| "F9mily (You & Me)" | |
|---|---|
| Song byLil Nas X featuringTravis Barker | |
| from the EP7 | |
| Released | June 21, 2019 |
| Genre | Pop punk[1][2] |
| Length | 2:42 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Travis Barker |
| Audio video | |
| "F9mily (You & Me)" onYouTube | |
"F9mily (You & Me)" is a song by American rapperLil Nas X featuring drummerTravis Barker, from Lil Nas X's second EP7 (2019).[3] It was written byMontero Hill and Barker who produced the song and played the drums.
Barker had originally intended for a part of the song to be in a song for his rock bandBlink-182's upcoming studio albumNine. Barker has said about how he and Lil Nas X got to work on the song:[3][4]
I have a song with Lil Nas X that's going to be on his EP. He came to the studio, and I played a couple [of] beats that I thought would be stuff he was into. Then I played something on accident where he stopped and was like, "What is that? I've got to have that." It was actually an idea I had for the Blink album.
On May 14, 2019, Lil Nas X posted a snippet of the song onInstagram, and wrote in a comment that it would be titled "9."[5]
In early June, Barker toldSpin that he was in studio working with Lil Nas X on a song for Lil Nas X's EP.[1][3]
Mikael Wood wrote forLos Angeles Times that the song "has fuzzy Warped Tour guitars and a groove that goes half-time at one point as though designed for a mosh pit".[6]Alternative Press's Alex Darus wrote that "rock roots" can be heard in the song, and that Lil Nas X's vocals provide "an edgier vibe".[3]
Brian Josephs ofEntertainment Weekly wrote that the song "immediately strikes out as the low point — and not only because pop punk already had its moment in the sun. Lil Nas X's lackadaisical tone doesn't exude cool; he genuinely doesn't sound convinced that the genre needs a revisit."[7]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[8] | 34 |
| USHot Rock Songs (Billboard)[9] | 6 |
| USRolling Stone Top 100[10] | 97 |
