| "Flocky Flocky" | |
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| Song byDon Toliver featuringTravis Scott | |
| from the albumLife of a Don | |
| Released | October 8, 2021 |
| Recorded | 2020 |
| Genre | Trap |
| Length | 3:03 |
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| "Flocky Flocky" onYouTube | |
"Flocky Flocky" is a song by American rapperDon Toliver, released on October 8, 2021 from his second studio albumLife of a Don. It features American rapperTravis Scott. The song was produced byCardo, Dez Wright and Mu Lean.
A snippet of the song surfaced online in October 2020.[1]
Following the release ofLife of a Don, Don Toliver toldEbro Darden onApple Music 1:
"Flocky Flocky" was one regular studio recording day I had and [Travis Scott] randomly […] came to my session and just pulled up on me. I already had that record, I just did that record before he walked in. He pulled up and instantly laid his verse down. I was just happy man, I was just happy he pulled up to the session, period. Seeing him get on the mic and doing that verse was exciting.[2]
In December 2021, Mu Lean released a video in which he walks through the production process of the song.[3]
The song focuses on the rappers' "rockstar lifestyle" which includes drug usage, and is performed with vocals inAuto-Tune.[4]
Aron A. ofHotNewHipHop called the song a "trancey banger",[4] while Robin Murray ofClash called it "an addictive Travis Scott burner".[5] Kyann-Sian Williams ofNME gave a negative review, commenting that "the duo court that moody sound but also add the tinny melodies popular inpop-rap nowadays. It feels chaotic and rushed, never mind Travis Scott's mostly nonsensical lines: 'I keep a place to bait, to tune your brain up / She stuffs her face in cake, no way it's safe'."[6]
An official music video was released on October 11, 2021. Shot through fisheye lens with grainy, night vision-like footage,[7][8] it starts with the rappers racing in theirLamborghinis on a highway at night,[7][8][9][10] before fueling up and boarding a private jet toNew Orleans.[7][8][11] They hang out in the studio, dine on wings and throw money at a strip club,[7][8][9][11] visit a mural ofLil Wayne in his neighborhood ofHollygrove[7][8][10] and ride in a limousine.[11]
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] | 44 |
| France (SNEP)[13] | 174 |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[14] | 46 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[15] | 99 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[16] | 5 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[17] | 99 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[18] | 53 |
| USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[19] | 15 |
