Triggered (Freestyle)

"Triggered (Freestyle)"
Single by Jhené Aiko
from the album Chilombo
ReleasedMay 8, 2019 (2019-05-08)
Length3:31
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Fisticuffs
  • Julian-Quan Viet Le
Jhené Aiko singles chronology
"Never Call Me"
(2018)
"Triggered (Freestyle)"
(2019)
"None of Your Concern"
(2019)

"Triggered (Freestyle)" is a song by American singer Jhené Aiko, released as a single on May 8, 2019, through Def Jam Recordings.[1] Written by Aiko, Ross James. Maclean Robinson, Brian K. Warfield and Julian-Quán Việt Lê. The song is a freestyle rap about Aiko's conflicted feelings following a breakup, in which she sings: "Knew from the beginning, you'd ruin everything you do it every time, you are my enemy, you are no friend of mine."[2] The song was interpreted as a diss track towards Aiko's ex-boyfriend Big Sean, with whom she formed the duo Twenty88, although she denied this, saying: "triggered is NOT a diss song. it is a moment of talking shit out of frustration and passion."[3]

The song debuted at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 a week after its release, spending four weeks on the chart altogether.[4] The song was also ranked at number 1 in Associated Press's 10 Best Songs of 2019 year-end list.

  1. ^ "Triggered (freestyle) – Single by Jhené Aiko". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Renshaw, David (May 8, 2019). "Jhené Aiko shares 'Triggered' freestyle". The Fader. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Jhené Aiko and Big Sean Reunite". Rap-Up. May 11, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "NCT 127, Jhené Aiko And Megan Thee Stallion Reach The Top 10 With New Albums Behind Lil Uzi Vert". Forbes.com.