A$AP Rocky begins a riot within the music video for his newest single, “Helicopter.”
Directed by Dan Streit, the dystopian clip sees Fairly Flacko taking to the skies in a stolen chopper (the identical one from a few of his current competition performances) and lording over New York Metropolis because it descends into chaos.
The Harlem native made pains to level out on Instagram that the visible “is just not AI generated.” As a substitute, it employs motion-captured animations of the rapper and his crew, together with a nostalgic lo-fi filter that offers it the texture of late ’90s PlayStation video games. (The one’s cowl artwork additionally nods to basic video games from this period.)
As for the monitor itself, “Helicopter” options ominous, hard-hitting producing from Kelvin Krash and Soufien 3000 and agile, staccato flows from A$AP Rocky, who namedrops Cam’ron and Jim Jones whereas pledging allegiance to his style companions Puma.
“I’m checkin’ my sneakers, no checks on my sneakers / Simply Puma, Hole and yeah, the goody GRIM,” he raps, earlier than including: “I ridе round in an all-pink Mercedes, thе pussy whip / Like Killa Cam, my braids lookin’ like I may very well be Jim.”
Watch the video beneath.
“Helicopter” is the most recent providing from A$AP Rocky’s long-awaited upcoming album Don’t Be Dumb, which is lastly set to reach this Friday (January 16).
Whereas a tracklist has but to be confirmed, different songs anticipated to seem on the challenge embody the lately launched “Punk Rocky,” in addition to “Cease Snitchin,” “Stole Ya Stream” and “Whiskey (I’m Not Resisting)” which Rocky has debuted throughout reside performances lately.
Very like its predecessor, 2018’s Testing, Don’t Be Dumb is also a star-studded affair, with rumored contributions from Metro Boomin, Tyler, The Creator and Playboi Carti, amongst others.
Flacko’s closest collaborator is his unlikeliest, although. The paintings credit Tim Burton, the legendary filmmaker behind Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and the late ’80s/early ’90s Batman motion pictures, as Rocky’s partner-in-crime, though it stays to be seen what position he performs precisely.
“I really like Tim Burton, man. I’ve been impressed by him [since] a toddler,” Rocky stated in a current sit-down with Vainness Truthful. “I feel what he does with claymation and the way he transcended into live-action motion pictures, the parallels between them and [how] he seamlessly included it from matte portray to German Expressionism. I feel he’s a fucking genius.”
