A$AP Rocky has dropped “Punk Rocky,” the primary single from his much-anticipated new album, Don’t Be Dumb, out January sixteenth by way of A$AP Worldwide/RCA Data. Stream it beneath.
Co-written by Rocky with Cristoforo Donadi (aka Ghost), Zach Fogarty, and Ging (fka Frank Dukes), the monitor contains a psych-rock-inspired sound, setting the tone for the path of his upcoming album.
On “Punk Rocky,” the Harlem rapper channels heartbreak with lyrics like, “She ain’t gon’ be in my life no extra/ Acquired me crying within the microphone/ Let me shout on the megaphone/ That ho ain’t my sort no extra.”
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Presumably, he isn’t alluding to his relationship with Rihanna, however who is aware of?
The accompanying music video was co-directed by Rocky with Folkert Verdoorn and Simon Becks, and stars Winona Ryder, Danny Elfman, Thundercat, and A$AP Nast. In response to a press launch, it portrays 5 out of six of Rocky’s Don’t Be Dumb alter egos, with Rocky himself taking part in GR1M, Tommy Revenge as RUGAHAND, Thoto as BABUSHKA BOI, the Williams twins as SHIRTHEAD, and DUMMY.
Rocky’s final album, TESTING, was launched in 2018. Pre-orders for Don’t Be Dumb are ongoing.
