Lil Yachty is already sitting atop the Billboard rap charts with his feature on Kyle’s irrepressible summer jam “iSpy” and this morning, while the world pressed repeat again on Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN, the King of the Teens returned with two new singles. “Peek a Boo” is a collaboration with the Migos that has Yachty mirroring the trio’s staccato flows rather than asserting his own blissed-out style. It works perfectly—Yachty’s always been more versatile than critics assume—and it comes with a slick, vampyric video too, which you can see above.
But “Harley”? HARLEY HARLEY HARLEY HARLEY HARLEY. This song sounds like a Game Boy melting in the sun; it sounds like a flute on molly; it is the sonic equivalent of an ecstatic grin. It’s the sweetest distillation of Yachty’s imperious summertime nonchalance: “Top of the building / athletes be my neighbors / These niggas soft like Life Savers / These niggas be bitches / Most of these niggas be hoes / Guess that that’s just how it goes,” he raps as an 8-bit beat bounds around behind him.
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Listen to both tracks below.
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