Panda (song)

For other uses, see Panda (disambiguation) § Music.
"Panda"
The head of a panda bear emerges from the blackness in a shower of falling sparks.
Single by Desiigner
from the album New English
ReleasedDecember 15, 2015 (2015-12-15)
Recorded2015
Genre
Length
  • 4:10 (album version)
  • 3:46 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Menace
Desiigner singles chronology
"Panda"
(2015) 		"Champions"
(2016)
Music video
"Panda" on YouTube

"Panda" is the debut single by American rapper Desiigner. The song premiered in December 2015 and was released for digital download on the iTunes Store as a single, before being re-released on February 26, 2016.[1] The song was written by Desiigner and the track's producer was Menace. "Panda" was heavily sampled by GOOD Music labelmate and founder Kanye West for "Pt. 2", a song on West's seventh studio album The Life of Pablo, and inspired a number of remixes. The single received a nomination for Best Rap Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. A music video was released on May 10, 2016.[2] It was nominated for Best Hip Hop Video at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

  1. ^ "Panda - Single". iTunes Store (US). 26 February 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Video was invoked but never defined (see the help page).