Look at Me (XXXTentacion song)

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"Look at Me!"
The single's cover art of the Empire release, XXXTentacion's mugshot
Single by XXXTentacion
from the album Revenge
Released
  • December 30, 2015 (SoundCloud)
  • January 29, 2016 (iTunes)
  • February 20, 2017 (Empire re-release)
Recorded2015
Genre
Length
  • 2:31 (original)
  • 2:06 (Revenge re-release)
  • 2:19 (clean version)
LabelEmpire
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Rojas
  • Jimmy Duval
XXXTentacion singles chronology
"Look at Me!"
(2015) 		"What in XXXTarnation"
(2017)
Music video
"Look at Me!" on YouTube

"Look at Me" (stylized as "Look At Me!") is the debut commercial single by American rapper XXXTentacion. The song premiered on December 30, 2015, on the SoundCloud account of Rojas, the song's co-producer, before initially being released for digital download as a single on January 29, 2016,[5] becoming a sleeper hit in January 2017, in which the single was later re-released for digital download again with a remastered and clean version of the single on February 20, 2017, by Empire Distribution.[6][7][8] The song serves as the lead single from his debut commercial mixtape Revenge. The track was produced by Rojas and Jimmy Duval, and heavily samples the 2007 song "Changes" by British dubstep DJ and record producer Mala.[9]

The song peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Look at Me" was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on August 14, 2017, with over one million single-equivalent units.[10][11]

The song is ranked as one of the 100 songs that defined the 2010s decade by Billboard.[12]

  1. ^ Kramer, Bradley. "Rapper XXXTentacion's death leaves this teen Reality writer shaken". Burlington County Times. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Jones, I.S. (June 27, 2018). "XXXTentacion's death and funeral highlight hip-hop's complicated relationship with violence and talent". NBC News. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (June 19, 2018). "We've Only Begun to Understand XXXTentacion's Musical Legacy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 17, 2018. His debut single "Look at Me!" is one of the most unlikely, lo-fidelity, broken-sounding, blown-out songs to ever fling itself across the Billboard Top 40.
  4. ^ "XXXTentacion: Skins review – a toxic legacy | XXXTentacion | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  5. ^ "XXXTENTACION's "Look At Me" Is Certified Platinum". HYPEBEAST. August 16, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "XXXTentacion – Look At Me! (Prod. Rojas & Jimmy Duval) by Rojas". Soundcloud. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  7. ^ "Look at Me! – Single by Xxxtentacion". Itunes Store. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "Look At Me! – Single by Xxxtentacion". Itunes Store. February 20, 2017.
  9. ^ "XXXTentacion's 'Look at Me!' sample of Mala's 'Changes' | WhoSampled". Who Sampled. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ India, Lindsey (August 17, 2018). "XXXTentacion Scores His First Platinum Plaque". XXL Mag. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  12. ^ Saponara, Michael (November 21, 2019). "Songs That Defined the Decade: XXXTENTACION's 'Look At Me!'". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2021.