NEED TO KNOW
- Winona Ryder stars in A$AP Rocky’s new music video for “Punk Rocky”
- Within the music video, which premiered on Monday, Jan. 5 and incorporates a storage get together, the rapper and actor is arrested
- Rocky’s fourth studio album Do not Be Dumb is due Jan. 16
A$AP Rocky is bringing the chaos of punk rock to his newest music video.
On Monday, Jan. 5, the rapper and actor premiered the primary launch from his forthcoming album Do not Be Dumb referred to as “Punk Rocky,” together with its corresponding music video.
On the monitor, which veers extra breezy indie-rock, Rocky (born Rakim Mayers), 37, sings on the refrain, “I wanna fall in love, don’t need no damaged coronary heart / Do not wanna develop aside (Take me again) / I wanna fall in love, don’t need no damaged coronary heart / Do not wanna develop aside (Take me again).”
Within the accompanying visible, co-directed by Rocky, Folkert Verdoorn and Simon Becks, Rocky and his associates have a chaotic storage jam session, which brings out the neighbors.
Whereas they’re rocking out, their neighbor, performed by Winona Ryder, brings them cookies and dances with Rocky and a raging meathead makes an attempt to eliminate the A$AP Mob frontman and his friends.
Per a press launch, the video options Danny Elfman, Thundercat, and A$AP Nast, and brings 5 out of six of Rocky’s Do not Be Dumb alter egos to life with Rocky himself portraying GR1M, Tommy Revenge as RUGAHAND, Thoto as BABUSHKA BOI, the Williams twins as SHIRTHEAD, and DUMMY showing alongside them.
Rocky, sporting a swollen eye and pink rollers, finally ends up arrested and brought to jail along with his associates. Nevertheless, somebody posts their bail and the get together is ready to proceed.
However the “Sundress” artist makes an attempt to get revenge on the aforementioned tattling neighbor, chasing him down and firing a number of gunshots his means, which results in him as soon as once more ending up in handcuffs behind a cop automobile.
However he is not caught there too lengthy — Rocky makes use of a lighter, which triggers his escape from police custody.
Rocky’s first full-length launch Do not Be Dumb is due Jan. 16.
Final month, Rocky unveiled the duvet artwork for his forthcoming album on Instagram.
“SORRY 4 THE WAIT DON’T BE DUMB FINALLY HERE!” he captioned the submit of the duvet artwork on the time.
He continued, “THANKS TIM BURTON FOR HELPING ME MAKE THIS MOVIE! COMING SOON”
Rocky then revealed the album would drop on “Nationwide Nothing Day,” which falls on Jan. 16.
Based on the most recent press launch launch, the album’s cowl artwork was created by Tim Burton in collaboration with Rocky and options six of his signature personas.
Again in February 2025, Rocky advised GQ his fourth studio LP was within the midst of being blended and mastered.
