8]
Release and reception[edit]
On July 3, 2020, "Creature" was released as the seventh track on Pop Smoke's debut posthumous studio album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon.[9] Gary Suarez of Entertainment Weekly called the song menacing.[10] Jahmal viewed it as one of the album's standout tracks.[3] Slant Magazine's Charles Lyons-Burt said Pop Smoke's verses on "Creature" do not have a "punchy impact".[11] Following the release of Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, "Creature" debuted and peaked at number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[12] The song also peaked at number 33 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 44 on the Canadian Hot 100.[13][14] It also charted at number 100 in France.[15]
Credits and personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[16]
- Pop Smoke – vocals, songwriter
- Swae Lee – vocals, songwriter
- 808Melo – production, programming, songwriter
- Swirv – additional producer, songwriter
- Pitt Tha Kid – co-production, songwriter
- Yung Swisher – co-production, songwriter
- Steven Victor – songwriter
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[14] | 44 |
| France (SNEP)[15] | 100 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[17] | 57 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[13] | 33 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Skelton, Eric; Setaro, Shawn; McKinney, Jessica. "Cover Story: The Making of Pop Smoke's 'Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon'". Complex. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Amorosi, A.D. (July 2, 2020). "Pop Smoke's 'Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon': Album Review". Variety. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jahmal, Karlton (July 6, 2020). "Pop Smoke & Swae Lee Are 'Creatures'". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ↑ Balram, Dhruva (July 3, 2020). "Pop Smoke – 'Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon review: Brooklyn rapper's posthumous debut matches rising star's ambition". NME. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Younger, Briana (July 3, 2020). "Pop Smoke's First And Final Album Falls Between Two Worlds". NPR. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Blake, David Arron (July 16, 2020). "Review: Pop Smoke's No. 1 Album Proves He Was A Star Outside Of 50 Cent & Quavo's Help". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Jenkins, Craig (July 7, 2020). "Pop Smoke's Story Might Always End With a Glaring Question Mark". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Watch Latest English Official Music Video Song 'Creature' Sung By Pop Smoke Featuring Swae Lee". The Times of India. July 8, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ↑ Crone, David. "Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon – Pop Smoke". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Suarez, Gary (July 2, 2020). "On Pop Smoke's Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, unfulfilled promise looms large". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lyons-Burt, Charles (July 8, 2020). "Review: Pop Smoke's Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon Is a Half-Baked Epitaph". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Zellner, Xander (July 13, 2020). "All 19 Songs From Pop Smoke's New LP Chart on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Pop Smoke Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Pop Smoke Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Lescharts.com – Pop Smoke – Snitching" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Credits / Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon / Pop Smoke". Tidal. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Pop Smoke Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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