Look at Me
| "Look at Me" | |
|---|---|
X's mugshot was used as the cover art for the song on the Empire release | |
| Song by XXXTentacion | |
| from the album Revenge | |
| Released | December 30, 2015 (SoundCloud) January 29, 2016 (iTunes) February 20, 2017 (re-release) |
| Genre | Trap metal, lo-fi |
| Length |
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| Label | Empire |
| Songwriter(s) | Jahseh Onfroy, Cristian Rojas, James Duval, Mark Lawrence |
| Producer(s) | Rojas, Jimmy Duval |
"Look at Me" (written as "Look at Me!") is a song by American rapper XXXTentacion. The song was first released on X's SoundCloud on December 30, 2015. The song later appeared on his final mixtape Revenge. The song was able to make it to #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1][2]
Billboard named the song as one of their 100 songs that defined the 2010s.[3]
Music video
[change | change source]On September 12, 2017, a music video for the song was released. It was directed by JMP. The video featured "Look at Me" for the first half and "Riot" for the second half of the video.
In the video, it begins with a woman called Dildo Uni, who has a dildo strapped to her head. She comes down from the sky and says "Behold my liege I am you nobel steed." The next scene has X enter a classroom on someone's shoulders and he beats up the teacher. The song ends and "Riot" starts. The video then shows X and other black men lynched in a forest. The names and footage of Emmett Till, Philando Castile, Rodney King, Heather Heyer, and the Ferguson riots appear across the next seconds. The video then shows two young boys, one white and one black, being lead onto a stage where a noose is hanging. The music then cuts as X puts the noose around the white boy's neck and hangs him in front of an audience.
At the end, the video shows X sitting on a stool and reading from his phone. He lists off different race-based violent events. He says he is speaking for the youth and calls for racial equality.[4]
The video caused controversy. [5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "XXXTentacion - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ↑ "XXXTentacion - Look at Me!". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Songs That Defined the Decade: XXXTENTACION's 'Look At Me!'". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ↑ "XXXTentacion Hangs a White Child in Controversial "Look at Me!" Video". XXL. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ↑ "XXXTentacion causes controversy by 'lynching' white child in music video". NME. Retrieved July 30, 2023.